10 Best Movies Like The 'E.T.' Journals
If you loved The 'E.T.' Journals, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Big Miracle
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 'E.T.' Journals for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle....

Oppenheimer
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 'E.T.' Journals for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

Joker
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 'E.T.' Journals for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

Soul
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 'E.T.' Journals for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from...

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 'E.T.' Journals for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...

Fifty Shades Darker
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 'E.T.' Journals for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another chance. As the two begin to b...