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10 Best Movies Like Contact

If you loved Contact, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Sahara

Sahara

1995★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contact for fans of TV Movie & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along ...

#2
Jacknife

Jacknife

1989★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contact for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle ...

#3
Danny Boy

Danny Boy

2021★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contact for fans of Drama & TV Movie & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battle...

#4
Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines

Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contact for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Seal Team Eight must fight their way deep into Africa's Congo, decommission a secret uranium mine, and stop our most dangerous enemy from smuggling weapon's grade yellow-cake out o...

#5
The Kill Team

The Kill Team

2019★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contact for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent ...

#6
Bravo Two Zero

Bravo Two Zero

1999★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contact for fans of TV Movie & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When an elite eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines, their mission is clear: take out Saddam Hussein's SCUD missile systems. But when communications are cut and ...

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