Films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) is drama, science fiction. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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Interstellar (2014)

Also drama and science fiction. 8.5/10

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an…
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.6/10

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into…
The Martian (2015)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.7/10

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and…
Real Steel (2011)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.1/10

Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to…
Arrival (2016)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.6/10

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
The Prestige (2006)

Also drama and science fiction. 8.2/10

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly…
Logan (2017)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.8/10

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a…
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.4/10

A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to…
Blade Runner (1982)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.9/10

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking…
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Also drama and science fiction. 8.1/10

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he…
I Am Legend (2007)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.2/10

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is…
Don't Look Up (2021)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.1/10

Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
A Quiet Place (2018)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.4/10

A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.3/10

A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community…
Her (2013)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.8/10

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic…
Godzilla (2014)

Also drama and science fiction. 6.4/10

Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up…
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.1/10

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series…
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.2/10

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker…
Ex Machina (2015)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.6/10

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But…
Snowpiercer (2013)

Also drama and science fiction. 6.9/10

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a…
The Iron Giant (1999)

Also drama and science fiction. 8.0/10

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their…
Gravity (2013)

Also drama and science fiction. 7.2/10

Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while…
Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Also drama and science fiction. 6.1/10

In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous…
Deep Impact (1998)

Also drama and science fiction. 6.3/10

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a…