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Movies that feel likeStill Alice (2014)

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

If you loved Still Alice, the closest films we have are The Father (2020), The Man from Earth (2007) and I Origins (2014). All three share Still Alice's contemplative and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is LFO (2013).

πŸ… 85% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Richard Glatzercontemplativecerebral
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The Father
2020 Β· dir. Florian Zeller
πŸ… 98%β˜… 8.2dramaRent or buy

Common ground in both: alzheimer's disease and memory loss

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

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The Man from Earth
2007 Β· dir. Richard Schenkman
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.8science fiction Β· dramaPrime Video

One thread runs through both: professor

The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than Still Alice does

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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I Origins
2014 Β· dir. Mike Cahill
πŸ… 51%β˜… 7.3science fiction Β· drama

Contemplative and cerebral in the same breath

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A molecular biologist's study of the human eye has far-reaching implications about humanity's scientific and spiritual beliefs.

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LFO
2013 Β· dir. Antonio TublΓ©n
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.6drama Β· science fiction

Contemplative drama in both cases

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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Another Earth
2011 Β· dir. Mike Cahill
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6.9drama Β· science fiction

Drama with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

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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Paris, Texas
1984 Β· dir. Wim Wenders
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8.1dramaMax

Both are built on the same subject: amnesia

The difference: 30 years apart, and the 1980s show

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

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Little Joe
2019 Β· dir. Jessica Hausner
πŸ… 66%β˜… 5.8drama Β· science fiction

Drama built on stillness, 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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Prospect
2018 Β· dir. Zeek Earl
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.3science fictionHulu

Both run cerebral where it counts

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Still Alice does

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive.

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Stalker
1979 Β· dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8science fiction Β· dramaMax

Drama approached the same way

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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Born in Flames
1983 Β· dir. Lizzie Borden
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.6drama Β· science fiction

Both are drama through and through

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

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The Face of Another
1966 Β· dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.8drama Β· science fiction

Drama of the same temperament

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to question his identity.

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The Congress
2013 Β· dir. Ari Folman
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.4drama Β· science fiction Β· animationRent or buy

Both play drama straight

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.

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