Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Sun

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

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#1
MacArthur

MacArthur

1977★ 6.3

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

The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, when he was removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for insubordination, and is ...

#2
Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

2006★ 6.9

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

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six survi...

#3
Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge

2016★ 8.2

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

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receiv...

#4
The Pilot: A Battle for Survival

The Pilot: A Battle for Survival

2021★ 6.5

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

December of 1941, Northwestern Front. A German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlev's IL-2 is shot down. Komlev manages ...

#5
Back to Bataan

Back to Bataan

1945★ 6.1

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

An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines....

#6
Kalashnikov AK-47

Kalashnikov AK-47

2020★ 7.4

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

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front...

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