Movies Like UFO

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

The X-Files

1998·2h 1m·★ 7.0·Rob Bowman

Fans also likedMystery & Science Fiction & ThrillerStarring Gillian Anderson

The X Files: I Want to Believe

2008·1h 44m·★ 5.9·Chris Carter

Fans also likedMystery & Science Fiction & ThrillerStarring Gillian Anderson

A Beautiful Mind

2001·2h 15m·★ 8.2·Ron Howard

Themes: mathematics, professor

The Abyss

1989·2h 20m·★ 7.5·James Cameron

TMDB recommendsThriller & Science Fiction

The Lost World

1925·1h 44m·★ 7.0·Harry O. Hoyt

TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Thriller

Dead End

2003·1h 23m·★ 6.4·Jean-Baptiste Andrea

TMDB recommendsMystery & Thriller

Red Eye

2005·1h 25m·★ 6.4·Wes Craven

TMDB recommendsThriller & Mystery

Dead Again

1991·1h 47m·★ 6.8·Kenneth Branagh

TMDB recommendsMystery & Thriller

88 Minutes

2007·1h 48m·★ 5.9·Jon Avnet

TMDB recommendsThriller & Mystery

Sphere

1998·2h 14m·★ 6.1·Barry Levinson

Fans also likedScience Fiction & Mystery & Thriller

Doctor X

1932·1h 16m·★ 6.4·Michael Curtiz

Fans also likedThriller & Mystery & Science Fiction

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951·1h 32m·★ 7.7·Robert Wise

Fans also likedScience Fiction & Thriller

Contact

1997·2h 30m·★ 7.5·Robert Zemeckis

Fans also likedScience Fiction & Mystery

Predestination

2014·1h 38m·★ 7.4·Michael Spierig

Fans also likedScience Fiction & Thriller

Manhunter

1986·2h·★ 7.2·Michael Mann

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Ransom

1996·2h 1m·★ 6.7·Ron Howard

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Breach

2007·1h 50m·★ 7.0·Billy Ray

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The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2004·1h 35m·★ 6.9·Niels Mueller

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Into the Night

1985·1h 55m·★ 6.4·John Landis

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The War of the Gargantuas

1966·1h 28m·★ 6.1·Ishirō Honda

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