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10 Best Movies Like Cocoon: The Return

If you loved Cocoon: The Return, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Jules

Jules

2023★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cocoon: The Return for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A flying saucer lands in the backyard of an elderly suburbanite with memory problems, who forms a bond with the scared alien inside....

#2
Starman

Starman

1984★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cocoon: The Return for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them....

#3
Cocoon

Cocoon

1985★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cocoon: The Return for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor....

#4
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1982★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cocoon: The Return for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his b...

#5
Real Men

Real Men

1987★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cocoon: The Return for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind....

#6
Project: ALF

Project: ALF

1996★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cocoon: The Return for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Six years ago, the lovable intergalactic fugitive Gordon Shumway, best known as ALF, was on his way back to his new home when the Alien Task Force finally caught up with him. Now, ...

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