Movies like The Thing from Another World
The Thing from Another World (1951) is a horror movie directed by Christian Nyby. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
★ 7.5 · 1,245 votes · Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
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2. The Martian (2015)
★ 7.7 · 21,956 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama, Adventure
During 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 meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
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3. Mars Attacks! (1996)
★ 6.4 · 6,094 votes · Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
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4. A Quiet Place (2018)
★ 7.4 · 15,827 votes · Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
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5. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
★ 7.5 · 9,715 votes · Horror, Comedy
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.
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6. War of the Worlds (2005)
★ 6.6 · 9,626 votes · Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
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7. Predator (1987)
★ 7.6 · 9,588 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
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8. Signs (2002)
★ 6.7 · 6,602 votes · Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
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9. The Blob (1988)
★ 6.9 · 1,122 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.
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10. Contact (1997)
★ 7.5 · 5,235 votes · Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery
A 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 decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
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11. Fire in the Sky (1993)
★ 6.7 · 764 votes · Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abducted. Despite no apparent motive or evidence of foul play, no-one believes their story and his disappearance is treated as murder.
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12. Planet of the Apes (1968)
★ 7.7 · 4,142 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
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13. The Invisible Man (1933)
★ 7.5 · 997 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi
After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.
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14. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
★ 7.5 · 590 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure, Horror
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
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15. The Vast of Night (2019)
★ 6.6 · 1,258 votes · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
At 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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