Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like First Contact

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

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#1
The Asphyx

The Asphyx

1972★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Contact for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curiou...

#2
Light of My Life

Light of My Life

2019★ 6.5

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

Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bon...

#3
Omni Loop

Omni Loop

2024★ 5.9

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

Diagnosed with a black hole growing inside her chest and stuck in a loop reliving the last five days of her life, a 55-year-old wife and mother from Miami, Florida decides to solve...

#4
Marjorie Prime

Marjorie Prime

2017★ 6.1

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

A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband....

#5
Jonathan

Jonathan

2018★ 5.9

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

Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested...

#6
My Zoe

My Zoe

2019★ 6.5

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

Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to her mother and so when tragedy ...

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