Movies Like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
If you liked E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), a adventure and science fiction movie directed by Steven Spielberg, 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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Flight of the Navigator (1986)
★ 7/10Also family and science fiction12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged…
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Lilo & Stitch (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also family and science fictionThe wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
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Earth to Echo (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also family and adventureAfter a construction project begins digging in their neighbourhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going…
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Explorers (1985)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and adventureMiddle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about…
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Crater (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and adventureAfter the death of his father, a boy growing up on a lunar mining colony takes a trip to explore a legendary crater, along with his four best friends, prior to being permanently relocated to another planet.
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and adventureA surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.
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Project Hail Mary (2026)
★ 8.6/10Also science fiction and adventureScience teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the…
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also adventure and science fictionSet more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles…
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and adventureWhen an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.
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Star Trek: Generations (1994)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and adventureCaptain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been…
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Greenland 2: Migration (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and science fictionHaving found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family must now risk everything to embark on a perilous journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
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Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also science fiction and adventureLight 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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Mission to Mars (2000)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and adventureWhen the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.
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Planet 51 (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also family and science fictionWhen Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an…
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Interstellar (2014)
★ 8.5/10Also adventure and science fictionThe adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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Elio (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and science fictionElio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover…
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The Ewok Adventure (1984)
★ 5.8/10Also adventure and familyWicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.
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The Martian (2015)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and adventureDuring a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only…
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Star Trek Beyond (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and science fictionThe USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
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Rim of the World (2019)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and adventureStranded at a summer camp when aliens attack the planet, four teens with nothing in common embark on a perilous mission to save the world.