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2011 · Movie · R · your starting pointIf Paul is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Movies like Paul, ranked
1. Aliens and Gufors (2017)
Three misfits running a UFO shop stumble into genuine alien contact with the same deadpan British humor and cross-country chaos that drives the unlikely friendship between geeks and extraterrestrials.
2. The Aliens (2017)
This meditative sci-fi drama trades Paul's road-trip comedy for intimate philosophical debates about faith and extraterrestrial contact, centering on a believer's transformative encounter with an otherworldly presence.
3. Alien Chronicles: Top UFO Encounters (2020)
This documentary transforms the UFO obsession that drives Paul's road-trip plot into real-world accounts, letting you explore the actual sightings and conspiracy theories that inspired the film's comedic premise.
4. AlienThon: Untold Stories Of UFO Encounters (2025)
This drive-in marathon delivers the same blend of genuine UFO lore and comedic absurdity, where real encounters meet playful skepticism as the narration winks at how we construct alien mythology.
5. Alien Paranormal: UFOs And Bizarre Encounters (2023)
This documentary explores the real-world UFO conspiracy theories and government cover-ups that Paul's road trip comedy mines for its satirical premise, grounding the film's absurdist alien adventure in actual cultural anxieties.
6. Alien Agenda: Into The Future (2022)
The deadpan humor and affectionate ribbing of UFO mythology that drives Paul's cross-country caper finds its real-world counterpart in this documentary's earnest examination of alien visitation claims and government secrecy.
7. Alien Top 20: Mind Bending UFO Encounters (2023)
This documentary explores the real-world UFO lore and alien mythology that inspired Paul's road-trip premise, grounding the film's comedic sci-fi adventure in actual cultural fascination with extraterrestrial encounters.
8. Battle Of The Worlds (1961)
This Italian sci-fi spectacle delivers the same collision of earnest 1950s space-opera aesthetics with absurdist action—complete with resourceful underdogs improvising against an alien invasion that treats its own logic as secondary to pure entertainment.
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