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10 Best Movies Like First Contact

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

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#1
The Return

The Return

2022★ 6.7

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

After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren't as dead and gone as he once thought...

#2
Black Box

Black Box

2020★ 6.4

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

After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is....

#3
The Signal

The Signal

2007★ 5.9

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

A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television....

#4
The Asphyx

The Asphyx

1972★ 6.0

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

Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curiou...

#5
Containment

Containment

2015★ 6.0

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

Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight ...

#6
Spring

Spring

2014★ 6.6

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

A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret....

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