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Allen (2026)

20 years after his encounter with an alien, Petey never moved on. Now his old friend has returned, and the reason why is complicated — and unexpected.

Directed byDaley Pearson, Jeffrey Walker

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    Project Hail Mary

    Strong story similarity

    2026 · 157 min · Adventure · Science Fiction

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    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 ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  2. 02

    Matchbox the Movie

    Strong story similarity

    2026 · 127 min · Action · Adventure · Comedy

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    When a group of former childhood friends reconnect, their reunion takes a wild turn as they stumble upon a dangerous international plot—and must save the world.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Jules

    Strong story similarity

    2023 · 87 min · Comedy · Drama · Science Fiction

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    A flying saucer lands in the backyard of an elderly suburbanite with memory problems, who forms a bond with the scared alien inside.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  4. 05

    The Tomorrow War

    Strong story similarity

    2021 · 138 min · Action · Adventure · Science Fiction

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    The world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future, mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester. Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist and his estranged father in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  5. 07

    Elio

    Strong story similarity

    2025 · 98 min · Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family · Science Fiction

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    Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 08

    Chaos Walking

    Strong story similarity

    2021 · 109 min · Adventure · Fantasy · Science Fiction

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    Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  7. 09

    Xeno

    Strong story similarity

    2025 · 103 min · Adventure · Drama · Mystery · Science Fiction

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    A teenage girl develops an otherworldly bond with an alien after it crash-lands in the desert. As government agents close in, she must protect her new friend, while uncovering a secret that could change the fate of both their worlds.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared genre DNA
    • a closely matched era
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Film Atlas combines story similarity, movie metadata and TMDB relationship signals. Shared studios can support a match; audience and film-format safeguards help avoid poor fits. The explanations above come from the engine’s recorded evidence—not invented reviews.

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