Movies Like The Sun Is Also a Star (2019)

The Sun Is Also a Star is a 2019 drama, romance film from Ry Russo-Young with a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Past Lives and Blue Bayou.

Drama Romance

Past Lives

2023

After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

7.7

MagicScore

Blue Bayou

2021

As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.

7.5

MagicScore

Minari

2021

A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

7.3

MagicScore

Columbus

2017

When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library.

7.1

MagicScore

Spa Night

2016

A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.

5.6

MagicScore

Umma

2022

Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.

5.3

MagicScore

Léon Morin, Priest

1961

Barny, although a Marxist, is intrigued by the mysteries of religion. In confession, she teases a priest, Léon Morin, but he is a young and intelligent man and ready to discuss anything.

7.0

MagicScore

The Proposal

2009

When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.

7.2

MagicScore

Okja

2017

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

7.3

MagicScore

#10

Men in Black

1997

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

7.2

MagicScore

#11

Men in Black II

2002

Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.

6.4

MagicScore

#12

Love, Simon

2018

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.

8.0

MagicScore

#13

Three Steps Above Heaven

2010

Story of two young people who belong to different worlds. It is the chronicle of a love improbable, almost impossible but inevitable dragging in a frantic journey they discover the first great love. Babi is a girl from upper-middle class that is educated in goodness and innocence . Hache is a rebellious boy, impulsive, unconscious, has a appetite for risk and danger embodied in endless fights and illegal motorbike races, the limit of common sense

7.7

MagicScore

#14

I Want You

2012

The sexy Gin is the new love of Hache, but this can not forget his former girlfriend, so the love triangle is inevitable.

7.5

MagicScore

#15

Everything, Everything

2017

A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

After Everything

2023

Besieged by writer’s block and the crushing breakup with Tessa, Hardin travels to Portugal in search of a woman he wronged in the past – and to find himself. Hoping to win back Tessa, he realizes he needs to change his ways before he can make the ultimate commitment.

6.9

MagicScore

#17

Beastly

2011

A modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

Beautiful Creatures

2013

Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.

6.0

MagicScore

#19

Delirium

2014

Set in a world where love is deemed illegal and can be eradicated with a special procedure. With 95 days to go until her scheduled treatment, Lena Holoway does the unthinkable, she falls in love.

6.2

MagicScore

#20

Ready Player One

2018

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

7.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Sun Is Also a Star?

The top films similar to The Sun Is Also a Star by MovieMagicScore are Past Lives (7.7), Blue Bayou (7.5), Minari (7.3). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Sun Is Also a Star worth watching?

The Sun Is Also a Star holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10 from 613 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Sun Is Also a Star?

The Sun Is Also a Star (2019) is a drama, romance film directed by Ry Russo-Young, starring Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, Hill Harper.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Sun Is Also a Star?

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About movies like The Sun Is Also a Star

This ranked list pairs The Sun Is Also a Star (2019), a drama and romance film from Ry Russo-Young, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Yara Shahidi take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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