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Movies that feel likeParis, Texas (1984)

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.

If you loved Paris, Texas, the closest films we have are Until the End of the World (1991), Stalker (1979) and Born in Flames (1983). All three share Paris, Texas' contemplative and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is LFO (2013).

πŸ… 95% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Wim Wenderscontemplativecerebral
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Until the End of the World
1991 Β· dir. Wim Wenders
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.8drama Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Wim Wenders directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than Paris, Texas does

In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law β€” an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.

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

Contemplative where it counts, cerebral underneath

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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Born in Flames
1983 Β· dir. Lizzie Borden
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.6drama Β· science fiction

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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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Still Alice
2014 Β· dir. Richard Glatzer
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.5dramaNetflix

Common ground: amnesia

The difference: 30 years apart, and the 2010s show

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

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The Face of Another
1966 Β· dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.8drama Β· science fiction

Drama with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to question his identity.

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

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

A streak of ideas through both

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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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The Father
2020 Β· dir. Florian Zeller
πŸ… 98%β˜… 8.2dramaRent or buy

Both are drama through and through

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

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

Drama in the same key

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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I Origins
2014 Β· dir. Mike Cahill
πŸ… 51%β˜… 7.3science fiction Β· drama

Both working the same drama territory

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

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

Cut from the same drama cloth

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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The Element of Crime
1984 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.7crime Β· drama Β· science fiction

Drama approached the same way

Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to find the culprit, turns to Osbourne, a writer who was once respected for his contributions to the field of criminology. Fisher begins to use Osbourne's technique, which involves empathizing with serial killers; however, as the detective becomes increasingly engrossed in this method, things take a disturbing turn.

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