10 Best Movies Like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
If you loved E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.
Flight of the Navigator
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for fans of Adventure & Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as per...
Jules
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 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....
Solaris
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet....
Earth to Echo
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for fans of Adventure & Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
After a construction project begins digging in their neighbourhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. ...
Lilo & Stitch
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family....
Avatar: The Way of Water
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go t...