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Movies that feel likeVanilla Sky (2001)

David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.

If you loved Vanilla Sky, the closest films we have are K-PAX (2001), Burning (2018) and Source Code (2011). All three share Vanilla Sky's twisty and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Marjorie Prime (2017).

πŸ… 41% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Cameron Crowetwistyromanticcerebraldreamlike
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K-PAX
2001 Β· dir. Iain Softley
πŸ… 41%β˜… 7.4science fiction Β· drama Β· mystery

The same preoccupation in both: dreams

The difference: Takes it somewhere less romantic than Vanilla Sky does

Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.

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Burning
2018 Β· dir. Lee Chang-dong
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.4mystery Β· drama Β· thrillerRent or buy

Common ground in both: jealousy and love triangle

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

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Source Code
2011 Β· dir. Duncan Jones
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5thriller Β· science fiction Β· mystery

Common ground: virtual reality

The difference: Trades the romance of Vanilla Sky for an angle of its own

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 Β· dir. Michel Gondry
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.3science fiction Β· drama Β· romance

The same two preoccupations: regret, and amnesia

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Vanilla Sky does

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

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

Twisty and cerebral in the same breath

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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Cube
1998 Β· dir. Vincenzo Natali
πŸ… 61%β˜… 7.1thriller Β· science fiction Β· mystery

Twisty mystery, and it commits to that

A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.

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Emerald Green
2016 Β· dir. Katharina SchΓΆde
β˜… 5.9fantasy Β· action Β· mystery

Romantic where it counts, dreamlike underneath

Emerald Green is the stunning conclusion to Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red Trilogy, picking up where Sapphire Blue left off, reaching new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate.

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

Romantic science fiction in both cases

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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Upside Down
2012 Β· dir. Juan Diego Solanas
πŸ… 29%β˜… 6.3romance Β· science fiction Β· dramaPrime Video

One thread runs through both: amnesia

In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?

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

Romance built on ideas, 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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Mr. Nobody
2009 Β· dir. Jaco Van Dormael
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.7science fiction Β· drama Β· romancePrime VideoHulu

Romance with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

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

Both are built on the same subject: nightmare

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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