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10 Best Movies Like Staring at the Sun

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

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#1
Dead Again

Dead Again

1991★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Staring at the Sun for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss mu...

#2
Man with No Past

Man with No Past

2025★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Staring at the Sun for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Waking up in an unfamiliar city, a man with no memory must confront the mysteries of his own identity. However, his desperate search to uncover the past pits him against a powerful...

#3
Whisper

Whisper

2007★ 6.3

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

Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin....

#4
Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin

1955★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Staring at the Sun for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, a...

#5
Black Widow

Black Widow

1987★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Staring at the Sun for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a ma...

#6
Next

Next

2007★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Staring at the Sun for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interes...

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