Movies like Sun Don't Shine (2013)
The best movies like Sun Don't Shine (2013) are Lost River (2015), The Violent Heart (2020) and Under the Silver Lake (2018). If Sun Don't Shine hooked you with its drama and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMud (2013)7.1/10 from 3,199 votes
- NewestCarolina Caroline (2026)Released 2026
Lost River (2015)
Billy, a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld while her teenage son, Bones, discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town. Both Billy and Bones must dive deep into the mystery if their family is to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Violent Heart (2020)
Fifteen years after the murder of his older sister, taciturn Daniel finds himself falling for Cassie, a vivacious high school senior in this southern gothic-inspired Romeo & Juliet story set in the American heartland.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Under the Silver Lake (2018)
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUpstream Color (2013)
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSky (2016)
A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWinter's Bone (2010)
After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBrick (2006)
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlue Ruin (2014)
When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAfter Midnight (2019)
Dealing with a girlfriend suddenly leaving is tough enough. But for Hank, heartbreak couldn’t have come at a worse time. There’s also a monster trying to break through his front door every night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisMud (2013)
Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShimmer Lake (2017)
Shot in reverse day-by-day through a week—a local sheriff embarks on a quest to unlock the mystery of three small-town criminals and a bank heist gone wrong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOctober Gale (2014)
A doctor takes in a mysterious man who washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound. Quickly they both learn the killer has arrived to finish the job, while a storm has cut them off from the mainland.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisCold in July (2014)
While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCold Weather (2010)
A guy who moves back to Portland, Oregon becomes involved in the mystery of his ex-girlfriend's disappearance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBuster's Mal Heart (2017)
An eccentric mountain man on the run from the local sheriff recalls the mysterious events that brought him to his present fugitive state.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMystery Road (2013)
A murdered girl is found under a bridge on a remote road and indigenous detective Jay Swan gets the case. Jay finds that no-one is that interested in solving the murder of an indigenous teenager and he is forced to work alone.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShangri-La Suite (2016)
Karen and Jack met in a mental hospital and fell in love. They set out to follow what Jack thinks is his destiny: killing Elvis Presley.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisFar Cry 5: Inside Eden's Gate (2018)
Rumors of a fanatical cult called The Project at Eden's Gate lure three vloggers to remote Hope County, Montana. Following leads of missing locals and other strange events, the three infiltrate the cult. Shocked by what they uncover, they risk everything to warn the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
The Motel Life (2013)
A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Rover (2014)
Ten years after a severe economic collapse in the western world, lawlessness reigns and life is cheap. Eric is a lone drifter, and his car is his only possession. When a gang steals it, Eric comes across the injured Rey, left behind by the car thieves. The pair form an unlikely and uneasy alliance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnder the Skin (2014)
A seductive stranger prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTake Shelter (2011)
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeath Valley (2015)
Four strangers on a drunken wedding dash from LA to Vegas hit a mysterious woman in the desert and must overcome injuries, the elements, and ultimately each other to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Went Up the Hill (2025)
Jack ventures to remote New Zealand for the funeral of his estranged mother and meets her widow Jill. But his mother's spirit returns to inhabit each of their bodies, instigating a life-threatening three-way nocturnal dance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Fallen Angel (1945)
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTime Without Pity (1957)
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Kiss Before Dying (1956)
A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Locket (1946)
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Quiller Memorandum (1966)
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sun Don't Shine?
The closest matches to Sun Don't Shine are Lost River (2015), The Violent Heart (2020) and Under the Silver Lake (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sun Don't Shine?
People who watched Sun Don't Shine most often go on to Lost River (2015), The Violent Heart (2020) and Under the Silver Lake (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Sun Don't Shine?
Mud (2013), rated 7.1/10 by 3,199 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sun Don't Shine?
Carolina Caroline (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Sun Don't Shine?
Yes: Lost River (2015), The Violent Heart (2020) and Under the Silver Lake (2018).
How are movies similar to Sun Don't Shine chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sun Don't Shine, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.