Movies Like Night Skies

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

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951·1h 32m·★ 7.7·Robert Wise

TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Thriller & Drama

The X-Files

1998·2h 1m·★ 7.0·Rob Bowman

TMDB recommendsMystery & Science Fiction & Thriller

Fear of Rain

2021·1h 49m·★ 6.0·Castille Landon

TMDB recommendsThriller & Horror & Drama

Disappearance at Clifton Hill

2020·1h 40m·★ 5.4·Albert Shin

TMDB recommendsThriller & Mystery & Drama

Fargo

1996·1h 38m·★ 8.1·Joel Coen

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Thesis

1996·2h 5m·★ 7.4·Alejandro Amenábar

TMDB recommendsHorror & Thriller

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977·2h 17m·★ 7.6·Steven Spielberg

TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Drama

The Abyss

1989·2h 20m·★ 7.5·James Cameron

TMDB recommendsThriller & Science Fiction

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964·1h 56m·★ 7.5·Bryan Forbes

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

2017·1h 36m·★ 6.9·Macon Blair

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama

Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell

2001·1h 29m·★ 3.6·Chris Angel

Both star Jason Connery & A. J. CookThriller & Horror

Ghostland

2018·1h 31m·★ 6.4·Pascal Laugier

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10 Cloverfield Lane

2016·1h 44m·★ 7.2·Dan Trachtenberg

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Encounter

2021·1h 48m·★ 5.9·Michael Pearce

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Tau

2018·1h 37m·★ 5.8·Federico D'Alessandro

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Retroactive

1997·1h 31m·★ 6.2·Louis Morneau

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Stormageddon

2015·1h 30m·★ 4.1·Nick Lyon

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The Astronaut

2025·1h 30m·★ 4.8·Jess Varley

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Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

2015·1h 35m·★ 6.1·Daniel Alfredson

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Containment

2015·1h 17m·★ 4.9·Neil Mcenery-West

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How Good Is Night Skies?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.