
Movies that feel likeSolaris (1972)
If you loved Solaris, the closest films we have are Ikarie XB 1 (1963), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and K-PAX (2001). All three share Solaris' cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Ugetsu (1953).
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If Solaris hit the spot, these will too

Common ground: space travel
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Solaris does

The same preoccupation in both: astronaut
The difference: Trades the stillness of Solaris for an angle of its own

Contemplative and cerebral in the same breath
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

The same mix in both: awe, then dream logic
The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Solaris does

Andrei Tarkovsky directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Both lean on twists more than on drama
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

Both are built on the same subject: astronaut

Contemplative mystery, and it commits to that

Drama with a pulse of twists, in both cases

One thread runs through both: space travel

Awestruck science fiction in both cases
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