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Movies that feel likeAstral City: A Spiritual Journey (2010)

The selfish Dr. André Luiz dies and awakes in the limbo called "Umbral". After a painful period in the gruesome swamp, he is rescued and brought in a white light to "Nosso Lar" (meaning "Our Home"). He finds a place of harmony, where people live in peace awaiting

If you loved Astral City: A Spiritual Journey, the closest films we have are Swades (2004), In America (2003) and Departures (2008). All three share Astral City: A Spiritual Journey'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 Upstream Color (2013).

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Swades
2004 · dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
🍅 90%★ 8.2dramaNetflix

Common ground in both: inspirational and admiring

A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.

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In America
2003 · dir. Jim Sheridan
🍅 90%★ 7.7drama

The same preoccupation in both: inspirational

A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

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Departures
2008 · dir. Yojiro Takita
🍅 80%★ 8drama

The same mix in both: stillness, then hope

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.

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Like Stars on Earth
2007 · dir. Aamir Khan
🍅 93%★ 8.3drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.

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The Blind Side
2009 · dir. John Lee Hancock
🍅 65%★ 7.6drama

Hopeful drama, and it commits to that

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

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Hope
2013 · dir. Lee Joon-ik
★ 8.2drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.

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Moneyball
2011 · dir. Bennett Miller
🍅 94%★ 7.6dramaHulu

Both work the same hope

The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

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Awakenings
1990 · dir. Penny Marshall
🍅 81%★ 7.8drama

Both play drama straight

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

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Creed
2015 · dir. Ryan Coogler
🍅 95%★ 7.6dramaPrime VideoHulu

Drama approached the same way

The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

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Mohabbatein
2000 · dir. Aditya Chopra
★ 7.1drama · romanceNetflix

Both know what they want from drama

The difference: Leans further into romance

At a prestigious all-male university, three friends seek love outside of the school grounds; at the same time, a newly-hired music teacher seeks to befriend and loosen up the militantly strict headmaster.

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Upstream Color
2013 · dir. Shane Carruth
🍅 87%★ 6.5drama · science fiction

The same drama instincts

The difference: Played as science fiction first

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

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Blood and Bone
2009 · dir. Ben Ramsey
★ 6.7action · crime · thrillerStarz

Cut from the same drama cloth

In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.

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