
Movies that feel likeSuper 8 (2011)
If you loved Super 8, the closest films we have are Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Sunshine (2007) and Mud (2013). Most of the picks below share Super 8's awe and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Spacewalker (2017).
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If Super 8 hit the spot, these will too

The same director's eye for wonder chasing down a mystery
The difference: Franchise-scale spectacle, not a handful of kids with a camera

Wonder and dread pulling in opposite directions at once
The difference: Deep-space stakes replace small-town mystery entirely

Wistful and warm in the same breath
The difference: Takes it somewhere less awestruck than Super 8 does

Teenagers discovering something extraordinary changes their friendship's rules
The difference: Darker, angrier arc — this one curdles instead of staying warm

Wistful thriller in both cases
The difference: Easier on the awe than Super 8

Awe and danger sitting right next to each other throughout
The difference: A found-footage space mission, not kids with a Super 8 camera

One thread runs through both: alien
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

J.J. Abrams directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Super 8 does

Both land awe and tension at once

Science fiction with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Both keep coming back to the same thing: alien

Awestruck mystery, and it commits to that
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