Movies like The Sun Never Sets (2026)
The best movies like The Sun Never Sets (2026) are The Roses (2025), For Worse (2026) and Smashed (2012). If The Sun Never Sets hooked you with its romance and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedScenes from a Marriage (1974)8.1/10 from 415 votes
- NewestDoing Life (2026)Released 2026
The Roses (2025)
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFor Worse (2026)
Lauren, a newly divorced, sober mom, feels like she has a new lease on life after joining her first acting class and starting a fling with her hot, young scene partner. However, when they attend their Gen Z classmate's wedding together, things begin to fall apart, and Lauren finds herself behaving like a drunk 25-year-old bridesmaid. Luckily after a disastrous night she stumbles into a new day and a new beginning.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Smashed (2012)
Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to confront the lies she’s been spinning at work, her troubling relationship with her mother, and the nature of her bond with Charlie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Invite (2026)
Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCouples Weekend (2026)
What happens when a tree falls in the woods and someone does hear it? Two couples are forced to deal with such a question — and their lives in general — when a New Year's Eve trip to the woods unearths simmering feelings and the secrets they carry threaten to break their seemingly perfect relationships.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Fantasy Life (2026)
An anxious New York law school dropout stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters and falls for the girls' mother, an actress in a rocky marriage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
The Drama (2026)
A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Threesome (2025)
Connor has a threesome with his long-time crush Olivia and an alluring stranger named Jenny. It surprisingly serves as the spark to a full blown relationship with Olivia, until both women end up pregnant and all three are thrust into a difficult journey toward new realities that none of them could have expected.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSideways (2004)
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMarriage Story (2019)
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAs Good as It Gets (1997)
A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSilver Linings Playbook (2012)
After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSplitsville (2025)
After Ashley asks for a divorce, good-natured Carey runs to his friends, Julie and Paul, for support. He’s shocked to discover that the secret to their happiness is an open marriage, that is until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRevolutionary Road (2008)
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCloser (2004)
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDragonfly (2025)
Neglected pensioner Elsie finds an unexpected ally in her younger neighbour Colleen. Over time, a friendship grows but Elsie’s resentful, guilt-ridden son stirs up tensions that bring shocking consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Dragon (2025)
Raghavan transforms from a school topper into a “bad boy” to score girls in college, but ends up a heartbroken dropout. He then cons his way into a successful finance career, but the lies keep building and maintaining the facade proves tricky.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlue Valentine (2010)
Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFair Play (2023)
An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel not only their recent engagement but their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDownhill (2020)
Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisScenes from a Marriage (1974)
Johan and Marianne are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a façade for a troubled relationship, which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he's having an affair. Before long, the spouses separate and move towards finalizing their divorce, but they make attempts at reconciling. Even as they pursue other relationships, Johan and Marianne realize that they have a significant bond, but also many issues that hinder that connection.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisCarolina Caroline (2026)
A young woman, desperate to leave her small town, runs away with a charming con man, embarking on a crime and passion-filled journey through the Southeast to find her estranged mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDoing Life (2026)
A single mother and an incarcerated man forge an unlikely bond through heartfelt letters, unlocking a door to redemption, hope and love against all odds.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisRestless (2025)
When hard partying and volatile neighbours move in next door, a quiet woman's life begins to spiral, pushing her to the edge and triggering a slow, unnerving descent into obsession and revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Wrecking Crew (2026)
Estranged half-brothers Jonny and James reunite after their father's mysterious death. As they search for the truth, buried secrets reveal a conspiracy threatening to tear their family apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Uninvited (2025)
Rose and Sammy enjoy an idyllic life with love, a Hollywood Hills home, and a curious son. During a party, Sammy assigns unusual significance to it, while Rose juggles preparations amid distractions. The unexpected arrival of Helen, who claims residence there, oscillates between confusion and lucidity. Strangely, Helen possesses intimate knowledge of the house and its guests. Her revelations spark drama, unearthing hidden truths and compelling Rose to confront her past, future, and the desire for change.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
How to Please a Woman (2022)
When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisXX/XY (2002)
Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRosaline (2022)
Left heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twist of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStrictly Sexual (2008)
Two successful women, sick and tired of dating and relationships, decide to keep two young men in their pool house for strictly sexual purposes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Sun Never Sets?
The closest matches to The Sun Never Sets are The Roses (2025), For Worse (2026) and Smashed (2012). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Sun Never Sets?
People who watched The Sun Never Sets most often go on to The Roses (2025), For Worse (2026) and Smashed (2012).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Sun Never Sets?
Scenes from a Marriage (1974), rated 8.1/10 by 415 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Sun Never Sets?
Doing Life (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Sun Never Sets?
Yes: The Roses (2025), For Worse (2026) and Smashed (2012).
How are movies similar to The Sun Never Sets chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Sun Never Sets, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.