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Movies like Super 8

Not everyone loves Super 8 for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Super 8

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like a summer where a group of kids grows up fast.

  2. You like a crew of friends who keep filming while the town empties.

  3. You want the feeling of something huge arriving in a small town.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Stranger Things2016

    • a crew of friends who keep filming while the town empties

    Good for you if you like a gang of kids who never leave a friend behind.

  • It1990

    • a summer where a group of kids grows up fast
    • a crew of friends who keep filming while the town empties

    Good for you if you like the Losers' Club sticking together against bullies and worse.

  • It2017

    • a crew of friends who keep filming while the town empties

    Good for you if you like a group of outcast kids who stick together.

  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982

    • the feeling of something huge arriving in a small town

    Good for you if you like childhood seen as magical.

  • The X-Files1993

      Good for you if you like Mulder and Scully driving into a new small town with a new unexplained case.

    • Annihilation2018

        Good for you if you like science fiction that feels like a nightmare.

      • Prometheus2012

          Good for you if you like huge alien ruins and cold, beautiful images.

        • The Expanse2015

            Good for you if you like sci-fi where ships obey real physics and gravity matters.

          • Arrival2016

              Good for you if you like a film that quietly breaks you at the end.

            • Aliens1986

                Good for you if you like the scary original turned into a war film.

              • War of the Worlds2005

                  Good for you if you like an invasion seen from the ground, from a family's view.

                • Life2017

                    Good for you if you like a creature loose in a tight space.

                  • Smallville2001

                    • a summer where a group of kids grows up fast

                    Good for you if you like Clark Kent in high school, long before the cape.

                  Reasons taken from Super 8's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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