20 movies like The Encounter, ordered by similarity : UFO: It Is Here(2016), The Recall(2017), Phantasm: Ravager(2016), The Predator(2018), Pitch Black(2000), Aliens(1986), Outpost 11(2012), The Endless(2017), Attraction(2017), Let Her Out(2016), Welcome to Willits(2016), Storage 24(2012) ...
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
2015
85 Minutes
Clint James Owen Conway Megan Drust Eliza Kiss Paulina Vallin Louie Iaccarino Dan Higgins Monica Engesser
alien soldier friend young man fiancé tense frightening military base car forest conspiracy hysteria confinement unexplained phenomenon cruelty persecution rivalry 2010s
When Collin Bastrow is found in the forest, alone and afraid, he has a shocking story to tell. As he struggles to recount the events of the previous night his memories return in a series of... See full summary »
Horror, Sci-Fi
Germany
2016
85 Minutes
Laura Berlin Leonard Hohm Dennis Mojen Olga Von Luckwald Jan Walter Hacky Rumpel
alien student film student friend monster young man bleak shocking creepy intense suspenseful thrilling forest wilderness horror alien fear murder hunting friendship
Five film students are producing a documentary about the local zoo when suddenly the animals go berserk: The reason is a light ball flying by in the sky and crashing at the horizon. ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Canada
2017
90 Minutes
Wesley Snipes RJ Mitte Jedidiah Goodacre Laura Bilgeri Niko Pepaj Hannah Rose May Graham Shiels Vicellous Shannon
friend alien young person teenager astronaut government agent dark disturbing gripping intense suspenseful wilderness cabin spaceship woods alien invasion disaster friendship struggle connections
When five friends vacation at a remote lake house they expect nothing less than a good time, unaware that planet Earth is under an alien invasion and mass-abduction.
Horror
USA
2016
87 Minutes
Angus Scrimm Reggie Bannister A. Michael Baldwin Bill Thornbury Kathy Lester Dawn Cody Gloria Lynne Henry
friend man woman villain alien killer chilling creepy intense house street car alien planet laboratory city search time travel aliens danger survival
The final installment of the long-running Phantasm series.
Sci-Fi, Horror, Action, Adventure
USA|Canada
2018
106 Minutes
Boyd Holbrook Trevante Rhodes Jacob Tremblay Keegan-Michael Key Olivia Munn Thomas Jane Alfie Allen Sterling K. Brown Augusto Aguilera Jake Busey Yvonne Strahovski
predator alien boy veteran science teacher amusing dark frightening uneasy gripping suburbia lake school bus tank woods small town alien invasion alien attack saving the planet small town
When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA|Australia
2000
108 Minutes
Radha Mitchell Vin Diesel Cole Hauser Keith David Lewis Fitz-Gerald Claudia Black Rhiana Griffith John Moore Simon Burke Les Chantery Sam Sari
convict bounty hunter pilot survivor young girl alien intense thrilling tense chilling brutal spaceship alien planet settlement cave desert survival light darkness redemption
A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. But then, they learn that a month-long eclipse is about to occur.
Sci-Fi, Action, Horror
USA
1986
137 Minutes
Sigourney Weaver Carrie Henn Michael Biehn Paul Reiser Lance Henriksen Bill Paxton William Hope Jenette Goldstein Al Matthews Mark Rolston Ricco Ross
marines corporate stooge survivor android alien frightening dark gutsy spaceship space station planet lv-426 aliens military corporate espionage parasites adventure revenge escape 22nd century
Fifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2012
92 Minutes
Luke Healy Billy Clarke Joshua Mayes-Cooper Bernard Hill Graham Till
soldier friend insect alien monster enemy thrilling engaging suspenseful intense shocking brutal arctic spaceship command center danger alien landing alien life-forms fear fighting
Set in an alternative past where steam power still rules the world, outpost 11 is the story of three soldiers manning a remote listening post in the Arctic Circle. One day the warning light... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2017
111 Minutes
Aaron Moorhead Aaron Moorhead Justin Benson Callie Hernandez Tate Ellington Lew Temple James Jordan Shane Brady Kira Powell Emily Montague Peter Cilella
brother cult leader cult member creature camper chilling dark thrilling intense suspenseful disturbing camp woods lake compound boat forest cult mystery mythical creatures
As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
Sci-Fi, Drama
Russia
2017
137 Minutes
Oleg Menshikov Aleksandr Petrov Irina Starshenbaum Rinal Mukhametov
alien russian everyman politician military officer neighbor engaging thrilling suspenseful gripping intense emotional russia moscow spaceship alien invasion alien landing alien life-forms aliens fear
An alien ship crash lands onto a Russian city, many who saw it and the occupants start to question their own existence, while there are those who demand the aliens leave Earth.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
Canada
2016
89 Minutes
Alanna LeVierge Nina Kiri Adam Christie Kate Fenton Michael Lipka Brooke Henderson Glen Reid Deborah Jayne Reilly Smith
bike messenger courier evil twin thrilling tense intense frightening disturbing dark hospital house accident recovery hallucinations science fiction horror metamorphosis escape 2010s
