Movies like *batteries not included
*batteries not included (1987) is a comedy movie directed by Matthew Robbins. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
★ 7.4 · 4,880 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama
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.
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2. Arrival (2016)
★ 7.6 · 20,018 votes · Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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3. Venom (2018)
★ 6.8 · 17,692 votes · Sci-Fi, Action
Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of Venom, a violent, super powerful alien symbiote. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.
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4. The Thing (1982)
★ 8.1 · 8,348 votes · Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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5. Men in Black (1997)
★ 7.2 · 15,308 votes · Action, Adventure, Comedy
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
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6. Explorers (1985)
★ 6.3 · 531 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure, Family
Middle 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 technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.
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