
Movies that feel likeUpstream Color (2013)
If you loved Upstream Color, the closest films we have are Departures (2008), Hope (2013) and In America (2003). All three share Upstream Color's contemplative and hopeful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Swades (2004).
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If Upstream Color hit the spot, these will too

The same mix in both: stillness, then hope
The difference: Trades the ideas of Upstream Color for an angle of its own

Common ground: hope
The difference: Easier on the ideas than Upstream Color


Hopeful science fiction, and it commits to that

Both lean on romance more than on drama
The difference: Sits closer to romance than Upstream Color does

Science fiction with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Drama built on ideas, twice over
The difference: Leans harder into action than Upstream Color does

A 2010s answer to the same itch

A streak of romance through both

Both sit in the same romantic register
The difference: 25 years apart, and the 1980s show


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