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Movies that feel like Paris, Texas (1984)

If you loved Paris, Texas, the closest films we have are The Trip to Bountiful (1985), Stalker (1979) and The Man from Earth (2007). All three share Paris, Texas's contemplative and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 95% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Wim Wenderscontemplativecerebral

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

Both keep circling back to texas

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

Contemplative where it counts, cerebral underneath

The difference: Leans science fiction where Paris, Texas does not

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

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The difference: A 2000s film, from a different era of filmmaking

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

Both trade on ideas more than on being drama

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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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Mysterious Skin
2005 Β· dir. Gregg Araki
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.6drama

Amnesia is the engine of both

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

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Aftersun
2022 Β· dir. Charlotte Wells
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.6drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't.

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The Whales of August
1987 Β· dir. Lindsay Anderson
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.1drama

Both built around brothers and sisters

The difference: None of the ideas that defines Paris, Texas

Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.

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American History X
1998 Β· dir. Tony Kaye
πŸ… 84%β˜… 8.5drama

Brothers and sisters sits at the heart of each

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

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Scent of a Woman
1992 Β· dir. Martin Brest
πŸ… 82%β˜… 8drama

Drama approached the same way

Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.

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Philadelphia
1993 Β· dir. Jonathan Demme
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.7drama

The same drama instincts

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.

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Rocky III
1982 Β· dir. Sylvester Stallone
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6.9drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

Following Rocky Balboa's intense battle with his most powerful adversary yet – the ferocious Clubber Lang – Rocky joins forces with former rival Apollo Creed in an effort to get back his fighting spirit.

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Million Dollar Baby
2004 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 90%β˜… 8.1drama

Both are drama through and through

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.

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