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Movies Like First-ish Contact

If you liked First-ish Contact, a science fiction movie directed by Kai Smythe, 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. 1Memoirs of an Invisible Man

    Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

  2. 2Blood and Snow

    Blood and Snow (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    When researchers rescue a fellow scientist who survived a meteorite strike in the Arctic, they discover she may not be who they think she is. Is she some-how changed?

  3. 3Zygote

    Zygote (2017)

    ★ 7/10Also science fiction

    The two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.

  4. 4The Man Who Fell to Earth

    The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction

    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…

  5. 5Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus (2024)

    ★ 7.2/10Also science fiction

    While 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.

  6. 6Cosmos

    Cosmos (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    Three 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.

  7. 7The Wave

    The Wave (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    A man on the verge of a promotion takes a mysterious hallucinogenic drug that begins to tear down his reality and expose his life for what it really is.

  8. 8Alien Nation

    Alien Nation (1988)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilization. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine.

  9. 9Alien: Specimen

    Alien: Specimen (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    During the night shift in a colony greenhouse, a botanist does her best to contain suspicious soil samples that have alarmed her sensitive lab dog.

  10. 10Impostor

    Impostor (2001)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    A 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.

  11. 11Monster Hunters

    Monster Hunters (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    When 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…

  12. 12Babylon 5: The River of Souls

    Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.

  13. 13Real Men

    Real Men (1987)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.

  14. 14Snatchers

    Snatchers (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction

    After status-obsessed teen Sara has sex for the first time, she wakes up the next day nine months pregnant-with an alien.

  15. 15Alien: Night Shift

    Alien: Night Shift (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    When 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…

  16. 16Project: ALF

    Project: ALF (1996)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    Six years ago, the lovable intergalactic fugitive Gordon Shumway, best known as ALF, was on his way back to his new home when the Alien Task Force finally caught up with him. Now, he is being studied at a top-secret…

  17. 17Rakka

    Rakka (2017)

    ★ 7/10Also science fiction

    A story of broken humanity following the invasion of a technologically superior alien species. Bleak, harrowing, and unrelenting, the humans must find enough courage to go on fighting.

  18. 18Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs

    Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008)

    ★ 7/10Also science fiction

    Fresh off ripping space-time a new one at the end of "Bender's Big Score," the Planet Express crew is back to mend the tear in reality, or (hopefully) at least not make it worse. Beyond the tear, though, lurks a being…

  19. 19Landscape with Invisible Hand

    Landscape with Invisible Hand (2023)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    Years into a benevolent alien occupation, mankind is still adjusting to its new overlords. Their technology initially held promise for global prosperity, but rendered most human jobs – and steady income – obsolete…

  20. 20Superintelligence

    Superintelligence (2020)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to…

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