Solaris
Drama
Science Fiction
Mystery
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
Cast
Natalya Bondarchuk
Hari
Donatas Banionis
Kris Kelvin
Jüri Järvet
Dr. Snaut
Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Henri Berton
Mykola Hrynko
Kelvin's Father
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Dr. Sartorius
Olga Barnet
Kelvin's Mother
Where to Watch
HBO Max
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Criterion Channel
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
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Double Feature Pairings
Films that pair perfectly with Solaris
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
The two poles of philosophical sci-fi. One cold, one warm, both infinite.
Arrival
2016
First contact as therapy. Two films where the aliens hold up a mirror to your deepest loss.
Ad Astra
2019
Space as grief therapy. Two films about men who travel across the solar system and discover the real distance is inside them.
Annihilation
2018
Consciousness-transforming zones. Two films about places that do not just change what you see — they change what you are.
