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10 Best Movies Like The Phoenix Tapes '97

If you loved The Phoenix Tapes '97, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Phoenix Forgotten

Phoenix Forgotten

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Phoenix Tapes '97 for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling th...

#2
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County

Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County

1998★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Phoenix Tapes '97 for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After a mysterious blackout, a son goes out to investigate and captures footage of actual aliens. When the aliens follow he and his brothers back to their home all hell breaks lose...

#3
Europa Report

Europa Report

2013★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Phoenix Tapes '97 for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A crew travels to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, to investigate signs of life in its subsurface ocean, but disaster cuts them off from Earth, leading to a tense and dangerous explorat...

#4
Alien Abduction

Alien Abduction

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Phoenix Tapes '97 for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A vacationing family encounters an alien threat in this pulse-pounding thriller based on the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in North Carolina....

#5
The Wild Blue Yonder

The Wild Blue Yonder

2005★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Phoenix Tapes '97 for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an a...

#6
The Fourth Kind

The Fourth Kind

2009★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Phoenix Tapes '97 for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abi...

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