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10 Best Movies Like Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind

If you loved Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Boy

Boy

2004★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Boy is the unsettling story of a young male prostitute, or Rent Boy, in a small rural town who learns the truth behind a hit and run accident which has killed a local girl. When th...

#2
School of Thieves 2

School of Thieves 2

1987★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In this second episode Dalmazio and Egisto come, respectively, from the prison and the insane asylum. They risk a second arrest for their awkwardness so they return from their "unc...

#3
Young and Dangerous 4

Young and Dangerous 4

1997★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The boss of the Hung Hing gang, Tian Sang, has died. Ho Nam and Hon Bun find Sangs younger brother, Yang to lead the gang. Meanwhile, Hon Bun receives news that his younger brother...

#4
Star

Star

2001★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The Driver now carries an arrogant rock star who is visiting a major city. Played by Madonna, this title character wants to get away from her bodyguards in the Driver's BMW. He soo...

#5
Auntie Mame

Auntie Mame

1958★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father...

#6
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross

Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross

1961★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

This is the very first silent slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. What's more fun: fishing with worms, or dynamite? Three friends decided to have ...