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Movies that feel like Vesper (2022)

If you loved Vesper, the closest films we have are Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Until the End of the World (1991) and Finch (2021). All three share Vesper's contemplative and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Criterion Channel, TCM and Apple TV and others, checked against today's data.

After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.

🍅 91% Rotten Tomatoes6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Kristina Buožytėcerebralcontemplativeepicdreamlike

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If Vesper hit the spot, these will too

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Snow White and the Huntsman
2012 · dir. Rupert Sanders
🍅 48%6.1adventure · fantasy · drama

Contemplative and epic in the same breath

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain immortality, The Evil Queen needs the heart of Snow White. After Snow escapes the castle, the Queen sends the Huntsman to find her in the Dark Forest.

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Until the End of the World
1991 · dir. Wim Wenders
🍅 89%6.8drama · science fiction · adventure

Both trade on ideas more than on being science fiction

The difference: None of the dream logic that defines Vesper

In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.

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Finch
2021 · dir. Miguel Sapochnik
🍅 74%6.9science fiction · drama · adventure

Cerebral drama in both cases

The difference: Missing the dream logic of Vesper

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.

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Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · dir. James Cameron
🍅 66%7.2science fiction · adventure · fantasy

Dreamlike adventure, and it commits to that

In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits.

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Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018 · dir. Steven S. DeKnight
🍅 41%5.6action · fantasy · science fiction

Fantasy built on scale, twice over

The difference: Leans action where Vesper does not

It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

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

Science fiction with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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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After Life
1999 · dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
🍅 88%7.6fantasy · drama

Both trade on dream logic more than on being drama

The difference: A 1990s film, from a different era of filmmaking

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.

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Okja
2017 · dir. Bong Joon Ho
🍅 87%7.3adventure · drama · science fiction

Adventure with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

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Big Fish
2003 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 76%8adventure · fantasy · drama

Contemplative fantasy in both cases

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

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Hulk
2003 · dir. Ang Lee
🍅 63%5.7science fiction · adventure · action

Epic science fiction, and it commits to that

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.

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

Both are science fiction through and through

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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Return
2011 · dir. Liza Johnson
🍅 83%6.1drama

The same drama instincts

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.

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