Movies Like The War of the Worlds 2021
If you liked The War of the Worlds 2021 (2021), a science fiction movie directed by Matthew Cooke, 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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Osiris (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionSpecial Forces commandos on a mission are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft. Upon waking aboard, they find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival.
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Cosmos (2019)
★ 6/10Also science fictionThree astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.
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Zygote (2017)
★ 7/10Also science fictionThe two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.
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Alien: Night Shift (2019)
★ 6/10Also science fictionWhen a missing space trucker is discovered hungover and disoriented, his co-worker suggests a nightcap as a remedy. Near closing time, they are reluctantly allowed inside the colony supply depot where the trucker’s…
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The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionThomas 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…
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Monster Hunters (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionWhen an alien prison ship crash lands and unleashes creature after creature in the California desert, they make quick work of the army that tries to stop them. Now, the only hope of stopping the aliens rests with a…
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The Thing (2011)
★ 6.3/10Also science fictionWhen paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as…
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The Thing from Another World (1951)
★ 6.7/10Also science fictionScientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
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Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999)
★ 6.9/10Also science fictionAllies of the Shadows seek revenge against humanity. This movie sets up the series, "Crusade," the sequel to "Babylon 5."
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Monolith (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionA desperate young journalist turns to podcasting to salvage her career, but her rush to make headlines leads her to an alien conspiracy.
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Alien: Romulus (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also science fictionWhile scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
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Impostor (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionA top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
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The 5th Wave (2016)
★ 6/10Also science fiction16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
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Bugonia (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also science fictionTwo conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
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Ick (2025)
★ 6/10Also science fictionScience teacher Hank’s life changes when he reconnects with his first love and suspects that a new student may be his daughter—all while facing an alien threat in their town.
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2073 (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also science fictionInspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and…
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Prometheus (2012)
★ 6.6/10Also science fictionA team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
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Occupation: Rainfall (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionTwo years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies, uncover a plot that…
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Psycho Goreman (2020)
★ 6/10Also science fictionSiblings Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord. Using a magical amulet, they force the monster to obey their childish whims, and accidentally attract a rogues’ gallery of intergalactic assassins…
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionAfter a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.