Movies like Earth to Echo (2014)
The best movies like Earth to Echo (2014) are Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), Explorers (1985) and Aliens in the Attic (2009). If Earth to Echo hooked you with its family and adventure, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)7.5/10 from 12,411 votes
- NewestXeno (2025)Released 2025
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExplorers (1985)
Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAliens in the Attic (2009)
A group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisFlight of the Navigator (1986)
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisXeno (2025)
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 matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRace to Witch Mountain (2009)
A taxi driver gets more than he bargained for when he picks up two teen runaways. Not only does the pair possess supernatural powers, but they're also trying desperately to escape people who have made them their targets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisTomorrowland (2015)
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Grandpa is an Alien (2019)
Una and an alien robot have 24 hours to find her Grandpa who was kidnapped by aliens. The extraordinary adventure leads to friendship, the rational robotic logic is replaced by emotions and Una's selfless love saves her partly alien family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & family
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out (2023)
Itsy is new in town and her life seems over until she meets her space-obsessed neighbor Calvin, who believes his parents were abducted by aliens. An aspiring journalist, Itsy decides to write an exposé on Calvin but ends up discovering much more.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & adventure
The 5th Wave (2016)
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisProject Almanac (2015)
A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Starfighter (1984)
Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpy Kids: Armageddon (2023)
When the children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful game developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of all technology, they must become spies themselves to save their parents and the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisMeet Dave (2008)
A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem, as their ship becomes smitten with an Earth woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisLuis and the Aliens (2018)
11-year-old Luis makes friends with three loveable little aliens, who crash their UFO into his house. In return for Luis' help in finding the home-shopping channel stuff they came for, they save Luis from boarding school - and an exciting adventure follows.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Mimzy (2007)
Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them could imagine.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisD.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Club of Ugly Children (2019)
“Keep it clean!” – The new president is serious about that, including looks. When Paul, whose large jug ears are quite apparent on class photo day, and some of the other “ugly” kids are taken on a surprise trip, they realize that the president wants to hide them away. On the run, Paul is helped by Sara, one of the “pretty” kids. They start an underground club to fight against the president. The movement soon turns into a revolution. The kids show the world that even children can rise up – and that you don’t have to be “pretty” to be a hero!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & family
Guest from the Future (2024)
Kolya is an ordinary guy: video games, rap and friends. The last thing he cares about is the future. Until one day, he gets into the future himself. And everything is not easy there. The Earth coalition won the intergalactic war and lives quite happily, only the leaders of the defeated pirate forces are secretly preparing a new offensive. To do so, they need to go back in time and change the course of history, and Kolya unwittingly becomes their tool. But most importantly, Kolya meets Alisa, a girl unlike anyone else.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSuper 8 (2011)
In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRobosapien: Rebooted (2013)
A robotic boy and a human boy join forces to save their parents from the organization that funded the robot's creator.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisSpaceCamp (1986)
Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One night during an engine test, Andie and four teenage campers are accidentally shot into space. Together, the group -- which includes Kathryn, a pilot-in-training, and Tish, a ditz with a perfect memory -- must work together to operate the spacecraft and return home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisA-X-L (2018)
The life of a teenage boy is forever altered by a chance encounter with cutting edge military technology.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLazer Team 2 (2017)
After Woody goes missing while working on secret alien research, the former members of Lazer Team must come together to rescue their lost friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Adventure of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend (2022)
A teenager summons the courage to help a friendly robot known as A.R.I. kidnapped by a ruthless lab director working for a powerful corporation seeking to turn him into a dangerous weapon in order to rule the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & science fiction
Crater (2023)
After the death of his father, a boy growing up on a lunar mining colony takes a trip to explore a legendary crater, along with his four best friends, prior to being permanently relocated to another planet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisF.R.E.D.I. (2018)
An intelligent, lovable robot known as "F.R.E.D.I." is stolen from a secret research facility by the project's lead scientist. The robot is found by a 15 year old teenager, James. Soon the two begin to communicate and create a bond in which F.R.E.D.I. learns about teenage life and James learns about some new values.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Wrinkle in Time (2018)
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Wrinkle in Time (2003)
Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them around the universe to a place unlike any other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & family
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Earth to Echo?
The closest matches to Earth to Echo are Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), Explorers (1985) and Aliens in the Attic (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Earth to Echo?
People who watched Earth to Echo most often go on to Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), Explorers (1985) and Aliens in the Attic (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like Earth to Echo?
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), rated 7.5/10 by 12,411 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Earth to Echo?
Xeno (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Earth to Echo?
Yes: Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), Explorers (1985) and Aliens in the Attic (2009).
How are movies similar to Earth to Echo chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Earth to Echo, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.