Top 20 movies like The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still

An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.

The Day the Earth Stood Still is of 1 hour(s) and 32 minute(s). It is Produced By:  20th Century Fox. It was released on 1951-09-28. It has the tagline: From out of space... A warning and an ultimatum It has an average vote of 7.462 on TMDB.

Genres: Science FictionThriller

1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

It has an average vote of 7.468 on TMDB.

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2. Plan 9 from Outer Space

Plan 9 from Outer Space

In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife and on the next day he also dies. However, the space soldier Eros and her mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both and the strong Inspector Clay that was murdered by the couple. Their intention is not to conquest Earth but to stop mankind from developing the powerful bomb “Solobonite” that would threaten the universe. When the population of Hollywood and Washington DC sees flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife and a policeman try to stop the aliens.

It has an average vote of 4.2 on TMDB.

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3. Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for 20 years, only to find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.

It has an average vote of 7.267 on TMDB.

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4. Throw Down (柔道龍虎榜)

Throw Down

A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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5. Shirley: Visions of Reality

Shirley: Visions of Reality

A series of snapshots from the life of a fictional actress named Shirley serves to weave together thirteen paintings by Edward Hopper into a fascinating synthesis of painting and film, personal and political history. Each station in Shirley’s professional and private life from the 1930s to 1960s is precisely dated: It is always August 28/29 of the year in question, as the locations vary from Paris to New York to Cape Cod.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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6. Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.

It has an average vote of 6.346 on TMDB.

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7. Otto; or, Up with Dead People

Otto; or, Up with Dead People

A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going. After hitching a ride to Berlin and nesting in an abandoned amusement park, he begins to explore the city. Soon he is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf, who operates the camera. Meanwhile, Medea is still trying to finish Up with Dead People, the epic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. She convinces its star, Fritz Fritze, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. When Otto discovers that he has a wallet that contains information about his past, before he was dead, he begins to remember details about his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf. He arranges to meet him at the schoolyard where they met, with devastating results.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

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8. Falling Leaves

Falling Leaves

It's early autumn and Dr. Headley eagerly demonstrates what seems to be a miraculous cure for tuberculosis. Not far from where he is working, the disease seems preparing to soon claim yet another life, a teenage girl named Winifred. Winifred's mother and little sister Trixie are devastated. When Trixie hears the family doctor say of Winifred that "when the last leaf falls, she will have passed away," she interprets the doctor's words literally. Thinking over what she has heard, she determines to do everything possible to save her sister.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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9. Successive Slidings of Pleasure (Glissements progressifs du plaisir)

Successive Slidings of Pleasure

A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled through her heart, as she lay attached to the bedposts. Apparently, the girl does have powers, to make all people around her fall prey to her spell, glissing progressively into desire, lust, and the unknown.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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10. The Ryan White Story

The Ryan White Story

The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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11. The Brute (El bruto)

The Brute

A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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12. My Favorite Year

My Favorite Year

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.

It has an average vote of 6.781 on TMDB.

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13. Jenin, Jenin (جنين، جنين)

Jenin, Jenin

Mohammed Bakri's documentary "Jenin, Jenin" is a heart-rending depiction of the aftermath of Israel's destruction of Jenin refugee camp in 2002, where every scene and interview is profound and distressing in equal measure.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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14. Jeff Foxworthy & Larry the Cable Guy: We've Been Thinking

Jeff Foxworthy & Larry the Cable Guy: We've Been Thinking

Comedians Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy bring their distinctive brand of humor to a packed crowd in Minneapolis.

It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.

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15. The Day the Sky Exploded (La morte viene dallo spazio)

The Day the Sky Exploded

Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.

It has an average vote of 4.1 on TMDB.

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16. The Sound of 007

The Sound of 007

Pull back the curtain on the remarkable history of six decades of James Bond music, from Sean Connery’s Dr No through to Daniel Craig’s final outing in No Time to Die.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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17. Bureau of Missing Persons

Bureau of Missing Persons

Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...

It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.

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18. Cut-Throats Nine (Condenados a vivir)

Cut-Throats Nine

A wagon load of convicts on their way to prison is being escorted through the mountains by a cavalry troop. They are attacked by a bandit gang, and only a sergeant, his beautiful young daughter and an assortment of seven sadistic, murderous prisoners survive, and they are left without horses or a wagon. The sergeant must find a way to get his prisoners to their destination while protecting his daughter, watching out for the still pursuing bandits and trying to determine which one of the prisoners was the man who raped and murdered his wife.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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19. Kennel Tokorozawa (ケンネル所沢)

Kennel Tokorozawa

Chika Tokorozawa, the daughter of a pet shop owner, seems unable to get away from her brave but stupid dog, Rin Tin Tin . The dog seems to be in love with her owner to the point of obsession, but his dream of getting with the girl is thwarted over and over again by everyone and everything around him, including his very uninterested owner. Based on the ecchi comedy manga by Maki Ootsubo, originally published in Weekly Young Sunday.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

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20. Blonder als die Polizei erlaubt (Blonder als die Polizei erlaubt)

Blonder als die Polizei erlaubt

Nothing bores Dana more than her job as a guard in an Egyptian museum. But when she falls into a sarcophagus with undercover investigator Nils, she suddenly finds herself in the investigation of the suspected art dealer Johannes Brecht. To make matters worse, she stumbles across a corpse in Brecht's garden, which suddenly disappears again. Chaos reigns and Nils has to trust Dana, because she has become indispensable to him...

It has an average vote of 4.4 on TMDB.

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