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Dark Encounter (2019)
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Dark Encounter (2019)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A year after the mysterious disappearance of an 8 year-old girl, we meet her grieving family as they return home from her memorial service in their small town. Later that evening, strange lights appear in the nearby forest and the family is exposed to an inexplicably strange phenomenon that rattles them to the core. The origin of the lights appear to be visitors from another world that seemingly terrorize the family. What they don't realize is that these 'beings' will lead the family to the truth behind the little girl's disturbing disappearance.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychedelic
Plot: alien abduction, alien, broken family, kidnapping, alien contact, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, alien encounter, dark secret, monster, ufo, abduction, farmhouse, cosmic horror, betrayal, child abduction, field, mystery
Time: 80s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, captivating, suspenseful and tense films with plots about alien, alien abduction, ufo, abduction, alien invasion, alien encounter and space and aliens mostly in Thriller, Sci-Fi and Horror genres. Some movies like Dark Encounter: Alien Exorcism (2011), Alien Abduction (2014), Alien Strain (2014), The Phoenix Incident (2015), Glitch (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Alien Exorcism (2011)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A brave scientist has been studying thousands of cases related to alien abductions. By placing abductees under hypnosis, he arrives at the unsettling discovery that for thousands of years, a variety of extra-terrestrial races have been installing ...
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, rough
Plot: alien abduction, hypnosis, love interest, scientist, secret service, science, religion, seductive girl, paranormal investigation, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, alien encounter ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Alien Abduction (2014)
Genre: 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, serious, mockumentary, tense ...
Plot: alien abduction, ufo, alien, found footage, alien encounter, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, abduction, missing person, escapades, danger, wilderness ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.6
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Alien Strain (2014)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: On a camping trip, Matthew's girlfriend Rachel was abducted by a UFO. A year later Rachel returns to the very spot from which she was taken but the creature she has become has Matthew fearing for his life.
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, futuristic, suspense
Plot: alien abduction, ufo, mysterious disappearance, supernatural horror, supernatural, alien encounter, alien race, supernatural power, disappearance, alien, abduction, girlfriend
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
The Phoenix Incident (2015)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 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: enigmatic, tense, mockumentary, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: ufo, found footage, military, desert, alien abduction, conspiracy, alien invasion, missing person, danger, investigation, death, alien ...
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona, usa, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Glitch (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: A young woman joins forces with a UFO enthusiast to investigate her boyfriend’s sudden disappearance and stumbles into a wild conspiracy.
Style: thrilling, captivating, satirical, suspense
Plot: ufo, friend, friendship, investigation, alien encounter, alien abduction, alien contact, alien, amateur sleuth, crime solving, mysterious disappearance, private investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Area 51 (2015)
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, suspense, tense, intense, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien, ufo, alien abduction, military base, conspiracy, found footage, extraterrestrial, secrets, supernatural, secret base, adaptation, happy ending ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, nevada, las vegas, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 4.2
 557
Cosmic Dawn (2022)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After witnessing the alien abduction of her mother as a child, Aurora joins the UFO cult "The Cosmic Dawn". At the cult's remote compound Aurora experiences miraculous revelations, and consciousness-expanding flowers but all ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling
Plot: sect, alien, problem, ufo, alien abduction, dark past, ufo sighting, secret past, mysterious past, alien encounter, secret, cosmic horror
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Fourth Kind (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
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, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, mockumentary ...
Plot: ufo, alien abduction, hypnosis, found footage, alien encounter, space and aliens, paranormal activity, alien invasion, investigation, disappearance, space, alien ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: alaska, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Communion (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 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, alien abduction, ufo, alien contact, psychiatrist, hypnosis, alien invasion, writers, halloween, supernatural, paranoia, creature ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 3.4
 611
Grey Skies (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A group of old college friends reunite to relive their glory days by renting a beautiful cabin in the woods. As the sun sets on their first day in the cabin, bright flashes of light announce the arrival of mysterious creatures. These friends will ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, tense, psychological
Plot: alien, alien abduction, alien encounter, survival, isolation, danger, woods, escapades, abduction, ufo, violence, murder ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 3.6
 2K
Hangar 10 (2014)
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: scary, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: ufo, alien encounter, danger, woods, found footage, alien, no survivors, forest, creature, survival, evil alien, space and aliens ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
The Gracefield Incident (2017)
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, suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: alien abduction, ufo, alien, group of friends, fear, nightmare, meteorite, husband wife relationship, love, forest, night, life ...
Place: quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 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 ⇓
61%
 4.4
 1K
Unaware (2010)
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, mockumentary, futuristic ...
Plot: found footage, alien abduction, farm, alien encounter, alien, ufo, danger, countryside, survival horror, alien invasion, evil alien, survival ...
