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Atmospheric, philosophical films exploring existential themes, altered realities, and psychological depth similar to Andrei Tarkovsky's 'Stalker'.

Movies Like Stalker

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#1

Solaris

A psychologist confronts emotional ghosts on a space station orbiting a sentient planet.

Shares Tarkovsky’s meditative pacing and focus on memory, grief, and human limitation.

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#2

The Mirror

A nonlinear reflection on memory, childhood, and Soviet life through fragmented personal recollections.

Uses poetic imagery and temporal ambiguity like 'Stalker', emphasizing mood over plot.

autobiographical-poetrymemory-narrativeslow-cinemasoviet-art-film
#3

Andrei Rublev

Chronicles the life of a 15th-century Russian icon painter amid turmoil and faith crises.

Tarkovsky’s historical epic with spiritual introspection and visual grandeur akin to 'Stalker'.

historical-epicspiritual-journeymedieval-russiaart-and-faith
#4

Leviathan

A haunting, wordless depiction of deep-sea decay and cosmic indifference.

Eerie atmosphere and symbolic visuals mirror 'Stalker’s' sense of forbidden mystery.

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#5

Goodbye to Language

Jean-Luc Godard’s fragmented meditation on perception, nature, and communication.

Disrupts narrative form with intellectual depth and sensory layering like 'Stalker'.

avant-gardephilosophical-experimentnature-and-technonlinear-narrative
#6

Voyage of Time

Terrence Malick’s visual epic tracing the birth and death of the universe.

Cosmic scale and reverent tone echo 'Stalker’s' spiritual inquiry into existence.

cosmic-cinemavisual-meditationorigin-of-lifetranscendent-film
#7

The Turin Horse

Follows six days in the lives of a farmer and daughter as civilization collapses.

Minimalist, apocalyptic dread with deliberate pacing reminiscent of Tarkovsky.

apocalyptic-minimalismexistential-despairslow-cinemaend-of-civilization
#8

Upstream Color

Two people entangled in a surreal cycle of identity loss and psychic connection.

Explores unseen forces shaping consciousness, much like the Zone in 'Stalker'.

surreal-narrativeidentity-transformationmetaphysical-thrillerpsycho-biological
#9

Annihilation

Scientists enter a mysterious quarantined zone where biology defies natural laws.

Directly inspired by 'Stalker', featuring a mutating environment and self-disintegration.

biological-sci-fipsychological-horrormystery-zoneself-destruction
#10

First Reformed

A pastor grapples with ecological despair, faith, and personal collapse.

Spiritual crisis and austere tone mirror 'Stalker’s' internal and external desolation.

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#11

Time of the Gypsies

A young Romani man navigates magic, violence, and dreams in a surreal Balkan tale.

Blends realism and fantasy with emotional intensity and mythic undertones.

magical-realismbalkan-epicfamily-dramasupernatural-tragedy
#12

The Sacrifice

On the brink of nuclear war, a man bargains with God to undo apocalypse.

Tarkovsky’s final film shares 'Stalker’s' metaphysical weight and ritualistic pacing.

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