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10 Best Movies Like Solaris

If you loved Solaris, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Mirror

Mirror

1975★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Solaris for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life....

#2
Stalker

Stalker

1979★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Solaris for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 m...

#3
Andrei Rublev

Andrei Rublev

1966★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Solaris for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk ...

#4
Nostalgia

Nostalgia

1983★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Solaris for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Russian poet, Andrei and his interpreter, Eugenia travel to Italy to research the life of an 18th-century composer....

#5
Solaris

Solaris

2002★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Solaris for fans of Drama & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet....

#6
Ivan's Childhood

Ivan's Childhood

1962★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Solaris for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers....