
Movies that feel likeSunshine (2007)
If you loved Sunshine, the closest films we have are Europa Report (2013), Aliens (1986) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). All three share Sunshine's cerebral and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Serenity (2005).
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If Sunshine hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Sunshine Cleaning (2009)

One thread runs through both: space travel
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Sunshine does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: space marine
The difference: Leans harder into action than Sunshine does

The same mix in both: ideas, then tension
The difference: Made in the 1950s, in a different era of the craft

Awestruck science fiction in both cases

Thriller with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

The same preoccupation in both: space mission

Both lean on tension more than on science fiction
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Common ground: space suit

Both are built on the same subject: space marine

One thread runs through both: space mission
The difference: Easier on the tension than Sunshine

Awestruck thriller, and it commits to that
The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than Sunshine does

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