Movies Like Earthy Encounters
If you liked Earthy Encounters (2018), a science fiction and action movie directed by Sam Johnson, 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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Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight (2002)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and adventureAfter 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…
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Code 8 Part II (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and actionIn 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.
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Halo: Nightfall (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also science fiction and actionSet between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians… Halo: Nightfall tells the dramatic story of legendary man hunter and Naval Intelligence Officer Jameson Locke and his team as they are caught in a horrific…
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Monsters of Man (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and actionA robotics company vying to win a lucrative military contract team up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test. They deploy four weaponized prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing…
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Timescape (1992)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and adventureBefore 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…
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The 5th Wave (2016)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and adventure16-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.
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The Avengers (2012)
★ 8.1/10Also science fiction and actionWhen an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from…
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Marvel One-Shot: Item 47 (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and actionBenny and Claire, a down-on-their-luck couple, find a discarded Chitauri weapon referred to as 'Item 47'.
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Chaos Walking (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and adventureTwo unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
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Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
★ 6.4/10Also action and science fictionA group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.
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Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also action and science fictionLight years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
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Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and actionAgent 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…
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Vesper (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and adventureAfter the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…
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Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and actionThe feature-length pilot for this Emmy award-winning show. Babylon 5 is the latest in a series of space stations built by humans. The Vorlon ambassador, Kosh, has been poisoned. It is the new commanding officer…
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I Am Number Four (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also action and science fictionA teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly…
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Real Men (1987)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and actionA 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.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and actionThe surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
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Superman Returns (2006)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and actionSuperman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed…
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Strawberry Mansion (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and adventureIn the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote…
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Seized (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also action and adventureHiding out with his son Taylor on the Mexican coast, Nero hopes to put his violent Special Forces career behind him. But after Nero’s home is attacked and Taylor is abducted, the mysterious Mzamo orders Nero to…