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10 Best Movies Like Contact

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

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#1
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contact for fans of Drama & TV Movie & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large th...

#2
Hyena Road

Hyena Road

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contact for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars – all stand at the intersection of modern warfare – a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems. ...

#3
Sahara

Sahara

1995★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contact for fans of TV Movie & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along ...

#4
Jacknife

Jacknife

1989★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contact for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle ...

#5
Danny Boy

Danny Boy

2021★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contact for fans of Drama & TV Movie & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battle...

#6
Bunker

Bunker

2023★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contact for fans of War. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Trapped in a bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers are faced with an ungodly presence that slowly turns them against each other....

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