Alien encounter movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant alien encounter movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, futuristic and psychotronic films and TV shows about / with alien encounter, alien, space and aliens, alien invasion, space, danger, extraterrestrial, ufo, apocalypse and outer space plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Adventure genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as alien encounter: The Fourth Kind (2009), Signs (2002), Monsters (2010), Independence Day (1996), Taken (2002), Evilution (2008), Alien Abduction (2014), Alien Dawn (2012), Apollo 18 (2011), Oblivion (2013).

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The Fourth Kind (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abigail Tyler, a psychologist, may be on the verge of blowing the ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, mockumentary ...
Plot: ufo, alien abduction, hypnosis, found footage, alien encounter, space and aliens, paranormal activity, alien invasion, investigation, disappearance, space, alien ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: alaska, usa, california
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 6.8
 384K
Signs (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Style: twist ending, psychological, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot: alien invasion, ufo, alien, alien encounter, single father, survival, faith, end of the world, first contact, loss of faith, macabre, natural disaster ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, north america, mexico ...
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 6.3
 97K
Monsters (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico was ...
Style: suspense, road movie, stylized, meditative, apocalyptic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: monster, alien, alien invasion, alien encounter, end of the world, ufo, survival, jungle, post apocalypse, invasion, post apocalyptic, quarantine ...
Time: future, year 2010, 2010s, 20th century
Place: mexico, latin america, central america, austin texas
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Independence Day (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, suspense, apocalyptic, futuristic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, end of the world, invasion, extraterrestrial, survival, ufo, space and aliens, alien, evil alien, first contact, alien encounter, save the world ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, jurassic, future
Place: new york, washington d.c., usa, houston texas, london ...
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 7.8
 21K
Taken (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 877 min.
TV show
Story: Taken spans five decades and four generations, centering on three families: the Keys, Crawfords, and Clarkes. World War II veteran Russell Keys is plagued by nightmares of his abduction by aliens during the war; the Roswell incident transforms Owen ...
Style: serious, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Plot: ufo, alien abduction, alien encounter, alien invasion, abduction, alien, supernatural, extraterrestrial, kidnapping, space and aliens, officer, government conspiracy ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 50s, 70s, 60s ...
Place: usa
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 3.8
 767
Evilution (2008)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An alien bacterium resurrects the dead on Earth.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, scary, exciting ...
Plot: zombie, alien encounter, save the world, survival, apocalypse, danger, soldier, escapades, chaos, imaginary, chases and races, mentally unstable ...
Time: 21st century
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Alien Abduction (2014)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A vacationing family encounters an alien threat in this pulse-pounding thriller based on the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in North Carolina.
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, mockumentary, tense ...
Plot: alien abduction, ufo, alien, found footage, alien encounter, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, abduction, missing person, escapades, danger, wilderness ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
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 2.3
 949
Alien Dawn (2012)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: 2012. The dawn of destruction. As giant alien machines enslave and feed off humanity, the few remaining survivors band together to form a armed militia that will be the last stand against total extinction (IMDB.com).
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: alien encounter, space and aliens, survival, save the world, chaos, androids and robots, danger, battles, imaginary, escapades, evil alien, distopia ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.2
 58K
Apollo 18 (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Officially, Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later in 1973, three American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage ...
Style: suspense, mockumentary, scary, serious, tense ...
Plot: astronaut, outer space, found footage, space travel, alien encounter, nasa, infection, moon landing, alien, stranded, heroic mission, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 2011, future, 2010s ...
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 7.0
 551K
Oblivion (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is ...
Style: futuristic, mind bending, captivating, suspense, visually appealing ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, dystopian future, alien invasion, survival, space travel, space and aliens, catastrophe, danger, fate of humanity, alien encounter, resistance ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, distant future ...
Place: peru, seattle, new york, washington d.c., pentagon ...
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 6.2
 78K
Outlander (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min.
Story: During the reign of the Vikings, a man from another world crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator. The man must fuse his advanced technology with the weaponry of the vikings to fight the monster.
Style: epic, exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, alien, viking, alien invasion, norse mythology, space, survival, alien encounter, apocalypse, kaiju, battles, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: middle ages, 2000s, year 2008, 8th century
Place: europe
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 5.6
 6K
Invasion (2020)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 134 min.
Story: After the fall of the alien ship, it took three years. The catastrophe turned the girl's life from Chertanovo and forever changed our view of the universe. It seems that this was the biggest test for all of us. But mankind does not yet know ...
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, intense, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien encounter, alien space craft, ufo, fighter jet, alien invasion, boyfriend, threat, struggle for survival, martial law, humanity in peril, hopes, colonel ...
Time: 2020s
Place: moscow russia, russia
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 7.0
 641K
Prometheus (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Style: futuristic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, space travel, survival, androids, outer space, robot, space and aliens, distant planet, expedition, alien encounter, spacecraft, alien life-form ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: scotland
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 4.8
 9K
Skylines (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.
Style: psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic, apocalyptic ...
