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Movies that feel like The Man from Earth (2007)

If you loved The Man from Earth, the closest films we have are Another Earth (2011), Stalker (1979) and Paris, Texas (1984). All three share The Man from Earth's cerebral and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and HBO Max Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Richard Schenkmancerebralcontemplative

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If The Man from Earth hit the spot, these will too

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

Both land ideas and stillness at once

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

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

The difference: 28 years apart, and the 1970s show

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

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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

Both trade on ideas more than on being drama

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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Cloud Atlas
2012 Β· dir. Lana Wachowski
πŸ… 65%β˜… 7.3drama Β· science fiction

Contemplative science fiction in both cases

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

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Advantageous
2015 Β· dir. Jennifer Phang
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.1science fiction Β· drama

Both are science fiction through and through

In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.6science fiction Β· drama

The same drama instincts

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

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Sheep in the Box
2026 Β· dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
β˜… 6drama Β· science fiction

Science fiction approached the same way

In the near future, architect Otone Komoto is married to Kensuke, who runs a construction company. The married couple decide to welcome a humanoid robot into their home as their son.

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Real Steel
2011 Β· dir. Shawn Levy
πŸ… 60%β˜… 7.1action Β· science fiction Β· drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

The difference: Plays it as action more than The Man from Earth does

Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.

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Ex Machina
2015 Β· dir. Alex Garland
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.7drama Β· science fiction

Science fiction approached the same way

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

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Blade Runner 2049
2017 Β· dir. Denis Villeneuve
πŸ… 88%β˜… 8science fiction Β· drama

Drama approached the same way

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

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War for the Planet of the Apes
2017 Β· dir. Matt Reeves
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.4drama Β· science fiction Β· war

Science fiction approached the same way

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

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