Movies like Dark Skies
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Dark Skies (2013)
84K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family.
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, twist ending, spooky, disturbing, intense, twisted, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
supernatural, alien abduction, alien, danger, disorder, extraterrestrial, bird, ufo, abduction, family in danger, paranormal activity, evil alien, husband wife relationship, job interview, home invasion, parents and children, life turned upside down, alien invasion, child abduction, first contact, boy, german shepherd, security system, brother brother relationship, evil force ...
Time:
year 2013, future, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Dark Skies
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, suspense and serious films with plots about alien, alien invasion, ufo, danger, space, monster and supernatural mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like Dark Skies: Extraterrestrial (2014), Alien Abduction (2014), Skinwalker Ranch (2013), The Fourth Kind (2009), Signs (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five friends set out to a cabin in the woods for a fun weekend getaway that is, until extraterrestrial visitors turn it into a fight for their lives. The group is pulled from their reverie when a flickering object crashes deep in the woods. As they ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, paranoia, evil alien, woods, extraterrestrial, macabre, ufo, scarecrow, space and aliens, alien encounter, flying saucer ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A vacationing family encounters an alien threat in this pulse-pounding thriller based on the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in North Carolina.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, mockumentary, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
alien abduction, found footage, alien, extraterrestrial, alien encounter, ufo, space and aliens, abduction, mountain, escapades, danger, wilderness ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In 2010 “Skinwalker Ranch” gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of unexplained phenomena. Reports ranged from UFO sightings to livestock mutilation, but maybe most notable was the disappearance of ranch owner Hoyt Miller’s ...
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, serious, mockumentary ...
Plot:
ufo, mysterious disappearance, deadly creature, missing person, found footage, farm, ghost child, investigation, danger, paranormal phenomena, alien monster, food ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, utah
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100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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. Abigail Tyler, a psychologist, may be on the verge of blowing the ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, spooky ...
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, hypnosis, alien encounter, disappearance, found footage, space and aliens, extraterrestrial, alien, paranormal activity, alien invasion, space ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa, california, antarctica
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Style:
suspense, twist ending, creepy, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
alien invasion, ufo, alien, alien encounter, single father, faith, first contact, survival, loss of faith, death of wife, extraterrestrial, natural disaster ...
Time:
2000s, future, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, north america, mexico ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Style:
captivating, cerebral, breathtaking, atmospheric, mysterious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, adult ...
Plot:
ufo, alien, first contact, alien abduction, technology, alien contact, space and aliens, contact, flying saucer, extraterrestrial, chase, airplane ...
Time:
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Place:
wyoming, indiana, india, ohio, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On March 13th, 1997 one of the largest UFO sightings ever recorded took place across the southwestern United States...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, alien, investigation, space travel, alien encounter, mistaken identity, memory loss, danger, supernatural, alien invasion, creature ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
100%
16K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three young conspiracy theorists attempt to uncover the mysteries of Area 51, the government's secret location rumored to have hosted encounters with alien beings. What they find at this hidden facility exposes unimaginable secrets.
Style:
scary, tense, suspense, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, found footage, ufo, military base, conspiracy, extraterrestrial, secrets, happy ending, secret base, supernatural, amateur detective ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
nevada, america, las vegas, usa
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, ufo, alien contact, hypnosis, alien invasion, writers, halloween, supernatural, extraterrestrial, paranoia, creature ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
new york
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An exiled anxiety-ridden homebody must battle an alien who's found its way into her home.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, bleak, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
alien abduction, alien attack, female protagonist, terror, alien, secret, fight, alien contact, alien creature, evil alien, survival, alien encounter ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
John James is a writer; his wife has left him. He moves with his two middle-school children to an isolated house off a dirt road in South Carolina. The property has an Indian burial mound, which fascinates his daughter, Louisa, who's entering ...
