If You Liked That Evening Sun, Watch These Next

Finished That Evening Sun (2009) 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 That Evening Sun, most of them are drama.

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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026

1.The Nest(2020)
6.1DramaAlso drama
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life…
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2.Cardboard Boxer(2016)
6.5DramaAlso drama
Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
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3.Farming(2018)
6.2DramaAlso drama
Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.
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4.Bastard Out of Carolina(1996)
7.1DramaAlso drama
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
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5.El Chicano(2019)
6.6DramaAlso drama
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
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6.The Padre(2018)
5.9DramaAlso drama
American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-old girl intent on reuniting with her sister in the United States.
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7.Herself(2020)
6.7DramaAlso drama
Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.
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8.Mexicali(2026)
7.9ActionDramaAlso drama
A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
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9.Holy Lands(2019)
6.1DramaAlso drama
When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife Monica is trying to manage the lives of their adult children, Annabelle and David, as well as her own.
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10.Home Run(2013)
6.2DramaAlso drama
A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team
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11.Imperial Dreams(2014)
6.5DramaAlso drama
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
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12.Jane Got a Gun(2015)
5.8WesternActionDramaAlso drama
After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband's gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job.
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13.Alex of Venice(2015)
5.9DramaAlso drama
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
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14.The Young One(1960)
7.0DramaAlso drama
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
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15.Gracie(2007)
6.2DramaAlso drama
A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
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16.Sergio(2020)
6.6DramaAlso drama
A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.
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17.The Hummingbird Project(2019)
6.2ThrillerDramaAlso drama
A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
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18.Hardball(2001)
6.5DramaAlso drama
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
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19.The Safety of Objects(2002)
6.5DramaAlso drama
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new…
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20.Walkaway Joe(2020)
6.0DramaActionAlso drama
A young boy named Dallas goes on a search for his pool-hustling father after he abandons their family. Dallas is determined to bring his father home when he meets Joe Haley, a drifter wrestling with a past he'd rather forget, who feels responsible for Dallas' safety and reluctantly takes him in.
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