Movies like Arrival
If Arrival's mix of spacecraft, extraterrestrial technology and loss stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Arrival's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft, scientist, time-manipulation · Also drama and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Directed by Gareth Edwards · 133 min7.5
Why you'll like itWith Forest Whitaker · Shares: spacecraft, female protagonist, alien language · From the same decade (2010s)
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
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Alien
1979 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 117 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft, alien, female protagonist
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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Gravity
2013 · Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · 91 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: loss, hopeful · Also science fiction and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 146 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: extraterrestrial technology, alien · Also drama and science fiction
David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this…
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Primer
2004 · Directed by Shane Carruth · 77 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: determinism, incredulous · Also science fiction and drama
A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.
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Finch
2021 · Directed by Miguel Sapochnik · 116 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: wistful · Also science fiction and drama
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.
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Planet of the Apes
1968 · Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner · 112 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: hopeful · Also science fiction and drama
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent…
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K-PAX
2001 · Directed by Iain Softley · 120 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: alien · Also science fiction and drama
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
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Oblivion
2013 · Directed by Joseph Kosinski · 124 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft · Also science fiction and mystery · From the same decade (2010s)
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly…
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The Fourth Kind
2009 · Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi · 98 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: alien · Also mystery and science fiction
Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr.