Movies Like Dark Skies

If you liked Dark Skies (2013), a science fiction and thriller movie directed by Scott Stewart, 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
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction and thriller
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk…
2
Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
3
Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller
Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he…
4
Books of Blood (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
5
Afraid (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction
Curtis Pike and his family are selected to test a new home device: a digital assistant called AIA. AIA observes the family's behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can – and will – make sure nothing…
6
Crawlers (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction
On Saint Patrick's day—a night of wild parties and drunken revelry—three unlikely friends band together to save a college town from a vicious horde of body-snatching aliens.
7
Margaux (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction
As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a…
8
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction
The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in…
9
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.
10
Spectral (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and thriller
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
11
V/H/S/Beyond (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and science fiction
The infinite playground of forbidden worlds and dangerous lifeforms offered by the sci-fi horror genre will lead to the biggest, maddest, bloodiest V/H/S ever.
12
Arcadian (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and science fiction
In the near future, on a decimated Earth, Paul and his twin sons face terror at night when ferocious creatures awaken. When Paul is nearly killed, the boys come up with a plan for survival, using everything their…
13
The Signal (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction
A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
14
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and thriller
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.
15
The Hidden (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also science fiction and horror
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
16
Body Snatchers (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage…
17
The Purge (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and horror
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a…
18
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…
19
Abduction (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction
A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by…
20
Rage of Stars (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and thriller
A story about a woman from the International Special Forces Unit, who has a premonition about the impending end of humanity.