If You Liked E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Watch These Next
Finished E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, most of them are adventure, science fiction, family.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Avatar: The Way of Water(2022)
7.6ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso adventure and science fiction
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
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2.Greenland 2: Migration(2026)
6.4AdventureThrillerScience FictionAlso adventure and science fiction
Having found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family must now risk everything to embark on a perilous journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
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3.Project Hail Mary(2026)
8.6Science FictionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox…
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4.Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)
7.9ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
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5.Interstellar(2014)
8.5AdventureDramaScience FictionAlso adventure and science fiction
The 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 involved in an interstellar voyage.
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6.Rim of the World(2019)
6.0Science FictionAdventureComedyAlso science fiction and adventure
Stranded at a summer camp when aliens attack the planet, four teens with nothing in common embark on a perilous mission to save the world.
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7.Star Trek Beyond(2016)
6.8ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso adventure and science fiction
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
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8.Star Trek(2009)
7.4Science FictionActionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing…
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9.Armageddon(1998)
6.8ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among…
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10.Secret Headquarters(2022)
6.3ActionComedyScience FictionAlso science fiction and family
While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When villains attack, they must team up to defend the headquarters and save the world.
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11.War of the Worlds(2005)
6.6AdventureThrillerScience FictionAlso adventure and science fiction
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
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12.Babylon 5: Thirdspace(1998)
6.6ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
Susan Ivanova discovers a derelict spaceship in hyperspace. They tow it back to Babylon 5, then strange things start happening. People are being telepathically taken over by aliens from another (third)space.
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13.Power Rangers(2017)
6.2ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso adventure and science fiction
Five ordinary teens must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so, they will have to…
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14.Star Trek Into Darkness(2013)
7.3ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso adventure and science fiction
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a…
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15.Max Winslow and The House of Secrets(2020)
5.9FamilyScience FictionThrillerAlso family and science fiction
Five teenagers compete to win a mansion owned by entrepreneur and scientist Atticus Virtue. To win the teens must face-off against a super computer named HAVEN who controls the mansion.
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16.The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(2005)
6.7AdventureComedyScience FictionAlso adventure and science fiction
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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17.The Secret Life of Bees(2008)
7.5FamilyAdventureDramaAlso family and adventure
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's…
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18.Star Kid(1997)
6.6ActionAdventureFamilyAlso adventure and family
Shy seventh-grader Spencer Griffith's life changes when the meteor falls into local junkyard and he finds a Cybersuit - the wise and strong robot from another galaxy. Spencer puts Cybersuit on and becomes a different kind of guy
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19.Avatar: Fire and Ash(2025)
7.6Science FictionAdventureFantasyAlso science fiction and adventure
In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes…
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20.Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark(2007)
6.5ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso adventure and science fiction
This instalment of Babylon 5 is in two parts: the first is about an entity that has possessed a worker. Colonel Lochley prevents a priest from performing an exorcism. The host is returned to Earth. The second has Galen trying to dupe President Sheridan into assassinating the future Centauri emperor to stop him from…
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