Movies like Arrival

Contact

1997

extraterrestrial technology, alien contact, scientist · Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Interstellar

2014

time-manipulation, spacecraft, scientist · Drama, Science Fiction

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

extraterrestrial technology, alien contact, alien · Drama, Science Fiction

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001

extraterrestrial technology, alien · Drama, Science Fiction

Stalker

1979

alien, complex · Drama, Science Fiction

Attraction

2017

extraterrestrial technology, alien · Drama, Science Fiction

K-PAX

2001

alien · Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Spaceman

2024

alien · Drama, Science Fiction

Mr. Nobody

2009

time, complex · Drama, Science Fiction

The Life of Chuck

2025

based on short story · Drama · FilmNation Entertainment

The Man from Earth

2007

time · Drama, Science Fiction

Mission to Mars

2000

alien contact, spacecraft, alien · Mystery, Science Fiction

The Giver

2014

Close on feel, same era · Drama, Science Fiction

Midnight Special

2016

military · Drama, Science Fiction · FilmNation Entertainment

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

2009

incredulous, alien, complex · Drama, Science Fiction

After Yang

2022

loss · Drama, Science Fiction

The Great Flood

2025

complex · Drama, Science Fiction

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

2022

based on short story · Drama, Mystery

Solaris

1972

extraterrestrial technology · Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Upstream Color

2013

loss · Drama, Science Fiction

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

2018

military · Drama

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979

spacecraft · Mystery, Science Fiction

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

2008

extraterrestrial technology, alien · Mystery, Science Fiction

The Beast

2024

female protagonist, based on short story · Drama, Science Fiction