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Movies Like Strange Arrivals

If you liked Strange Arrivals, a science fiction and romance movie directed by Roger Ross Williams, 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. 1Frequencies

    Frequencies (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance and science fiction

    The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.

  2. 2Cosmos

    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.

  3. 3Timescape

    Timescape (1992)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    Before they can complete renovations on their new country inn, a widowed father and his young daughter are visited by a strange group of tourists. He soon makes a chilling discovery: they are disaster junkies from the…

  4. 4The Philadelphia Experiment

    The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.

  5. 5Alien 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.

  6. 6The 5th Wave

    The 5th Wave (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    16-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.

  7. 7Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight

    Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight (2002)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest…

  8. 8Zoe

    Zoe (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and romance

    Two colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. As their work progresses, their discoveries become more profound.

  9. 9Impostor

    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.

  10. 10Code 8 Part II

    Code 8 Part II (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.

  11. 11Aliens

    Aliens (1986)

    ★ 8/10Also science fiction

    Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she…

  12. 12Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

  13. 13Spectral

    Spectral (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.

  14. 14The Host

    The Host (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to…

  15. 15Gemini Man

    Gemini Man (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict…

  16. 16Snow Queen

    Snow Queen (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    Since a bitter winter storm stole the life of Gerda's mother, she and her father have sadly continued to run the remote hotel they call home. Lonely and isolated, Gerda's only joy is Kai, the handsome bellboy. A…

  17. 17Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter

    Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter (2013)

    ★ 7.2/10Also science fiction

    Agent Peggy Carter is relegated to a desk job and frustrated at her male boss and comrades' sexist dismissal of her place in the SSR. Ordered to work late one night, Carter gets an alert that the villain Zodiac has…

  18. 18Axcellerator

    Axcellerator (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    When a young car thief stumbles on the invention of the century (and the various government agencies that want to kill him), he and a sassy checkout clerk named Kate have the adventure of a lifetime.

  19. 19Babylon 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.

  20. 20Paradise Hills

    Paradise Hills (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.

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