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Movies that feel like I Origins (2014)

If you loved I Origins, the closest films we have are Another Earth (2011), LFO (2013) and The Man from Earth (2007). All three share I Origins' cerebral and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

A molecular biologist's study of the human eye has far-reaching implications about humanity's scientific and spiritual beliefs.

πŸ… 51% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Mike Cahillcerebralcontemplative

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Another Earth
2011 Β· dir. Mike Cahill
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6.9drama Β· science fiction

Mike Cahill directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

On the night a duplicate Earth is discovered in the solar system, the lives of a young woman and an accomplished composer become tragically connected after a fatal accident.

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LFO
2013 Β· dir. Antonio TublΓ©n
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.6drama Β· science fiction

Both land ideas and stillness at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

LFO is a dark comedy/drama/Sci-Fi about a man who realizes that he can hypnotise with sound. He starts experimenting on his neighbors, where the abuse of power takes over and, eventually, severe consequences for mankind are at stake.

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The Man from Earth
2007 Β· dir. Richard Schenkman
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.8science fiction Β· drama

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

A departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and curiosity collide, challenging everything they thought they knew about history, science, and belief.

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The Congress
2013 Β· dir. Ari Folman
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.4drama Β· science fiction Β· animation

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to animation than I Origins does

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.

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Little Joe
2019 Β· dir. Jessica Hausner
πŸ… 66%β˜… 5.8drama Β· science fiction

Both lean on ideas more than on science fiction

Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is supposed to have the ability to make its owner happy thanks to its special chemical properties.

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Parallel Mothers
2021 Β· dir. Pedro AlmodΓ³var
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.1drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, in her late-thirties, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.

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Born in Flames
1983 Β· dir. Lizzie Borden
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.5drama Β· science fiction

Both working the same science fiction territory

The difference: 31 years apart, and the 1980s show

In near-future New York, ten years after the β€œsocial-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality remains unfulfilled.

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The Trip to Bountiful
1985 Β· dir. Peter Masterson
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.4drama

Drama of the same temperament

Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."

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Stalker
1979 Β· dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8science fiction Β· drama

Cut from the same science fiction cloth

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.

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They Call Me Jeeg
2016 Β· dir. Gabriele Mainetti
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7science fiction Β· action Β· drama

Both know what they want from drama

Exposed to radioactive waste, small-time crook Enzo gains super-strength. A misanthropic, introverted brute, he uses his powers for personal gain until he meets Alessia, a mentally ill girl who believes Enzo is the hero from her favorite anime, Steel Jeeg.

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Paris, Texas
1984 Β· dir. Wim Wenders
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8.1drama

Both are drama through and through

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

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Summer Wars
2009 Β· dir. Mamoru Hosoda
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.4animation Β· science fiction

Science fiction approached the same way

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as I Origins

Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His job: pretend to be Natsuki's fiancΓ©. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with Earth.

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