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Movies Like The Man Who Loved UFOs

If you liked The Man Who Loved UFOs (2024), a drama and comedy movie directed by Diego Lerman, 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.

  1. 1Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

    Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and comedy

    Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks…

  2. 2Inseparables

    Inseparables (2016)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy

    Felipe a wealthy businessman who has been quadriplegic, due to an accident, is looking for a therapeutic assistant. There are several highly qualified, but he decides to take the assistant of his gardener, Tito who has…

  3. 3Vesper

    Vesper (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and fantasy

    After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…

  4. 4The Brother from Another Planet

    The Brother from Another Planet (1984)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.

  5. 5Family Weekend

    Family Weekend (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

  6. 6Nine Days

    Nine Days (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and fantasy

    A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.

  7. 740 Acres

    40 Acres (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and fantasy

    Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they…

  8. 8Mexico 86

    Mexico 86 (2026)

    ★ 7.8/10Also comedy and drama

    When a last-minute chance to host the 1986 World Cup appears, a cunning Mexican bureaucrat, armed with nothing but guts and audacity, cons his way through FIFA to beat the United States, but in a country of power…

  9. 9The Joneses

    The Joneses (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they're living there, they don't exactly come clean with their neighbors.

  10. 10Today We Fix the World

    Today We Fix the World (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    David Samaras, "el Griego", is the general producer of the popular talk show "Hoy se arregla el mundo", where supposedly ordinary people resolve relationship, couple, friendship, work, parent and child conflicts. The…

  11. 11Landline

    Landline (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

  12. 12Mirage

    Mirage (2018)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and fantasy

    During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.

  13. 13The Nines

    The Nines (2007)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and fantasy

    A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.

  14. 14A Poet

    A Poet (2025)

    ★ 8.7/10Also comedy and drama

    An aging poet finds purpose mentoring Yurlady, a talented teen, though exposing her to the poetry scene might be unwise. His own poetic pursuits led nowhere, leaving him a stereotypical obscure writer.

  15. 15Vera and the Pleasure of Others

    Vera and the Pleasure of Others (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Seventeen-year-old Vera earns money by secretly renting out an apartment to teenagers seeking privacy, all while eavesdropping from behind a closed door. As she listens, her own desires awaken.

  16. 16The Zero Theorem

    The Zero Theorem (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and fantasy

    A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

  17. 17The Man Who Fell to Earth

    The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and fantasy

    Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions…

  18. 18Barbarians at the Gate

    Barbarians at the Gate (1993)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier, fail on account of market rumours.

  19. 19Big Trouble in Little China

    Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and fantasy

    Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to…

  20. 20Franklyn

    Franklyn (2008)

    ★ 6/10Also fantasy and drama

    Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four souls, whose lives are intertwined by fate, romance and tragedy. As…

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