Films like Contact (1997)

Contact (1997) is drama, mystery, 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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  Arrival (2016)

  Also drama and mystery. 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.

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  The Prestige (2006)

  Also drama and mystery. 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…

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  Transcendence (2014)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.1/10

  Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where…

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  The Jacket (2005)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.9/10

  A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.

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  K-PAX (2001)

  Also drama and mystery. 7.2/10

  Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.

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  Solaris (1972)

  Also drama and mystery. 7.8/10

  A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon…

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  Fire in the Sky (1993)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.7/10

  After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abducted. Despite no apparent motive or evidence of foul play, no-one believes…

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  Solaris (2002)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.0/10

  A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.

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  The Room (2019)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.4/10

  Kate and Matt discover that a part of their house can grant wishes. In the wake of two miscarriages, what they want most is a child.

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  Cocoon (1985)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.6/10

  When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

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  High Life (2018)

  Also drama and mystery. 5.7/10

  Monte and his daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to deep space. The crew—death-row inmates led by a doctor with sinister motives—has vanished. As…

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  Black Friday (1940)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.0/10

  University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend…

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  Blindness (2008)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.5/10

  When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.

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  The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)

  Also drama and mystery. 7.9/10

  A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.

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  Watchmen: Chapter II (2024)

  Also drama and mystery. 7.4/10

  Suspicious of the events ensnaring their former colleagues, Nite Owl and Silk Spectre are spurred out of retirement to investigate. As they grapple with personal ethics, inner…

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  Pulse (2006)

  Also drama and mystery. 5.1/10

  When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and destruction.

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  The Secret of NIMH (1982)

  Also drama and mystery. 7.4/10

  A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave…

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  The Big Empty (2003)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.1/10

  Struggling actor John Person agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of Baker, Calif., and hand it over to a mysterious cowboy in return for having his…

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  The Final Cut (2004)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.1/10

  Set in a world with memory implants, Alan Hakman is a 'cutter'—someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories—but his latest assignment puts him in great…

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  The Discovery (2017)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.3/10

  In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to…

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  The Vast of Night (2019)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.6/10

  At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history…

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  Sea Fever (2020)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.1/10

  The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.

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  Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden (2009)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.8/10

  Takizawa prevented Japan's destruction - and then he vanished. Six months later, clues lead Saki to the Big Apple in search of her missing friend. Meanwhile, the remaining Selecao…

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  The Boys from Brazil (1978)

  Also drama and mystery. 6.7/10

  Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele, to rekindle the Third Reich.