A vehicle sunroof apparatus comprising: a pair of first and second opening and closing drive units arranged in a widthwise direction of the vehicle when mounted, the pair of first and second opening and closing drive units each including: a rail extending in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle; a movable body provided so as to be movable on the rail; and a coupling mechanism configured to couple the movable body in a coupled state to a movable panel provided in a roof opening portion, and arranged at widthwise both end portions of the roof opening portion so as to be capable of opening and closing the movable panel; and a control device configured to control operations of the opening and closing drive units, wherein the coupling mechanism includes a tilt mechanism configured to tilt the movable panel in accordance with a relative position of the movable body moving on the rail, and a switching mechanism configured to switch the coupled state between a tilting state in which the movable body is relatively movable with respect to the movable panel and a sliding state in which the movable panel moves integrally with the movable body, the tilt mechanism is configured to tilt up the movable panel on the basis of a forward movement of the movable body, and the switching mechanism is configured to switch the coupled state between the movable body and the movable panel being in the tilting state into the sliding state and to switch the coupled state being in the sliding state into the tilting state with the movable body moved to a switching area set at a forward position where the movable panel is tilted up, characterized in that the control device controls both of the opening and closing drive units so as to memorize the direction of movement of the movable body before the stop in a case where opening and closing drive is stopped and moves the movable body in the direction of movement before the stop at the time of restart of the opening and closing drive. a pair of first and second opening and closing drive units arranged in a widthwise direction of the vehicle when mounted, the pair of first and second opening and closing drive units each including: a rail extending in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle; a movable body provided so as to be movable on the rail; and a coupling mechanism configured to couple the movable body in a coupled state to a movable panel provided in a roof opening portion, and arranged at widthwise both end portions of the roof opening portion so as to be capable of opening and closing the movable panel; and a control device configured to control operations of the opening and closing drive units, wherein the coupling mechanism includes a tilt mechanism configured to tilt the movable panel in accordance with a relative position of the movable body moving on the rail, and a switching mechanism configured to switch the coupled state between a tilting state in which the movable body is relatively movable with respect to the movable panel and a sliding state in which the movable panel moves integrally with the movable body, the tilt mechanism is configured to tilt up the movable panel on the basis of a forward movement of the movable body, and the switching mechanism is configured to switch the coupled state between the movable body and the movable panel being in the tilting state into the sliding state and to switch the coupled state being in the sliding state into the tilting state with the movable body moved to a switching area set at a forward position where the movable panel is tilted up, characterized in that the control device controls both of the opening and closing drive units so as to memorize the direction of movement of the movable body before the stop in a case where opening and closing drive is stopped and moves the movable body in the direction of movement before the stop at the time of restart of the opening and closing drive.