Time: year 2000, 21st century
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 4.5
 1K
Level Up (2016)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Gamers enter virtual reality video game contest for money only to realize things are not the way they seem.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, exciting, captivating
Plot: blackmail, kidnapping, desperation, rescue, criminal, abduction, struggle for survival, kidnapped, kidnapped woman
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
The Block Island Sound (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: What’s controlling the town on Block Island? There’s a force lurking off the coast and the wildlife and people are all behaving strangely.
Style: suspense, tense, mystical, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: island, alien abduction, monster, family problems, family in danger, paranormal activity, paranormal phenomena, social relations, society, supernatural horror, dysfunctional family, social problems ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 5.9
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Emulsion (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: EMULSION tells the story of a dejected salesman who is inadvertently drawn into a dangerous blackmail scheme that forces him to fight for control a life he never thought was worth living. Painting a murky film noir world where no one is exactly as ...
Style: suspense, captivating, noir, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: bereavement, kidnapping, kidnapped woman, obsessive quest, tragedy, life is a bitch, loss of wife, grief, tragic past, disappearance, inspiration
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
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, suspense, dark, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: found footage, ufo, alien abduction, fear, friendship, desperation, alien, secret, investigation, dark secret, memories, missing person ...
Time: 90s, year 2017, year 1997
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Alien Implant (2017)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A brilliant female recluse sends a distress signal into outer space from a remote location. When the Aliens arrive, they realize it's not a distress signal, it's an ingenious trap designed to exact revenge on the extraterrestrials who ...
Style: suspense, bleak, suspenseful, scary, captivating
Plot: ufo, alien, recluse, revenge, space, space and aliens, vengeance, alien contact, alien abduction, avenge, abduction, outer space
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
As a Prelude to Fear (2022)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a young cellist called Eve Taylor gets kidnapped and imprisoned in a dungeon-like basement, Police Detective Barnbrooke believes it is the work of the notorious psychopath the media has named "The Pied Piper". But having failed to ...
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot: torture, crime investigation, abduction, kidnapping, captivity, investigation, locked in a basement, locked in, kidnapped woman, captive, kidnapped, police
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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 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 ⇓
59%
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Darkening Sky (2010)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: When an alien abduction nightmare is revealed to have been much more than a dream, a skeptical grad student studying the "modern mythology" of UFOs and ETs finds himself confronting an impossible reality involving shape-shifting ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: alien abduction, extraterrestrial, missing person, alien encounter, uncover truth, evil alien, space and aliens, nightmare comes true, danger, ufo, alien, alien invasion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 4.9
 4K
Antibirth (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a desolate community full of drug-addled Marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wild-eyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a crazy night of partying with symptoms of a strange illness and recurring visions. As she struggles to get a grip on reality, ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, spooky, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: drug abuse, conspiracy, body horror, pregnancy, bad kids, drug, surrealism, kidnapping, drug use, disappearance, escape from reality, social problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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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 ⇓
58%
 3.7
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The Return (1980)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Two young children and an adult in a small town have an encounter with an alien spaceship. 25 years later the children are reunited as adults in the same town which is now beset by strange cattle mutilations. Matters become worse when the cattle ...
Style: psychotronic, independent film
Plot: ufo, alien, alien invasion, sheriff, alien abduction, insane asylum, children, bare chested male, small community, cattle, cave, farm ...
Time: year 1980
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58%
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Robot World (2015)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: 50 years from now, a pilot (Ian Rowe) is sent 60 light years across the galaxy through a new device capable of crossing the extra spatial dimensions. His mission is to orbit and reconnoiter the planet then return home. The planet is known to be ...
Style: suspense, futuristic, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: alien, pilot, robot, extraterrestrial, planet, fight, sentient robot, alien robot, space and aliens, battles, evil robot, space wars ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Skinwalker Ranch (2013)
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, serious, suspenseful, tense, mockumentary ...
Plot: ufo, mysterious disappearance, deadly creature, missing person, investigation, danger, farm, paranormal phenomena, found footage, supernatural power, village life, alien invasion ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, year 2010, 21st century
Place: usa, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 3.5
 148
Alien Hunger (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Aliens with a ravenous appetite for summertime campers descend upon a campground.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: alien invasion, survival horror, alien, evil alien, alien life-form, struggle for survival, alien creature, alien encounter, alien contact, survival, monster, alien monster
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Vast of Night (2019)
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, bleak, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: ufo, alien abduction, teenage girl, alien, radio station, small town, teenager, cheerleader, flying saucer, radio, extraterrestrial, teenage boy ...
Time: 1950s, future, year 1958
Place: new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 5.6
 2K
Butt Boy (2019)
Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Detective Fox loves work and alcohol. After he goes to AA, his sponsor, Chip, becomes a suspect in his investigation for a missing kid. Fox believes people are disappearing up Chip’s butt.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense, avant garde ...
Plot: investigation, missing person, uncover truth, child abduction, crime investigation, troubled past, abduction, criminal, kidnapping, unsolved crime, police detective, disappearance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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