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Movies that feel like The Wall (2012)

If you loved The Wall, the closest films we have are Ex Machina (2015), Another Earth (2011) and LFO (2013). All three share The Wall's cerebral and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and others, checked against today's data.

A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.

🍅 76% Rotten Tomatoes6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Julian Pölslercerebralcontemplativelonely

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Ex Machina
2015 · dir. Alex Garland
🍅 92%7.7drama · science fiction

Cerebral and contemplative in the same breath

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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Another Earth
2011 · dir. Mike Cahill
🍅 66%6.9drama · science fiction

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

The difference: Not nearly as lonely as The Wall

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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LFO
2013 · dir. Antonio Tublén
🍅 100%6.6drama · science fiction

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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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The Man from Earth
2007 · dir. Richard Schenkman
🍅 100%7.8science fiction · drama

Both keep circling back to survival

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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Little Joe
2019 · dir. Jessica Hausner
🍅 66%5.8drama · science fiction

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

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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Born in Flames
1983 · dir. Lizzie Borden
🍅 89%6.5drama · science fiction

Both trade on stillness more than on being drama

The difference: A 1980s film, from a different era of filmmaking

In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality remains unfulfilled.

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I Am Legend
2007 · dir. Francis Lawrence
🍅 68%7.2drama · science fiction · thriller

Both built around loneliness

The difference: Leans thriller where The Wall does not

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.

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Cloud Atlas
2012 · dir. Lana Wachowski
🍅 65%7.3drama · science fiction

Both are science fiction through and through

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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Ad Astra
2019 · dir. James Gray
🍅 83%6.5science fiction · drama

Lonely science fiction in both cases

The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.

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Stalker
1979 · dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
🍅 100%8science fiction · drama

The same drama instincts

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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Advantageous
2015 · dir. Jennifer Phang
🍅 87%6.1science fiction · drama

Science fiction approached the same way

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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The Martian
2015 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 91%8science fiction · drama · adventure

Survival sits at the heart of each

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

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