Movies Like The Day the Earth Stood Still

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

Themes: ufo, flying saucerTMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Drama

Invaders from Mars

1953·1h 18m·★ 6.3·William Cameron Menzies

Themes: ufo, flying saucer, spacecraftFans also liked

The Good German

2006·1h 48m·★ 6.0·Steven Soderbergh

Themes: humanity, black and whiteTMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

This Island Earth

1955·1h 25m·★ 5.9·Joseph M. Newman

Themes: flying saucer, spacecraftFans also liked

Planet 51

2009·1h 31m·★ 6.0·Jorge Blanco

Themes: flying saucer, spacecraftFans also liked

Rififi

1955·1h 58m·★ 8.1·Jules Dassin

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama

Arrival

2016·1h 56m·★ 7.9·Denis Villeneuve

Themes: military, spacecraftDrama & Science Fiction

28 Days Later

2002·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Danny Boyle

TMDB recommendsThriller & Science Fiction

Star Trek: Generations

1994·1h 58m·★ 6.6·David Carson

TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Thriller

Alien: Covenant

2017·2h 2m·★ 6.4·Ridley Scott

Themes: alien technology, spacecraft

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

1989·1h 46m·★ 5.5·William Shatner

TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Thriller

Godzilla

1998·2h 19m·★ 5.5·Roland Emmerich

TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Thriller

Soldier of Fortune

1955·1h 36m·★ 6.2·Edward Dmytryk

DP: Leo ToverStarring Michael Rennie

Stowaway

2021·1h 56m·★ 5.7·Joe Penna

Fans also likedScience Fiction & Drama & Thriller

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979·2h 11m·★ 6.4·Robert Wise

Fans also likedDir. Robert Wise

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

1956·1h 23m·★ 6.3·Fred F. Sears

Fans also likedStarring Hugh Marlowe

Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

TMDB recommends

Saving Private Ryan

1998·2h 49m·★ 8.6·Steven Spielberg

TMDB recommends

Roman Holiday

1953·1h 59m·★ 8.0·William Wyler

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Diabolique

1955·1h 58m·★ 8.1·Henri-Georges Clouzot

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