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Movies that feel like Sound of My Voice (2011)

If you loved Sound of My Voice, the closest films we have are Transcendence (2014), Contact (1997) and Contagion (2011). All three share Sound of My Voice's cerebral and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel and HBO Max and others, checked against today's data.

A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.

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If Sound of My Voice hit the spot, these will too

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Transcendence
2014 Β· dir. Wally Pfister
πŸ… 19%β˜… 6.2thriller Β· science fiction Β· drama

Cerebral where it counts, contemplative underneath

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.

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Contact
1997 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7.5drama Β· science fiction Β· mystery

Twisty and dread-soaked in the same breath

The difference: Not nearly as tense as Sound of My Voice

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.

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Contagion
2011 Β· dir. Steven Soderbergh
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.8drama Β· thriller Β· science fiction

Science fiction with a pulse of tension, in both cases

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

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Limitless
2011 Β· dir. Neil Burger
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.4thriller Β· mystery Β· science fiction

Both trade on ideas more than on being mystery

The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life.

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Eyes Wide Shut
1999 Β· dir. Stanley Kubrick
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.5drama Β· thriller Β· mystery

Contemplative drama in both cases

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

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Mulholland Drive
2001 Β· dir. David Lynch
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.9thriller Β· drama Β· mystery

Thriller built on twists, twice over

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

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Under the Skin
2014 Β· dir. Jonathan Glazer
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.3thriller Β· science fiction Β· drama

Tense science fiction, and it commits to that

A seductive stranger prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.

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The Village
2004 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 43%β˜… 6.6drama Β· mystery Β· thriller

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.

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Primer
2004 Β· dir. Shane Carruth
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.7science fiction Β· drama Β· thriller

Both trade on ideas more than on being thriller

A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.

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The Platform
2019 Β· dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7drama Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Mystery built on tension, twice over

A slab of food descends down a vertical facility. The residents above eat heartily, leaving those below starving and desperate. A rebellion is imminent.

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Marjorie Prime
2017 Β· dir. Michael Almereyda
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.3drama Β· mystery Β· science fiction

Science fiction built on twists, twice over

A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.

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Unbreakable
2000 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.3thriller Β· drama Β· mystery

Both are drama through and through

An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead β€” and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass.

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