Films like Contact
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
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The Vast of Night
Film · 2019 · also drama and mysteryAt the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the...
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The Andromeda Strain
Film · 1971 · also drama and science fictionWhen virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop de...
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Cosmos
Film · 2019 · also mystery and science fictionThree astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could...
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Arrival
Film · 2016 · also drama and mysteryTaking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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Stowaway
Film · 2021 · also drama and science fictionA three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.
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Transcendence
Film · 2014 · also drama and mysteryTwo leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a wor...
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Solaris
Film · 2002 · also drama and mysteryA troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
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Interstellar
Film · 2014 · also drama and science fictionThe adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involve...
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Primer
Film · 2004 · also drama and science fictionA group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the inv...
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Pi
Film · 1998 · also drama and mysteryA mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.
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