Movies like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
If E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial's mix of farewell, california and space marine stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 146 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Steven Spielberg · Shares: loss of loved one, prosecution, alien · Also science fiction and adventure
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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Flight of the Navigator
1986 · Directed by Randal Kleiser · 90 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: farewell, flying saucer, nasa · Also family and science fiction · From the same decade (1980s)
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged.
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Men in Black
1997 · Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld · 98 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: space marine, flying saucer, alien · Also adventure and science fiction
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black.
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Armageddon
1998 · Directed by Michael Bay · 151 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: space marine, nasa, loss of loved one · Also science fiction and adventure
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb.
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The Thing
1982 · Directed by John Carpenter · 109 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: space marine, halloween, alien · From the same decade (1980s)
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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Project Hail Mary
2026 · Directed by Phil Lord · 157 min8.6
Why you'll like itShares: alien · Also science fiction and adventure
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the…
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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: nasa · Also adventure and science fiction
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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The Martian
2015 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 141 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: nasa · Also science fiction and adventure
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet.
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Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · Directed by James Cameron · 192 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: loss of loved one · Also adventure and science fiction
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles…
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Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 · Directed by J.J. Abrams · 132 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: alien · Also adventure and science fiction
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of…
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Lilo & Stitch
2025 · Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp · 108 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: alien · Also family and science fiction
The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
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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…