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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
Event Horizon

Event Horizon

1997★ 6.6

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

In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it so...

#2
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977★ 7.4

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

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen....

#3
Gravity

Gravity

2013★ 7.2

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

Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer, is on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingl...

#4
Paul

Paul

2011★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contact for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outl...

#5
Contagion

Contagion

2011★ 6.6

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

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster t...

#6
Dark City

Dark City

1998★ 7.3

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

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of h...