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Movies Like Eternal Sunshine

If you liked Eternal Sunshine, a movie, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1All or Nothing

    All or Nothing (2002)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.

  2. 2Woman of Straw

    Woman of Straw (1964)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

  3. 3One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

    ★ 8.4/10

    A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

  4. 4Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

    Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Frank, a retired Irish seaman, and Walter, a retired Cuban barber, are two lonely old men trapped in the emptiness of their own lives. When they meet in a park Frank is able to start a conversation after several…

  5. 5Cactus Flower

    Cactus Flower (1969)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.

  6. 6Saint Maud

    Saint Maud (2020)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up…

  7. 7Starman

    Starman (1984)

    ★ 6.9/10

    When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.

  8. 8Superintelligence

    Superintelligence (2020)

    ★ 5.9/10

    When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to…

  9. 9The Unforgivable

    The Unforgivable (2021)

    ★ 7.4/10

    A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

  10. 10The Investigation of Lucy Letby

    The Investigation of Lucy Letby (2026)

    ★ 6.3/10

    An engaging and thought-provoking look at Lucy Letby, the former nurse serving life in prison after being convicted of the murders of seven infants and the attempted murders of seven others.

  11. 11Paradise Hills

    Paradise Hills (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10

    A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.

  12. 12Operation Petticoat

    Operation Petticoat (1959)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

  13. 13The Upside

    The Upside (2019)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with his ex and his…

  14. 14The Concrete Jungle

    The Concrete Jungle (1982)

    ★ 6/10

    An unfortunate and naive girl is set up by her boyfriend and convicted of drug smuggling. She is sent to a women's correctional facility where she must constantly struggle to survive.

  15. 15Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

  16. 16Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor (2001)

    ★ 6.9/10

    The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry…

  17. 17Level 16

    Level 16 (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10

    The teenage girls of Vestalis Academy are meticulously trained in the art of being “clean girls,” practicing the virtues of perfect femininity. But what exactly are they being trained for? Vivien intends to find out.

  18. 18Dangerous Lies

    Dangerous Lies (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10

    After losing her waitressing job, Katie Franklin takes a job as a caretaker to a wealthy elderly man in his sprawling, empty Chicago estate. The two grow close, but when he unexpectedly passes away and names Katie as…

  19. 19Cocoon: The Return

    Cocoon: The Return (1988)

    ★ 6.5/10

    The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?

  20. 20The Man Who Fell to Earth

    The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions…

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