Movies like The Phoenix Incident
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The Phoenix Incident (2015)
3K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A number of 'missing person' cases are reported in Phoenix, Arizona when an unexplained light appears in the sky one night in 1997.
Style:
tense, enigmatic, mockumentary, captivating, suspense, psychotronic, fake documentary
Plot:
ufo, found footage, alien abduction, military, conspiracy, alien invasion, missing person, investigation, danger, desert, death, abduction, flying saucer, space, alien, arizona desert, outer space, camera, outdoor, missing, arizona territory
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona, usa, sonora, mexico
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Most similar movies to The Phoenix Incident
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, tense and scary films with plots about alien, ufo, flying saucer, alien abduction, alien invasion, danger and found footage mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like The Phoenix Incident: Area 51 (2015), Phoenix Forgotten (2017), Project Blue Book (2019), Beyond The Sky (2018), The Vast of Night (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
20 years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
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%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known as “Project Blue Book.”
Style:
enigmatic, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
ufo, physicist, political conspiracy, alien, state affairs, alien abduction, investigation, alien conspiracy, government agency, paranormal activity, alien contact, space and aliens ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A documentary filmmaker travels to a UFO convention in New Mexico where he meets a local artist with a dark secret. As they follow a trail of clues they discover disturbing sightings and question all they believe when they become immersed in the ...
Style:
exciting, disclosure, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
alien abduction, ufo, flying saucer, invasion, extraterrestrial, crew, filmmaker, investigation, danger, chaos, race against time, teamwork ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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 of their small town.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, teenage girl, flying saucer, radio station, alien, cheerleader, small town, radio, night, extraterrestrial, teenage boy ...
Time:
1950s, future, year 1958, 50s
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
100%
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
Similarity:
100%
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:
captivating, cynical, serious, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, alien invasion, space and aliens, extraterrestrial, cadet, space, flying saucer, military, conspiracy, abduction, soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
new mexico, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Johana (Denise Richards), a woman with no past, is hiding from a UN Agent Bowie (Randy Couture) a head of secret space program. On her run she meets Martin (Bren Foster), and with help of Bowie’s ex-colleague Lance they both help Martin to find ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, contemplative, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
ufo, businessman, alien, scientist, investigation, father daughter relationship, memory loss, brother brother relationship, multiple deaths, erased memory, mistaken identity, countryside ...
Place:
central europe, prague
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The story of a reality T.V. crew of paranormal researchers who journey to Colorado's San Luis Valley in order to investigate the unexplained phenomena of cattle mutilations. Over the course of their three day investigation they find much more ...
Style:
psychotronic, dark, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, alien, survival horror, fear, danger, friend, death, murder, violence, investigation, group of friends, obscurity ...
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:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Detectives in a remote town pore through every frame of a troubling tape to find the whereabouts of three missing college students. The chilling footage becomes more and more disturbing when the students come upon the bloody dress of an 8-year-old ...
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, serious, mockumentary ...
Plot:
found footage, missing person, wilderness, danger, police investigation, supernatural, witch, survival, violence, death, fear, travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
114K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, cerebral, scary, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
conspiracy, ufo, alien, conspiracy theory, first contact, chase, evil alien, twists and turns, alien abduction, fbi, obsession, alien possession ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, prehistory, prehistoric times, future
Place:
london, washington d.c., usa, europe, tunisia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A group of men who were clearing bush for the government arrive back in town, claiming that their friend was abducted by aliens. Nobody believes them, and despite a lack of motive and no evidence of foul play, their friends' disappearance is ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, disturbing, psychological, cult classic ...
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, alien, alien encounter, alien contact, space and aliens, extraterrestrial, alien invasion, space, first contact, abduction, working class ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
100%
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, captivating, futuristic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
space and aliens, paranormal investigation, paranormal activity, conspiracy, government, escapades, secret, supernatural, danger, code breaking, investigation, government agency ...
Time:
2010s, future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, near future, future
Place:
wyoming, indiana, india, ohio, north america ...
Similarity:
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:
100%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A man who claims to have been abducted by aliens is also abducted by a top secret government agency, the Majestic Group, who want him to attempt to communicate with the only surviving alien from a UFO shot down by the Air Force. Telepathically, the ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, government conspiracy, ufo, alien invasion, telepathy, abduction, top secret, paranoia, alien technology, investigation, mind control ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
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%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On August 16, 2013, the Supreme Court mandated the CIA to declassify files that had been kept secret for the past 75 years. Visual records of documented paranormal events were released to the public. The following incident took place in Gracefield, ...
Style:
dark, disturbing, enigmatic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, group of friends, ufo, fear, eye, nightmare, meteorite, night, life, husband wife relationship, love ...
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
33%
312K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Plot unknown.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, scary, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
massacre, alien, first contact, chimpanzee, alien monster, ufo, brother sister relationship, horse, childhood trauma, eaten alive, horse ranch, alien invasion ...
Time:
2020s, year 1998, future, 90s, year 1996
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
In 1997, four campers went missing during the Phoenix Lights incident and their bodies were never found. The Phoenix Tapes 97 is comprised of their final footage. This film is dedicated to the lives lost during the events displayed. To their ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, ufo, alien, arizona desert, desert, alien abduction, missing person, chase, heroes, space and aliens, death, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
phoenix arizona, arizona
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A man learns about alien agendas from a dying agent and feels compelled to warn the world about the impending danger.
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, philosophical, suspense, mind bending ...
Plot:
found footage, ufo, human existence, creature, alien invasion, alien race, destiny, alien contact, life changing experience, alien encounter, oldtimer, dying ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
27%
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:
27%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
33 years after the infamous Rendlesham Forest UFO incident, three metal detector enthusiasts hunting for Saxon gold in the same region, capture incredible footage of UFO's whilst filming their expedition. As night falls and with their ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
found footage, alien encounter, ufo, alien, evil alien, space and aliens, danger, woods, forest, creature, flying saucer, alien invasion ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A movie created from "found footage" of a lost military expedition that exposes the origins of life on earth.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, evil alien, alien, space and aliens, danger, escapades, jungle, military, alien invasion, no survivors, chase, flying saucer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In July 2010, a vacationing couple discovered something disturbing on a ranch in rural Texas. Armed with a home camcorder, they captured their experience on video.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, futuristic, tense ...
Plot:
alien abduction, farm, found footage, alien encounter, alien, danger, survival horror, countryside, flying saucer, alien invasion, survival, evil alien ...
Time:
year 2000, 21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Recovered footage and self-filmed documentary that journals a UFO sighting and possible abduction. This found footage film will test even those with the most open-minded beliefs. Is "The Rejected" actual proof of aliens on Earth or is this ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, creepy, ambiguous ending, mockumentary ...
Plot:
found footage, ufo, paranormal, alien abduction, alien, flying saucer, alien contact, spacecraft, alien life-form, ufo conspiracy, alien encounter, ufo sighting ...
Similarity:
23%
914
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Doctors are baffled when an expectant mother wakes to find her nearly-to-term pregnancy apparently disappear overnight. Police investigate the situation as a missing child, and only her husband and brother trust her version of events.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien abduction, found footage, pregnancy, missing child, danger, family relations, alien, uncover truth, investigation, babies and infants, family problems, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Secret video files just discovered on an FBI server prove that the government has been hiding unexplained disappearances and a dangerous presence in the Pacific Northwest wilderness.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
legend, forest, found footage, college student, evil, survival, murder, danger, group of friends, violence, death, monster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington state
Similarity:
22%
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