Movies like Sunny Side Up (2019)
The best movies like Sunny Side Up (2019) are She's the Man (2006), The Night Before (1988) and The First Time (2012). If Sunny Side Up hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDark City (1998)7.3/10 from 3,434 votes
- NewestI Saw the TV Glow (2024)Released 2024
She's the Man (2006)
Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola's twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Night Before (1988)
A popular beauty surprisingly asks a nerd to take her to the prom. He wakes up hours later in a sleazy alley. She's missing but he remembers nothing about it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe First Time (2012)
A spark of attraction smolders, then ignites, between two teens from different high schools who meet by chance at a party.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDon't Hang Up (2016)
An evening of drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare for a pair of teenagers when a mysterious stranger turns their own game against them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnastasia (1956)
Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes to believe that she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLittle Monsters (1989)
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games under his bed where pulling pranks on kids and other monsters is the main attraction.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisLook Away (2018)
A timid and socially alienated 17-year-old high school student's life is turned upside down when she switches places with her sinister mirror image.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Other Zoey (2023)
Highly intelligent computer major Zoey Miller is uninterested in romantic love, but her life is turned upside down when Zack, the school's soccer star, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Saw the TV Glow (2024)
In late-'90s suburbia, lonely teenager Owen meets Maddy, who introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world pulsing beneath their own. As time goes on, questions begin to arise about why the show sometimes seems more real than their own lives, as their view of reality begins to crack.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLost and Delirious (2001)
After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBefore I Go to Sleep (2014)
A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGone (2012)
Jill Conway is trying to rebuild her life after escaping a terrifying kidnapping. Though she is having a difficult time, she takes small steps toward normalcy by starting a new job and inviting her sister, Molly, to move in with her. Returning home from work one morning, Jill discovers that Molly has vanished, and she is certain that the same man who previously abducted her has returned for revenge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGeography Club (2013)
A coming-of-age movie that tells a story unfolding in every high school around the country -- a story of kids hiding their true identities in plain sight, even as they feverishly pursue their hearts' desires.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBefore I Fall (2017)
Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPolaroid (2019)
High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the mysterious Polaroid vintage camera she stumbles upon, but it doesn't take long to discover that those who have their picture taken meet a tragic end. Bird and her friends must survive one more night as they race to solve the mystery of the haunted Polaroid before it kills them all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonte Carlo (2011)
Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMemoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisPandorum (2009)
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Reluctant Debutante (1958)
While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its final "Debutante Season."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDark City (1998)
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sunny Side Up?
The closest matches to Sunny Side Up are She's the Man (2006), The Night Before (1988) and The First Time (2012). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sunny Side Up?
Start with She's the Man (2006), the closest match to Sunny Side Up.
What is the highest-rated movie like Sunny Side Up?
Dark City (1998), rated 7.3/10 by 3,434 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sunny Side Up?
I Saw the TV Glow (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Sunny Side Up?
Yes: She's the Man (2006), The Night Before (1988) and The First Time (2012).
How are movies similar to Sunny Side Up chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sunny Side Up, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.