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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
Tomie: Rebirth

Tomie: Rebirth

2001★ 7.2

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

Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends...

#2
Re-Generator

Re-Generator

2010★ 6.2

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

A plane containing a highly classified government project crashes outside of a small town in the US. Realizing the level of danger, the government tries to secretly fix the problem...

#3
Brother 2

Brother 2

2000★ 7.2

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

Arriving in Moscow, Chechen War veteran Danila meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin brother has been forced into signing a crooked contract with a US ice hoc...

#4
Wayne's World 2

Wayne's World 2

1993★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Contact for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations...

#5
Everything Everything Nothing Nothing

Everything Everything Nothing Nothing

2012★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Contact for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace so...

#6
Fear and Desire

Fear and Desire

1953★ 5.4

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

After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the h...