Movies Like Sightings: The UFO Report

If you liked Sightings: The UFO Report (1991), a movie directed by Greg 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.

1
The Arrival (1996)
★ 6/10
Zane 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…
2
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
★ 7.3/10
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
3
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
★ 7.4/10
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
4
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
★ 8.4/10
The story of life on our planet by the man who has seen more of the natural world than any other. In more than 90 years, Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of our planet…
5
Monsters (2010)
★ 6.2/10
Six 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…
6
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
★ 7.1/10
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
7
Invaders from Mars (1953)
★ 5.9/10
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
8
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
★ 6.3/10
Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up…
9
Roar (1981)
★ 5.8/10
Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.
10
The Secret (2006)
★ 6.6/10
Interviews with leading authors, philosophers and scientists, with an in-depth discussion of the Law of Attraction. The audience is shown how they can learn and use 'The Secret' in their everyday lives.
11
The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (2008)
★ 7.3/10
In the remote and forgotten wilderness of Lake Natron, in northern Tanzania, one of nature's last great mysteries unfolds: the birth, life and death of a million crimson-winged flamingos.
12
The Gorgon (1964)
★ 6.4/10
In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she…
13
Freaked (1993)
★ 6.2/10
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
14
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
★ 6.1/10
Test space rockets exploding at liftoff and increased reporting of UFO sightings culminate in a direct attempt by alien survivors of a dead, extra-galactic civilization to invade Earth from impervious flying saucers…
15
Truth (2015)
★ 6.5/10
As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sitting U.S. President’s military service. But when allegations come…
16
Ben 10 vs. the Universe: The Movie (2020)
★ 7.4/10
A blast from Ben's past returns to do double the damage on Team Tennyson and planet Earth itself, forcing Ben to go interstellar to save the day. Based on the 2016 reboot.
17
Them! (1954)
★ 6.8/10
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their…
18
The Day of the Triffids (1963)
★ 6.1/10
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
19
The Thing from Another World (1951)
★ 6.7/10
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
20
Dead of Night (1945)
★ 7.2/10
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.