Plot: evil alien, alien invasion, alien, alien encounter, space battle, alien planet, space travel, creature, apocalypse, female warrior, martial arts, survival ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: london
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 4.1
 544
Code Red (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A psychologically disturbed solider is forced to come out of retirement to find his brother who has disappeared in the jungle but nothing can prepare him for the alien nightmare he is plunged into.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Plot: alien encounter, soldier, rescue, missing person, danger, military, escapades, government coverup, secret base, alien, space, future war ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa
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 7.1
 93K
Falling Skies (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Survivors of an alien attack on earth gather together to fight for their lives and fight back.
Style: exciting, apocalyptic, serious, stylized, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, alien, post apocalypse, ufo, alien encounter, apocalypse, military, evil alien, survival, resistance, life is a bitch, human spirit ...
Time: jurassic, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.9
 714K
District 9 (2009)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Aliens land in South Africa and, with their ship totally disabled, have no way home. Years later, after living in a slum and wearing out their welcome the 'Non-Humans' are being moved to a new tent city overseen by Multi-National United ...
Style: mockumentary, serious, suspense, biting, futuristic ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, distopia, space and aliens, alien encounter, apocalypse, transformation, mutation, metamorphosis, refugee, society ...
Time: year 2009, future, 2000s, year 2000, year 1982 ...
Place: africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
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Project 'Gemini' (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A sci-fi thriller about a space mission sent to terraform a distant planet. However, the mission encounters something unknown that has its own plan for the planet.
Style: suspenseful, scary, exciting, suspense, dark ...
Plot: alien encounter, space and aliens, evil alien, ufo, apocalypse, alien, alien invasion, spacecraft, monster, end of the world, extraterrestrial, human versus alien ...
Time: future
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 5.8
 256K
Battleship (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story: When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of ...
Style: exciting, serious, entertaining, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: alien invasion, alien, military, u.s. navy, ufo, battleship, navy, ship, evil alien, invasion, sea battle, battles ...
Time: year 2012, future, 2010s, year 2006, year 2005 ...
Place: hawaii, london, pacific ocean, tokyo, new york ...
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 6.5
 9K
Debris (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Two federal agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.
Style: captivating, tense, futuristic, sad, exciting
Plot: alien encounter, federal bureau of investigation, paranormal phenomena, alien, alien space craft, cia agent, paranormal investigation, alien race, government coverup, partner, crime solving, investigation ...
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Battle Los Angeles (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant and his new platoon to draw a ...
Style: serious, futuristic, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, apocalypse, alien encounter, survival, evil alien, military, invasion, save the world, battlefield, heroic mission, extraterrestrial, ufo ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, mojave desert, america ...
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 6.2
 145K
The Thing (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience: date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, alien, gory, alien invasion, deadly creature, evil alien, chase, alien encounter, survival, apocalypse, danger, transformation ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, future, 80s, year 1982 ...
Place: antarctica
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 6.8
 59K
V (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a ...
Style: cliffhanger, suspenseful, apocalyptic, captivating, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ufo, alien invasion, invasion, alien, fate of humanity, evil alien, alien encounter, conspiracy, fbi, uncover truth, world domination, disguise ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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The Tomorrow War (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: An ordinary man is recruited by time travellers from 30 years in the future to fight in a war against deadly aliens.
Style: suspense, futuristic, exciting, anamorphic, action adventure ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: alien invasion, time travel, future war, alien, military, struggle for survival, soldier, final battle, evil alien, alien monster, alien encounter, father daughter relationship ...
Time: future
Place: bahamas, dominican republic, miami, russia, north america
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Fire in the Sky (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A group of men who were clearing bush for the government arrive back in town, claiming that their friend was abducted by aliens. Nobody believes them, and despite a lack of motive and no evidence of foul play, their friends' disappearance is ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, disturbing, psychological, cult classic ...
Plot: ufo, alien, alien abduction, alien encounter, alien contact, space and aliens, alien invasion, space, abduction, working class, investigation, murder ...
Time: 90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
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 7.5
 292K
Contact (1997)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and ...
Style: cerebral, inspirational, philosophical, futuristic, emotional ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: science, space travel, scientist, nasa, alien encounter, outer space, alien, space and aliens, first contact, astronomy, religion, alien contact ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, distant future
Place: puerto rico, new mexico, washington d.c., usa, hokkaido ...
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AE: Apocalypse Earth (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A group of refugees from Earth land on an exotic planet, where they must fight ruthless aliens to survive.
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, mockbuster ...
Plot: apocalypse, space battle, alien encounter, mysterious planet, chaos, survival, danger, deadly creature, imaginary, escapades, planet, evil alien ...
Time: future
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Occupation: Rainfall (2020)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies, uncover a plot that could see the war come to a ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: alien encounter, apocalypse, female warrior, good versus evil, invasion, violence, danger, death, destruction, fictional war, chase, fear ...
Place: australia, oceania, sydney australia
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion, from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are ...
Style: disturbing, scary, suspenseful, creepy, psychological ...
Plot: alien invasion, alien, supernatural, dystopia, female nudity, body horror, end of the world, monster, parasite, evil wins, epidemic, great ending ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: san francisco, usa, california
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic, visual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ufo, end of the world, alien, alien encounter, alien contact, evil alien, alien invasion, robot, extraterrestrial, first contact, space, apocalypse ...
Time: year 2008, future, 20th century, 1920s, 2000s ...
Place: usa, washington d.c., new york, virginia, australia ...
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