After a traumatic accident, a bike courier begins to experience blackouts and hallucinations. She soon discovers that she's being dangerously influenced and even controlled by her unborn twin.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Horror
USA
2016
82 Minutes
Bill Sage Anastasia Baranova Garrett Clayton Dolph Lundgren Sabina Gadecki Chris Zylka Rory Culkin Karrueche Tran Thomas Dekker
drug addict drug trafficker conspiracy theorist alien psychopath farmer dark frightening uneasy gory disturbing northern california forest small town spaceship woods farm horror paranoia drug addiction
Deep in the Northern California woods, in the heart of the notorious Emerald Triangle, lies a remote cabin. The residents struggle to fight off the repeated attacks and abductions by ... See full summary »
Horror, Sci-Fi
UK
2012
87 Minutes
Noel Clarke Colin O'Donoghue Antonia Campbell Hughes Laura Haddock Jamie Thomas King Alex Price Ned Dennehy Geoff Bell Ruth Gemmell Davie Fairbanks Amy Pemberton
man woman best friend electrician receptionist friend bleak brutal creepy intense suspenseful thrilling london storage closet disaster trapped death dramatization horror fear
In London, a military plane crashes leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware that the city is in lockdown, a group of people become trapped inside a storage facility with a highly unwelcome guest.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2017
104 Minutes
Daniel Kaluuya Allison Williams Catherine Keener Bradley Whitford Caleb Landry Jones Marcus Henderson Betty Gabriel LaKeith Stanfield Stephen Root Lil Rel Howery Ashley LeConte Campbell
african-american girlfriend mother father servant friend creepy dark intense apartment bedroom house yard car forest meeting interracial relationship strange behavior danger survival
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Horror
2017
102 Minutes
Aleksandra Cwen Celina Peter Claudia Martini Tanja Petrovsky Haymon Maria Buttinger Franz Stadler Killian Abeltshauser Gerdi Marlen Simonn
young woman mother dead person witch child friend suspenseful thrilling shocking engaging intense emotional austria village forest horror fear witch hunt friendship ghosts
In the 15th century, a young goatherd living alone in a mountain hut feels a dark presence in the woods.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
101 Minutes
Maika Monroe Keir Gilchrist Daniel Zovatto Jake Weary Olivia Luccardi Lili Sepe Ruby Harris Bailey Spry Debbie Williams
teenager boyfriend friend stranger assassin parent dark creepy frightening park car abandoned house swimming pool bedroom bathroom teen romance curse survival assassination friendship
A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy, Action, Fantasy
USA|China|Canada
2015
106 Minutes
Adam Sandler Kevin James Michelle Monaghan Peter Dinklage Josh Gad Brian Cox Ashley Benson Jane Krakowski Anthony Ippolito Andrew Bambridge Matthew Lintz
alien president childhood friend champion friend specialist amusing campy creative white house alien planet city video game store street alien invasion video games childhood friends survival war
When aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth in the form of the video games.
Sci-Fi
USA|UK
1977
135 Minutes
Richard Dreyfuss François Truffaut Teri Garr Melinda Dillon Cary Guffey Bob Balaban J. Patrick McNamara Warren Kemmerling Roberts Blossom Philip Dodds Shawn Bishop
alien researcher worker mother dark tense suspenseful motel india forest small town aliens military media collaboration conspiracy expedition quest pursuit discovery
Roy Neary, an electric lineman, watches how his quiet and ordinary daily life turns upside down after a close encounter with a UFO.
Horror, Comedy
USA
2011
95 Minutes
Kristen Connolly Chris Hemsworth Anna Hutchison Fran Kranz Jesse Williams Richard Jenkins Bradley Whitford Brian J. White Amy Acker Tom Lenk Sigourney Weaver
college student friend girlfriend love interest zombie scientist frightening cheeky shocking tense amusing hilarious cabin forest outdoors cellar woods laboratory vacation isolation
Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin, where they get more than they bargained for, discovering the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy, Action, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2017
90 Minutes
Ian Ziering Tara Reid Cassie Scerbo Olivia Newton-John Chris Kattan Masiela Lusha Cody Linley Fabio Charo Gilbert Gottfried Clay Aiken
man shark police officer wildlife victim daughter campy intense frightening chilling creepy brutal house helicopter car street paris london survival animal attack
Fin and his wife April travel around the world to save their young son who's trapped inside a sharknado.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA|Canada
2014
113 Minutes
Tom Cruise Emily Blunt Brendan Gleeson Bill Paxton Jonas Armstrong Tony Way Kick Gurry Franz Drameh Dragomir Mrsic Charlotte Riley Masayoshi Haneda
military officer alien warrior colleague soldier sergeant creative intense thrilling amusing frightening outer space military base fantasy world beach great britain government building alien invasion fight to the death time warp
A soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies.