Super 8 (2011) is a thriller movie directed by J.J. Abrams. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

★ 7.6 · 15,620 votes · Action, Sci-Fi
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.
Movies like Edge of Tomorrow →
★ 7.4 · 10,017 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Movies like Minority Report →
★ 8.2 · 26,600 votes · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
Movies like Shutter Island →
★ 8.2 · 16,777 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
Movies like The Departed →
★ 7.6 · 20,020 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.
Movies like Arrival →
★ 7.4 · 3,672 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller
A cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower after uncovering secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation. Meanwhile, a meteorologist experiencing strange phenomena joins forces with him to prove there's life beyond our understanding.
Movies like Disclosure Day →
★ 6.8 · 17,251 votes · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Movies like Captain Marvel →
★ 7.2 · 15,310 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.
Movies like Men in Black →
★ 7.6 · 23,586 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
Movies like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 →
★ 6.6 · 9,627 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.
Movies like War of the Worlds →
★ 6.4 · 420 votes · Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
Movies like High Anxiety →
★ 6.5 · 1,467 votes · Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery
Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.
Movies like Time Lapse →
★ 6.8 · 336 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller, Comedy
After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!
Movies like Miracle Mile →
★ 7.3 · 9,490 votes · Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
Movies like Source Code →
★ 7.0 · 853 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scrambles to a secure laboratory and tries first to isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form, unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.
Movies like The Andromeda Strain →
★ 7.3 · 2,144 votes · Sci-Fi, Crime, Thriller
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.
Movies like Frequency →
★ 6.7 · 2,578 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.
Movies like Primer →
★ 6.8 · 3,003 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller
A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
Movies like Project Almanac →
★ 6.4 · 346 votes · Horror, Action, Thriller
The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined to stop the murderous driver.
Movies like The Car →