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10 Best Movies Like This Island Earth

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

#1
The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Island Earth for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction....

#2
20 Million Miles to Earth

20 Million Miles to Earth

1957★ 6.2

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

When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astro...

#3
Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Island Earth for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare....

#4
Scanner Cop

Scanner Cop

1994★ 5.7

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

Rookie cop Sam Staziak has a unique gift: he is a Scanner, which gives him the power to read the thoughts of others, and also to inflict great bodily harm. When a mad scientist beg...

#5
Werewolf of London

Werewolf of London

1935★ 6.1

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

A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster....

#6
Things to Come

Things to Come

1936★ 6.5

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

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel....