Movies like Legends from the Sky

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Legends from the Sky (2015)
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Legends from the Sky (2015)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A Native American Veteran, burdened by survivor's guilt after a disastrous military tour, is forced to search for his missing grandfather after his ancestral land is mysteriously taken over by an unknown federal organization.
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, suspense, independent film
Plot: heroes, save the day, uncover truth, law enforcement, alien encounter, haunted by the past, government agency, dishonesty, space and aliens, conspiracy, ufo, military, anti hero, veteran, navajo indian, arizona desert, native american, navajo, anti heroes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: arizona, usa

Most similar movies to Legends from the Sky

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, captivating and exciting films with plots about space and aliens, alien, alien encounter, danger, conspiracy, ufo and escapades mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like Legends from the Sky: Lunopolis (2010), Groom Lake (2002), Alien Tracker (2003), InAlienable (2007), Roswell (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Lunopolis (2010)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Lunopolis is a 2009 direct-to-video science fiction film directed by Matthew Avant. The film is presented in found footage style and takes place in the weeks preceding the rumored events of the 2012 prophecies. Two documentary filmmakers discover a ...
Style: tense, serious, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: conspiracy, found footage, time travel, moon, sent to the past, obsessive quest, uncover truth, escapades, filmmaking, partner, secret movement, legends and myths ...
Time: future, year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana
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100%
 2.8
 800
Groom Lake (2002)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When Kate discovers she has a terminal illness, she persuades boyfriend Andy to visit Groom Lake, a reputed hotbed of alien activity, hoping to discover proof of life beyond this terrestrial sphere. Soon, the pair crosses paths with desperate ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, independent film
Plot: desert, small town, obsessive quest, daring rescue, terminal illness, escapades, heroes, space and aliens, government agency, danger, military, biosphere ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, nevada, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 4.4
 183
Alien Tracker (2003)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In a galaxy far away, alien criminals organize a spectacular prison break. Pursued by their home planet's authorities, their leader Zin decides there's only one place to go: through a wormhole that allows instantaneous travel to Earth. ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: bounty hunter, heroes, rivalry, chases and races, government agency, escapades, evil alien, danger, disorder, space and aliens, invasion, alien ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 549
InAlienable (2007)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Still guilt-ridden over the accident that took his family's lives, Eric Norris discovers that his body is host to a parasite from another world. Except, it is more than a parasite: it carries his DNA.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, detective ...
Plot: heroes, family in crisis, alien encounter, legal, love triangle, widower, alien invasion, ufo, alien, babies and infants, space and aliens, benign alien ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 3K
Roswell (1994)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Based on the book "UFO Crash at Roswell" by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt, Roswell follows the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth about strange debris found on a local rancher's field in July of 1947. Told by his ...
Style: cynical, captivating, serious, suspenseful, bleak
Plot: ufo, alien invasion, alien abduction, space and aliens, space, extraterrestrial, cadet, military, conspiracy, abduction, soldier, uncover truth ...
Time: 1940s
Place: new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.3
 3K
Hangar 18 (1980)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During a Space Shuttle mission a satellite rams a unidentified flying object. The UFO afterwards performs an emergency landing in the deserts of Arizona. However the White House denies it's existence because of the near presidential elections. ...
Style: independent film, disturbing, suspenseful, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot: ufo, alien, nasa, extraterrestrial, alien invasion, investigation, conspiracy, chase, astronaut, unusual phenomena, alien contact, dystopian future ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion (2000)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in San Diego, the movie follows the desperate acts of Bill Templer head of a covert defense agency perpetrating a terrifying fraud on the American public - involving the imminent invasion of aliens - by leaking to the press a satellite image of ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast
Plot: police detective, undercover, save the world, danger, government agency, evil alien, escapades, alien encounter, satellite, dishonesty, alien, u.s. president ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 3.3
 714
Unidentified (2006)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two reporters working for the same magazine are sent to Texas to investigate a string of UFO sightings. As they investigate two distinct theories begin to develop. Both reporters are driven to prove their own theory, but in the end only one can be ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, suspense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: ufo, christian, investigation, supernatural, alien encounter, religious conversion, journalism, society, redemption, hopes, religions or cults, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Battle Planet (2008)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In the not-so-distant future, Captain Jordan Strider, a Special Forces Officer in the New World Alliance, is chosen for a top-secret mission. Sent to a desolate planet, Terra 219, to arrest possible traitors to the Alliance, Strider must survive ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, touching ...
Plot: space wars, space battle, military, artificial intelligence, spacesuit, evil alien, alien, betrayal, alien encounter, space travel, space and aliens, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 3.0
 476
Necessary Evil (2008)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A scientist is testing a demonic drug on people in his secret lab. A cop and a female reporter try to stop him.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, scary, demonic ...
Plot: uncover truth, investigation, rivalry, mental institution, dishonesty, conspiracy, good versus evil, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, laboratory, secret, violent content ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Area 51 Confidential (2011)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 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, rough, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: found footage, alien, captivity, extraterrestrial, danger, alien encounter, military, government, experiment, desert, survival, ufo ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Nomad the Beginning (2013)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: On a desperate quest to find her missing brother, Marianna reluctantly picks up a mysterious stranger with no memory, John. Together they must get to a rendezvous point on the west coast where a shadowy figure awaits them. Unbeknownst to them a ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, bleak, serious, scary ...
Plot: alien invasion, ufo, government conspiracy, on the run, conspiracy, blood, alien, murder, alien creature, space and aliens, alien space craft, alien encounter ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Shadow Men (1997)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Happily married couple Bob and Dez Wilson and their 12-year old son Andy are being attacked by a blinding light when driving home from a daytrip. They awaken a couple of hours later, seemingly unscathed but soon driven mad by recurring nightmares. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, ufo, chase, alien abduction, alien invasion, abduction, save the world, heroes, danger, stalking, government agency, escapades ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.7
 4K
Alien Code (2018)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After deciphering a message found in a satellite, genius cryptographer Alex Jacobs finds himself being stalked by government agents and otherworldly beings.
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: space and aliens, ufo, paranormal investigation, conspiracy, government, escapades, race against time, computers and web, alien, government agency, danger, riddles and clues ...
Time: 2010s, future
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Mermaids: The Body Found (2011)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A story that imagines how these real-world phenomena may be related. In this story, startling amateur video and photographic evidence, as well as additional audio recordings, suggests whales weren’t the only creatures affected by the Navy’s ...
Style: computer animated, serious, realistic, mockumentary, captivating ...
Plot: mermaid, legends and myths, investigation, science and technology, inventions and discoveries, fantasy world, escapades, obsessive quest, underwater, uncover truth, imaginary, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 3.5
 648
One Shot (2014)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When Kyle Matthews, an elite Sniper from the World Defense Force, is trapped in enemy territory - his skills are put to the test as he attempts to survive against a whole armada of Cerulean soldiers, Hell bent on wiping all humans from existence. ...
Style: exciting, stylized, suspenseful, serious, futuristic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space and aliens, military, master warrior, danger, heroes, soldier, battles, distopia, ufo, alien invasion, violent content, alien contact ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.5
 3K
Night Skies (2007)
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, psychological, serious, scary, suspense ...
Plot: ufo, alien abduction, investigation, space travel, alien, memory loss, mistaken identity, alien encounter, danger, supernatural, abduction, alien invasion ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 2.6
 675
Alien Species (1998)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Huge Motherships from an alien species sneak ominously into orbit around Earth. Lethal bat-winged fighters descend on the planet. Citizens are abducted. Homes are destroyed. The invasion has begun! A small town sheriff, two deputies and a professor ...
Style: independent film, rough, scary, serious, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, benign alien, space and aliens, alien, monster, ufo, alien encounter, cons and scams, space wars, danger, escapades, supernatural ...
Time: future, year 1999
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Specimen (1996)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After his grandmother's death, 24-year-old Mike Hillary sets off in search of who he thinks is his real father. Little does he suspect the real scenario: his late mother was impregnated by aliens, and now they've sent someone down to bring ...
Style: independent film, suspenseful, serious, psychotronic
Plot: space and aliens, evil alien, terminator, supernatural, alien, invasion, conspiracy, battles, disorder, miraculous event, time travel, space travel ...
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23%
Gemini Division (2008)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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Story: Gemini Division is an American science fiction series of five-to-seven minute long episodes created by Electric Farm Entertainment which went into production in March 2008. Based on an original story by Brent Friedman the online series was developed ...
Style: stylized, suspenseful, serious, cyber, futuristic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, uncover truth, investigation, corporate crime, artificial intelligence, working undercover, dishonesty, life is a bitch, rivalry, undercover, imaginary, cyberpunk ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 3.5
 640
Alien Outbreak (2020)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In a small rural community, local police officers Zoe and Patrick begin their shift as normal but soon, strange events unfold. Residents begin behaving erratically, and suicidal panic spreads amongst the township they are trying to protect. Zoe and ...
Style: serious, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful
Audience: family outing
Plot: alien invasion, alien encounter, alien, invasion, space and aliens, ufo, alien civilization, alien contact, evil alien, survival, underground, struggle for survival ...
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Defcon 2012 (2010)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: On October 30, 2009 an independent filmmaker and his cast and crew are reported missing a month before the release of their controversial film predicting the end of the world. Authorities have reason to believe the film's 2012 doomsday scenario ...
Style: captivating, exciting, serious, suspense, retro ...
Plot: post apocalypse, spacecraft, survival, alien encounter, clue, trapped, thief, treasure hunt, unsolved mystery, save the planet, war, civilization ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s
Place: houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 892
Pandemic (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A slow-paced, action thriller about a virus that strikes a New Mexico county and the local veterinarian who gets caught in the middle.
Style: suspense, bleak, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot: quarantine, danger, plague, dishonesty, disaster, save the day, epidemic, virus, rivalry, apocalypse, disease, found footage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Aliens on the Moon: The Truth Exposed (2014)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Never-before-aired NASA footage presents evidence that the Moon is being used as a base.
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, thought provoking, disgusting
Plot: ufo, nasa, unusual phenomena, astronaut, moon, alien, alien creature, space, space and aliens, scientist, space exploration
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 2.3
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Alien Dawn (2012)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: 2012. The dawn of destruction. As giant alien machines enslave and feed off humanity, the few remaining survivors band together to form a armed militia that will be the last stand against total extinction (IMDB.com).
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: alien encounter, space and aliens, survival, save the world, chaos, androids and robots, danger, battles, imaginary, escapades, evil alien, distopia ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
1313: UFO Invasion (2012)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: ADAM is a graduate student in theoretical astronomy and working on his dissertation. He’s always been interested in what’s ‘out there’ and he finds a perfect opportunity to both work and play…..in Roswell, New Mexico.
Style: serious, sexy, funny, homoerotic
Plot: gay, alien, space and aliens, danger, camp, alien invasion, ufo, gay interest, gay erotica, alien encounter, swimming pool, homosexual subtext ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new mexico
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22%
Prometheus Trap (2012)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In the future, mankind's quest for answers will take them to the edge of the universe... but the knowledge they seek should never be known. In deep space, the military cruiser Venom is diverted from its mission to investigate a derelict ...
Style: serious, captivating, exciting, stylized, bleak ...
Plot: survival, space travel, terrorism, chaos, time travel, space wars, heroes, changing the past or future, escapades, danger, spacecraft, androids and robots ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 4.5
 512
Area Q. (2011)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A year after the disappearance of his son, Thomas Mathews, an investigative journalist, still has no information and begins his own obsessive search. However, the obsession has him losing his house and job so his boss sends him on special assignment ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: alien encounter, obsession, journalism, missing child, danger, life turned upside down, uncover truth, alien abduction, spacecraft, evil alien, extraterrestrial, unusual phenomena ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, northeast brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.7
 382
TekWar: TekLab (1994)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The actual sword of Excalibur has been stolen in London, and futuristic detectives Jake Cardigan and Sid Gomez are assigned to track it down and to find out who is trying to block the British reign from its rightful heir.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: law enforcement, state affairs, amateur detective, danger, conspiracy
Time: future, 2040s, 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 2.5
 528
Infection (2011)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A mystery surrounds a small town that was attacked on September 9, 2009. Now sixty years later, the last survivor, Sarah, sends a high profile reporter a letter suggesting what really happened on that day. The government calls 9/9/09 the start of ...
Style: serious, tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: small town, danger, social relations, dishonesty, love triangle, creature, infection, government coverup, survival, uncover truth, virus, pandemic ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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