Movies like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
468K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie, and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, sad, sweet, inspirational, visually stunning, touching, entertaining, light, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
alien, friendship, childhood, children, coming of age, ufo, friendly alien, space and aliens, chase, boy, child protagonist, bicycle, empathy, halloween, extraterrestrial, healing power, alien contact, single mother, stranded, benign alien, first contact, interspecies friendship, scientist, fish out of water, homesickness ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1982, future, 90s
Place:
california, usa, persia, los angeles, united states, united states of america
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Most similar movies to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out epic, feel good, light and cult classic films with plots about dialogue, storytelling, childhood, family, mentor, friendship and catastrophe mostly in Adventure, Family and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Explorers (1985), Mac and Me (1988), Flight of the Navigator (1986), The Goonies (1985), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
25K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The visionary dreams of three curious and adventuresome young boys become an exciting reality in Explorers, the action-fantasy from director Joe Dante, who combines keen humor, warmth and fantasy with unexpected twists. In their makeshift ...
Style:
cult classic, light, feel good, retro, epic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, ufo, space travel, friendship, space, bullying, coming of age, children, fantasy world, adolescence, teenager, youth ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1985
Place:
maryland, washington d.c., canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Mysterious Alien Creature (MAC) escaping from nefarious NASA agents, is befriended by a young boy in a wheelchair. Together, they try to find MAC's family from whom he has been separated.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, cult classic, mockbuster ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot:
nasa, alien, extraterrestrial, coca cola, youth, benign alien, back from the dead, telepathy, space probe, alien invasion, friendship, happy ending ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is ...
Style:
futuristic, feel good, entertaining, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, teen drama, preschool
Plot:
time travel, ufo, flying saucer, benign alien, space and aliens, nasa, outer space, space travel, robot, alien, alien abduction, childhood ...
Time:
year 1986, year 1978, 90s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
florida, miami, miami beach, tokyo, japan ...
Similarity:
80%
324K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, intense, retro ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, childhood, treasure map, pirate, treasure, friendship, pirate ship, small town, children, teenage girl, mischievous children, child ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
oregon, astoria oregon, usa
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, ...
Style:
exciting, intense, semi serious, epic, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
robot, space travel, brother brother relationship, board game, game, child, sibling rivalry, childhood, human in outer space, alien, outer space, alternate world ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, serious, spiritual, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, children, young heroes, toys, mentor, supernatural ability, psychic, parent child relationship, female protagonist, heroic mission, danger, imaginary ...
Time:
future, year 2007
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
75%
379K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, entertaining, retro ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, small town, monster, ufo, creature, alien, friendship, coming of age, train crash, young heroes, investigation, youth ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 1979, future, year 2011 ...
Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, clever, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, alternate reality, changing the past or future, inventor, time, sent to the past, alternate timeline, travel, time paradox, time loop, mad scientist ...
Time:
future, year 2015, 1950s, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, north america
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and ...
Style:
exciting, sentimental, suspenseful, stylized, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ufo, alien, friendship, buddies, children, found footage, youth, benign alien, friends, investigation, child, friendly alien ...
Time:
2010s, future, 80s
Place:
usa, las vegas
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
Style:
touching, clever, light, epic, weeping ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, toys, toy comes to life, magic, childhood, boy, child protagonist, toy soldier, native american, parallel world, escapades ...
Time:
90s, 18th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sweet, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
ufo, eviction, apartment building, alien robot, benign alien, alien invasion, elderly couple, space and aliens, robot, arsonist, friendship, alien encounter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, hawaii
Similarity:
67%
409K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, offbeat, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
jungle, fantasy world, childhood, magic, board game, time travel, getting home, children, parallel world, danger, friendship, supernatural ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 90s, year 1969, 1860s ...
Place:
new hampshire, usa, north america, canada
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, funny, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, mad scientist, time, time loop, destiny, teenager, scientist, changing the past or future, inventor, fish out of water, high school ...
Time:
future, 80s, 1950s, year 1985, 20th century ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sad, tear jerker, teen ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
friendship, childhood, imagination, children, escape from reality, fantasy world, classmate, loneliness, magical, imaginary, teenage girl, loss of friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Towani family civilian shuttlecraft crashes on the forest moon of Endor. The four Towani's are separated. Jermitt and Catarine, the mother and father are captured by the giant Gorax, and Mace and Cindel, the son and daughter, are missing ...
