Movies like Close encounters of the third kind (movies similar to Close encounters of the third kind)

[JimmyAduro]

Paul 2011

For the past 60 years a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries hes outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing ...

Paul features funny, entertaining, unusual plot structure, hilarious and road movie style.

[aaron]

The Astronauts Wife 1999

When astronaut Spencer Armacost returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beautiful wife Jillian more often. Gradually Jillian notices that Spencers personality seems ...

The Astronauts Wife features suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, suspense and scary style.

[brent]

Taken 2002

Taken spans five decades and four generations centering on three families the Keys Crawfords and Clarkes. World War II veteran Russell Keys is plagued by nightmares of his abduction by aliens during the war the Roswell incident transforms Owen ...

Taken features serious, captivating, psychological, atmospheric and sentimental style.

[sophie]

Solaris 1972

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out ...

Solaris features art house, atmospheric, cerebral, enigmatic and psychedelic style.

[marc]

2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000 the worlds most advanced super computer.

2001: A Space Odyssey features futuristic, philosophical, psychedelic, mind bending and cerebral style.

[wallace]

Hangar 18 1980

During a Space Shuttle mission a satellite rams a unidentified flying object. The UFO afterwards performs an emergency landing in the deserts of Arizona. However the White House denies its existence because of the near presidential elections. ...

Hangar 18 features independent film, disturbing, suspenseful, serious and psychotronic style.