Netflix ’s 3 Body Problemis still hovering near the top of the streamer ’s most - watched inclination , but it ’s been out for a few weeks , mean many folk have probablyfinished itby now . If you yen to keep those alien - invasion - scientific - mystery vibes going , here are10 sci - fi moviesthat share some like flavors .
Contact
Jodie Foster stars in this 1997 Carl Sagan adaptation about a SETI scientist obsess with scanning radio set emissions from space — until , after years of study , she ’s out to wiretap a signaling from rich in the star . Her character ’s journeyis quite a bit different than that of 3 Body Problem ’s Ye Wenjie … but there are some obvious line of latitude too . rip or corrupt on Prime Video .
Arrival
Denis Villeneuve ’s 2016 sci - fi sagafollows a linguistic scientist ( Amy Adams ) who struggles to find a way to communicate with the enigmatic alien who ’ve arrived on Earth to share an important content . ( Unlike 3 Body Problem , the message is gratefully not “ You are bug . ”)Stream on Paramount+ , Apple TV+ , andPluto TV .
They Live
What if 3 Body Problem ’s San - Ti were already on Earth , and set about suppress humanity by using in advance tech that alters the way mass reckon reality ? You might get a scenario much likeJohn Carpenter ’s 1988 They survive — a movie that also hold the individual not bad combat scene in cinematic history . Rent or buy on Prime Video .
No One Will Save You
In 3 Body Problem , Earth has the vantage ( sort of ; a lot of chaos certainly ensues ) of knowing that aliens are en itinerary to invade . That ’s not the case inNo One Will Save You , in which a troubled fair sex living in self - imposed exile ( Kaitlyn Dever ) must calculate out a ) what the hell is going on , and b ) how to hold up the experience . Stream on Hulu .
Signs
M. Night Shyamalan ’s 2002 harvest - dress circle extravaganza is n’t without flaws — the whole “ aliens who are allergic to water invade a major planet nearly covered in water ” is a big one — but it has some profoundly terrific moments . The birthday party TV is right up there with 3 Body Problem ’s awful warning on any leaning of really chilling sci - fi present moment . Rent or grease one’s palms on Prime Video;stream on Sling TV .
The Vast of Night
In a humble New Mexico townsfolk in the 1950s , a wireless DJ and a switchboard operator become more and more aware that something very strange is wreaking havoc on their older - school day technology . Together , they race to solve the mystery — and while it ’s on a much smaller scale than 3 Body Problem ’s global scramble , it similarly examine what pass off when otherworldly forces interrupt agency of communication that masses reckon on . watercourse on Prime Video or Freevee .
The Day the Earth Stood Still
No discourtesy to Keanu Reeves , but you ’re much better off watching the 1951 pilot rather than the 2008 remaking . Robert Wise take aim Michael Rennie as Klaatu , who follow to Earth with his terrifying golem Gort with a warning : if you ’re irresponsible with nukes , you ’ll be very sorry . The Day the Earth Stood Still features an existent reference to the three - eubstance problem , but most people remember the motion-picture show ’s playfulness - to - say alien catch phrase before anything else ( see clip above).Rent or grease one’s palms on Prime Video .
Nope
3 Body Problem ’s San - Ti header to Earth with a massive fleet of ships , announcing their impendent arrival with large , flashy , cosmopolitan electronic messaging . The encroacher in Jordan Peele ’s 2002 Nope , Jean Jacket , is a lone wolf who bushwhack veil among the clouds … slurping up prey whenever the urge smasher . Which bullying tactics is more effective ? candidly , it ’s a toss - up . Stream on Peacock .
The Forgotten
The title is generic , but this 2004 Julianne Moore - starring thriller apply us extraterrestrial ( or some sort of malign entities pertain to as “ them ” ) whose peculiarity about humans lead them to carry exceptionally frightening experiment , including sample to make Moore ’s character bury that she ever had a Word . The San - Ti do n’t understand the idea of “ lie in , ” but they might okay of this harshness anyway . Rent or buy on Prime Video .
The Signal
This 2014 thriller shares 3 Body Problem ’s musical theme of “ scarey - saucy people in over their heads ” and “ realness should not calculate like this , but somehow it does . ” The Signal follow a trio of MIT students whose route - tripper detour to track down their hack nemesis rather entangle them in an increasingly freaky scenario that may involve region 51 , and features Laurence Fishburne as a scientist who ’s not what he seems . engage or buy on Prime Video .
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