Movies like Gun of the Black Sun (2011)
The best movies like Gun of the Black Sun (2011) are Lord of Illusions (1995), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) and Cast a Deadly Spell (1991). If Gun of the Black Sun hooked you with its fantasy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedKung Fury (2015)7.5/10 from 2,036 votes
- NewestStarve Acre (2024)Released 2024
Lord of Illusions (1995)
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisTwilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCast a Deadly Spell (1991)
In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dark Tower (2017)
A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisArmy of Darkness (1992)
Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCinderella's Curse (2024)
Desperate Cinderella summons her fairy godmother from an ancient flesh-bound book, seeking revenge on her evil stepmother and stepsisters who abuse and torment her daily.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Asphyx (1972)
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Witch Hunter (2015)
The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies of witch hunters have battled this unnatural enemy for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who many years ago slayed the all-powerful Witch Queen, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter. Today, Kaulder is the last living hunter who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Queen of Spades (1949)
A czarist captain stops at nothing to learn the secrets of a countess rumored to have sold her soul to the devil in order to always win at cards.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExtra Ordinary (2019)
A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKung Fury (2015)
During an unfortunate series of events, a friend of Kung Fury is assassinated by the most dangerous kung fu master criminal of all time, Adolf Hitler, a.k.a Kung Führer. Kung Fury decides to travel back in time to Nazi Germany in order to kill Hitler and end the Nazi empire once and for all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisValhalla Rising (2010)
Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Monster Squad (1987)
Count Dracula returns to the world of humans accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them the ability to rule the world. A group of horror-loving heroes are the only ones daring to stand in their way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight of the Demon (1957)
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Brothers Grimm (2005)
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisAngels Fallen: Warriors of Peace (2024)
When an Iraq War veteran receives a calling from a higher power, he embarks on a mission to stop a fallen angel from raising an army of the dead to take over the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisStarve Acre (2024)
When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWitch Hunt (2021)
In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two young witches avoid law enforcement and cross the southern border to asylum in Mexico.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)
Cassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself, she plays a series of pranks on the popular kids and her younger brother, Max. When she goes to a Halloween store looking for new tricks, she finds a little book called "The Evil Thing"
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHellboy (2019)
Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to turn away.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisFreaks Out (2021)
Four super-powered circus freaks find themselves trapped in war-torn Rome after their foster father is captured by the Nazis.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPoltergays: The Naked Wolves of the SS (2011)
A group of Nazis meet in a house to revive Hitler's black magic, but unleash through the wrath of specters that end up torturing and harassing them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1992)
After hearing that mystical toymaker Andre Toulon has managed to create a troupe of sentient, living puppets, Nazi underling Dr. Hess sets his sights on exploiting Toulon's powers for the glory of the Reich.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPuppet Master: Axis of Evil (2010)
Following the murder of Andre Toulon by Nazi assassins during the height of World War II, a young Danny Coogan finds his crate of mysterious puppets, and discovers their plan to attack a secret American manufacturing plant.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Ax (2005)
Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe FJ Holden (1977)
Suburban Australia in the late 70s. It was the era of the drive-in movie, the Chico Roll girl and the beloved FJ Holden. Boasting drunken fist fights, back seat sex, illegal drag racing, a classic Oz rock soundtrack (featuring Ol'55, Skyhooks and Renee Geyer) and the screen debut of future star Sigrid Thornton. THE FJ HOLDEN forged a strong connection with 70s mainstream youth audiences and today
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Italian Job (2003)
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisConflict of Interest (1993)
A police officer must clear his son's name in the murder of a beautiful woman amidst the exciting and erotic world of heavy metal night clubs.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Pekka Siitoin and the Patriotic People's Front (1977)
"I am a hardcore racist, sadist and fascist. The New Testament is true, the Old Testament is not. Spirits informed me that I will be born again in my next life in the United States, then as president." - Pekka Siitoin (1944 - 2003) was an occultist and a neo-Nazi from Naantali, Finland. In his youth he studied at the Theatre Academy of Finland and was a disciple of Finland's best known clairvoyant, Aino Kassinen. In the 1970s he became a neo-Nazi and founded several organizations. He saw himself as the leader of the Finnish Nazi movement but got at most a few dozen supporters. Siitoin also wrote books about politics and occultism.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Gun of the Black Sun?
The closest matches to Gun of the Black Sun are Lord of Illusions (1995), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) and Cast a Deadly Spell (1991). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Gun of the Black Sun?
Start with Lord of Illusions (1995), the closest match to Gun of the Black Sun.
What is the highest-rated movie like Gun of the Black Sun?
Kung Fury (2015), rated 7.5/10 by 2,036 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Gun of the Black Sun?
Starve Acre (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Gun of the Black Sun?
Yes: Lord of Illusions (1995), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) and Cast a Deadly Spell (1991).
How are movies similar to Gun of the Black Sun chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Gun of the Black Sun, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.