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10 Best Movies Like Rainbow Sun

If you loved Rainbow Sun, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Beginners

Beginners

2011★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rainbow Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following ...

#2
Mulligans

Mulligans

2008★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rainbow Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Tyler Davidson brings his college buddy Chase home for the summer holidays a secret is revealed that threatens to tear his perfect family apart....

#3
1 Night

1 Night

2016★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rainbow Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Thirty-something Elizabeth must decide whether to salvage her disappointing relationship with Drew. Meanwhile, Bea, a worrisome teenager, reconnects with her introverted childhood ...

#4
Cowboys

Cowboys

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rainbow Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit....

#5
And When Did You Last See Your Father?

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

2007★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rainbow Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father....

#6
We Live in Time

We Live in Time

2024★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rainbow Sun for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance....

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