Style:
saga, humorous, semi serious, exciting, cute ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
rescue, star wars, space and aliens, magic, friendship, battles, bravery, good versus evil, space exploration, save the world, parent child relationship, young heroes ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
Style:
funny, cute, intense, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
youth, inventor, shrinking, childhood, dog, mother daughter relationship, teen angst, scientist, teenage girl, neighbor, ant, rescue ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, turkey
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The army of the Marauders, led by by King Terak and the witch Charal attack the Ewoks village. The parents and the brother of Cindel all die in this attack. Cindel and the Ewok Wicket escape and in a forrest they meet Teek a naughty and very fast ...
Style:
saga, parody, sweet, lighthearted, cute ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing
Plot:
child in peril, star wars, space and aliens, space exploration, kidnapping, friendship, rescue, village, intergalactic, galaxy, space opera, evil witch ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David. Without final ...
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, futuristic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, androids and robots, androids, distopia, adoption, robot, imagination, boy, destiny, machine, child abuse ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 2000s, near future, distant future ...
Place:
new york, persia, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, touching, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
harry potter, magic, friendship, witch, fantasy world, wizard, witchcraft, magical, best friend, chosen one, boarding school, children ...
Time:
year 1981, year 1991, year 2001, year 1992, 80s ...
Place:
england, london, yorkshire, europe
Similarity:
100%
84K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, captivating, sweet, teen ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
childhood, fantasy world, pirate, fairy, children, boy, pirate ship, magic, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, peter pan, youth ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, year 2003, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
london, fictional island, europe, big ben london, england ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts -- Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander -- crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
Style:
touching, visually stunning, talky, fairy tale, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
childhood, imaginary kingdom, children, creature, imagination, child, fantasy world, loneliness, island, boy, surrealism, mischievous children ...
Time:
year 2009, 90s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
alien invasion, extraterrestrial, invasion, end of the world, ufo, space and aliens, evil alien, first contact, survival, alien encounter, alien, creature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future, year 1996, jurassic
Place:
new york, washington d.c., usa, bombay india, london ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the ...
Style:
exciting, light, entertaining, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
alien, alien contact, space opera, space battle, teenager, battles, outer space, computer game, space and aliens, heroic mission, destiny, good versus evil ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 90s, future
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, uplifting, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
animal, human animal relationship, friendship, killer whale, animal training, rescue, whale, animal life, freedom, coming of age, boy, kids and family ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
oregon, astoria oregon, portland oregon, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, mind bending, cerebral, psychedelic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, adult
Plot:
space travel, artificial intelligence, astronaut, outer space, space, moon, computer, scientist, human versus computer, extraterrestrial, deception, spacewalk ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, stone age ...
Place:
persia
Similarity:
100%
348K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and ...
Style:
touching, visually appealing, period piece, visually stunning, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
steampunk, orphan, friendship, filmmaking, boy, childhood, street kid, longing, robot, harry potter, magical, destiny ...
Time:
year 2011, post world war one, 20th century, year 1931, 1930s ...
Place:
paris france, france, madagascar, iran, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, light, surreal, sexy ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dragon, magic, fantasy world, imagination, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, book, child protagonist, evil force, child hero, boy, medieval ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s, future, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Style:
satirical, philosophical, light, clever, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
space travel, outer space, alien, space and aliens, fantasy world, sarcasm, robot, benign alien, spacecraft, friends, buddies, space opera ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 2000s
Place:
himalaya, madagascar, england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the ...
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, visually stunning, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
fantasy world, witch, talking animal, good versus evil, magic, legends and myths, heroes, medieval, magical, wizard, sword fight, imaginary kingdom ...
Time:
1940s, year 2005, year 1940, future, 20th century
Place:
england, london, antarctic
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's ...
Style:
colorful, epic, serious, touching, mindfuck ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, child, robot, artificial intelligence, computer, memory loss, gate, cyborgs, family relations, youth, amnesia, transhumanism ...
Time:
year 1985
Place:
north carolina, south carolina, washington d.c., virginia, usa
Similarity:
60%
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