Movies like Sphere
If Sphere's mix of space marine, ocean and extraterrestrial technology stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Sphere's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Thing
1982 · Directed by John Carpenter · 109 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: space marine, paranoia, alien · Also mystery and science fiction
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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Twelve Monkeys
1995 · Directed by Terry Gilliam · 129 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: paranoia, time travel · Also science fiction and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground…
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The Abyss
1989 · Directed by James Cameron · 140 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: ocean, deepsea · Also thriller and science fiction
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where…
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The X-Files
1998 · Directed by Rob Bowman · 121 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: space marine, extraterrestrial technology · Also mystery and science fiction · From the same decade (1990s)
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
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Arrival
2016 · Directed by Denis Villeneuve · 116 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: extraterrestrial technology, alien · Also science fiction and mystery
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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A Quiet Place Part II
2021 · Directed by John Krasinski · 97 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: alien · Also science fiction and thriller
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk…
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Predestination
2014 · Directed by Peter Spierig · 98 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: time travel · Also science fiction and thriller
Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes.
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Dark City
1998 · Directed by Alex Proyas · 101 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: paranoia · Also mystery and science fiction · From the same decade (1990s)
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
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Alien
1979 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 117 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: space marine, alien
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a…
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Starship Troopers
1997 · Directed by Paul Verhoeven · 129 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: space marine · Also thriller and science fiction · From the same decade (1990s)
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against…
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Pitch Black
2000 · Directed by David Twohy · 108 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: spaceship crash · Also thriller and science fiction
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear.
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Event Horizon
1997 · Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson · 96 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: space marine · Also science fiction and mystery · From the same decade (1990s)
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage.