Movies Like Lights Over Montgomery County

If you liked Lights Over Montgomery County (2023), a horror and science fiction movie directed by Dustin Tamplen, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and science fiction
Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful…
2
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (1998)
★ 7.4/10Also horror and science fiction
After a mysterious blackout, a son goes out to investigate and captures footage of actual aliens. When the aliens follow he and his brothers back to their home all hell breaks lose.
3
Alien Abduction (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction
A vacationing family encounters an alien threat in this pulse-pounding thriller based on the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in North Carolina.
4
Disclosure Day (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction
A cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower after uncovering secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation. Meanwhile, a meteorologist experiencing strange phenomena joins forces with him to prove…
5
The Phoenix Tapes '97 (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and science fiction
In 1997, four campers went missing during the Phoenix Lights incident and their bodies were never found. The Phoenix Tapes 97 is comprised of their final footage. This film is dedicated to the lives lost during the…
6
The Fourth Kind (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction
Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abigail Tyler, a psychologist, may be on…
7
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
8
Invaders from Mars (1953)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and horror
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
9
Dark Skies (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and horror
From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an…
10
Paranormal Activity (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly the most active in the middle of…
11
Nope (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and science fiction
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.
12
Backrooms (2026)
★ 7/10Also horror and science fiction
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
13
Grave Encounters (2011)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.
14
Monolith (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and science fiction
A desperate young journalist turns to podcasting to salvage her career, but her rush to make headlines leads her to an alien conspiracy.
15
undertone (2026)
★ 6/10Also horror
The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
16
No One Will Save You (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and science fiction
A lonely woman battles extraterrestrials who threaten her future while forcing her to face her past.
17
The Faculty (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and science fiction
When creepy things start happening at Herrington High, the students begin to suspect that their faculty is being controlled by body-snatching aliens.
18
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and horror
Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up…
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Earth to Echo (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
After a construction project begins digging in their neighbourhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going…
20
The Arrival (1996)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the…