Movies Like Cygnus
If you liked Cygnus (2018), a science fiction and thriller movie directed by Hugo Félix Mercado, 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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Contact (1997)
★ 7.5/10Also science fictionA radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult…
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Monsters (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and science fictionSix years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear…
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The Andromeda Strain (1971)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and thrillerWhen virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent…
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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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The Arrival (1996)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and thrillerZane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the…
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Disclosure Day (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction and thrillerA cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower after uncovering secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation. Meanwhile, a meteorologist experiencing strange phenomena joins forces with him to prove…
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The Vast of Night (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and thrillerAt the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.
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Predator 2 (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and thrillerA police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
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The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and thrillerMulder 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.
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The Signal (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and thrillerA 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.
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A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction and thrillerFollowing 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…
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Starship Troopers (1997)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and science fictionSet in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against…
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Alien: Covenant (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionThe crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.
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Timecrimes (2007)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and thrillerA man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
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Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionThe 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…
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and thrillerA small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
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Impostor (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thrillerA 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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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and thrillerDecades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected…
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Signal One (2026)
★ 6/10Also science fictionA computer scientist is invited by a tech billionaire to join his private facility on a Caribbean island to investigate extraterrestrial matter on Earth. When they make contact beyond our world, chaos erupts as we’re…
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Monolith (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thrillerA desperate young journalist turns to podcasting to salvage her career, but her rush to make headlines leads her to an alien conspiracy.