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Movies that feel likeThe Man from Earth (2007)

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.

If you loved The Man from Earth, the closest films we have are Another Earth (2011), Still Alice (2014) and I Origins (2014). All three share The Man from Earth's cerebral and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

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

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Richard Schenkmancerebralcontemplative
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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: 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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Still Alice
2014 Β· dir. Richard Glatzer
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.5dramaNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: professor

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

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

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

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Prospect
2018 Β· dir. Zeek Earl
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.3science fictionHulu

Common ground: survival

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than The Man from Earth does

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive.

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

Drama built on stillness, twice over

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

Both lean on ideas more than on science fiction

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

Drama with a pulse of stillness, 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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The Father
2020 Β· dir. Florian Zeller
πŸ… 98%β˜… 8.2dramaRent or buy

Both know what they want from drama

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

Cut from the same science fiction cloth

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

Both play drama straight

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

The same science fiction instincts

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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Summer Wars
2009 Β· dir. Mamoru Hosoda
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.4animation Β· science fictionMax

The science fiction is handled with the same confidence

The difference: Sits closer to animation than The Man from Earth does

Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His job: pretend to be Natsuki's fiancΓ©. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with Earth.

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