Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Red Sun

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

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#1
The Hitch-Hiker

The Hitch-Hiker

1953★ 6.8

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

Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two...

#2
Detour

Detour

1945★ 7.2

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

The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend....

#3
The Hitcher

The Hitcher

1986★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Red Sun for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has...

#4
Roadgames

Roadgames

1981★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Red Sun for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway....

#5
Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly

1955★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Red Sun for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his ca...

#6
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Red Sun for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the F...

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