If You Liked Sunshine, Watch These Next
Finished Sunshine (2007) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Sunshine, most of them are science fiction, thriller.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.The Matrix Revolutions(2003)
6.8AdventureActionThrillerAlso thriller and science fiction
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
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2.Long Distance(2024)
6.6Science FictionComedyActionAlso science fiction
After crash-landing on an alien planet, an asteroid miner must contend with the challenges of his new surroundings, while making his way across the harsh terrain to the only other survivor – a woman who is trapped in her escape pod.
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3.Alien(1979)
8.2HorrorScience FictionAlso science fiction
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending…
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4.Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines(2003)
6.2ActionThrillerScience FictionAlso thriller and science fiction
It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the…
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6.Terminator Salvation(2009)
6.1ActionScience FictionThrillerAlso science fiction and thriller
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend…
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7.Extinction(2018)
6.1ActionDramaScience FictionAlso science fiction and thriller
A chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.
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8.I Am Legend(2007)
7.2DramaScience FictionThrillerAlso science fiction and thriller
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any…
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9.Afterburn(2025)
6.2ActionScience FictionComedyAlso science fiction
Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels…
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10.The Matrix Reloaded(2003)
7.1AdventureActionThrillerAlso thriller and science fiction
The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the…
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11.Worldbreaker(2025)
6.0ActionHorrorScience FictionAlso science fiction
Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. But when the world is about to break, no place is safe.
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12.The Terminator(1984)
7.7ActionThrillerScience FictionAlso thriller and science fiction
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to…
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13.Event Horizon(1997)
6.6HorrorScience FictionMysteryAlso science fiction
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.
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14.Universal Soldier: The Return(1999)
5.9ActionScience FictionAlso science fiction
Luc Deveraux, the heroic former Universal Soldier, is about to be thrown into action once again. When SETH, the supercomputer-controlled ultra-warrior, decides to take revenge and destroy its creators, only Luc can stop it. All hell breaks loose as Luc battles SETH and a deadly team of perfect soldiers in a struggle…
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16.Pandorum(2009)
6.6ActionHorrorMysteryAlso science fiction and thriller
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.
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17.Voyagers(2021)
6.0Science FictionThrillerAlso science fiction and thriller
With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women -- bred for intelligence and obedience -- embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. When they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they defy their training and begin to explore their most primitive natures. As life on the…
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20.Project Ithaca(2019)
5.9Science FictionThrillerAlso science fiction and thriller
Five strangers awaken to find themselves trapped aboard an alien spaceship that seems to be harnessing their terror to power the ship. They begin to understand that these species have been abducting humans for decades and possibly centuries.
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