Movies Like Alien: Containment

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977·2h 17m·★ 7.6·Steven Spielberg

TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Drama

This Island Earth

1955·1h 25m·★ 5.9·Joseph M. Newman

TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Horror

The People

1972·1h 14m·★ 5.8·John Korty

TMDB recommendsDrama & Science Fiction

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

2013·7m·★ 9.0·John Hayes

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Kung Fury

2015·32m·★ 7.9·David Sandberg

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Alien: Romulus

2024·1h 59m·★ 7.1·Fede Álvarez

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Galaxy Quest

1999·1h 42m·★ 7.4·Dean Parisot

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Rakka

2017·22m·★ 7.2·Neill Blomkamp

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Zygote

2017·23m·★ 7.2·Neill Blomkamp

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The Man Who Fell to Earth

1976·2h 19m·★ 6.6·Nicolas Roeg

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The Astronaut

2025·1h 30m·★ 4.8·Jess Varley

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Extinction

2018·1h 36m·★ 5.8·Ben Young

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Stowaway

2021·1h 56m·★ 5.7·Joe Penna

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Landscape with Invisible Hand

2023·1h 45m·★ 5.9·Cory Finley

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FTL

2017·15m·★ 6.5·Adam Stern

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Undress Me

2012·15m·★ 5.8·Victor Lindgren

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The Prototype

2022·1h 35m·★ 2.3·Marcelo Grion

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Meander

2021·1h 31m·★ 5.4·Mathieu Turi

Horror & Science Fiction & DramaStarring Gaia Weiss

How Good Is Alien: Containment?

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