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, exciting, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
evil child, teenage girl, indian burial ground, supernatural, father daughter relationship, single parent, danger, family in danger, parents and children, life turned upside down, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, south carolina
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
mockumentary, christmas horror, weird, fake documentary
Plot:
alien abduction, found footage, ufo, thanksgiving, holiday horror, alien invasion, abduction, lake, alien, flying saucer, terror, monster ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Mark Fisher disappeared from his home in a brilliant flash of blue light almost two years ago. His friend Seth Hampton was the last to see him alive. Now a string of grisly, violent murders leads Seth to believe that Mark is back, and something evil ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
alien abduction, murder, serial killer, supernatural, danger, death of protagonist, violence, brutality, invasion, monster, space, pandemic ...
Time:
year 1987, year 1989, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
100%
49K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, slasher, serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult classic, disturbing, frightening, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
213K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship "Event Horizon". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, scary, lovecraft, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, spaceship, cosmic horror, space station, trapped in space, insanity, space and aliens, violence, supernatural, hallucination, nightmare ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 90s, year 1997, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
118K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The OSSA discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bottom of the ocean. Immediately following the discovery, they decide to send a team down to the depths of the ocean to study the space craft.They are the best of best, ...
Style:
scary, breathtaking, mind bending, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
ocean, underwater, alien, first contact, twists and turns, ufo, time travel, paranoia, psychology, survival, space and aliens, ghost ship ...
Time:
future, jurassic, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
People from various walks of life find themselves held captive in a desolate area surrounding a secret government installation rumored to contain extraterrestrial life
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
found footage, alien, desert, extraterrestrial, captivity, danger, alien encounter, military, government, experiment, survival, ufo ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, dark, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
found footage, ufo, alien abduction, fear, alien, dark secret, desperation, missing person, friendship, food, investigation, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 2017, year 1997
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
100%
259K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, survival horror, self defense, danger, violence spree, security system, dystopia, family in danger, society, killing spree, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, 2010s, year 2000 ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, colorful, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural, fbi agent, fbi, missing person, police investigation, threat, danger, brutality, escapades, twists and turns, mind game, corpse ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A couple and their daughter moves to Colombia to take over a family manufacturing plant, only to realize their new home is haunted.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, dark, serious, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, couples, family in danger, parents and children, family problems, family relations, danger, summer, meme, scared ...
Time:
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Place:
south america, colombia
Similarity:
100%
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25K
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After moving into a new neighbourhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbour Julie discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around ...
Style:
modern fairy tale, exciting, suspenseful, spooky, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, horror for children
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Malaysia, Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land ...
Style:
lovecraft, suspense, suspenseful, surreal, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cosmic horror, mutation, farm, husband wife relationship, meteorite, farmhouse, alien invasion, mind control, brother brother relationship, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, contamination ...
Time:
future
Place:
new england, arizona, massachusetts
Similarity:
67%
371K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, bad ending, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, twists and turns, survival horror, cosmic horror, chaos and mayhem, death ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, distant future, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
50%
11K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fifteen years ago, a group of men's lives were forever changed by a strange occurrence. Now, the same group of men will spend a night together ... in terror.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, creature, abduction, revenge, alien encounter, supernatural, hysteria, haunted by the past, friendship, danger, race against time ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Will Radford is a top analyst for Homeland Security who tracks potential threats through a mass surveillance program, until one day an attack by an unknown entity leads him to question whether the government is hiding something from him... and from ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surveillance, government conspiracy, alien invasion, dystopia, urban, national security, paranoia, urban setting, ethical dilemma, investigation, moral ambiguity, survival ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An unsuspecting woman is impregnated by aliens who are experimenting on the human population.
Style:
sexy, serious, slasher, mystic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
pregnancy, interspecies sex, evil alien, alien, impregnation, alien invasion, monster, killer child, abduction, alien encounter, body horror, alien abduction ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
275K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
Style:
scary, suspense, apocalyptic, tense, tragic ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
monster, mars, space, space station, space travel, space exploration, astronaut, survival horror, alien life-form, alien creature, first contact, death ...
Time:
2010s, near future, year 2017, future
Similarity:
50%
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