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Alien: Earth (2025)
98K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, dark, intense, fast paced, slasher, psychological, psychological thriller, psychological horror
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, female protagonist, survival, claustrophobia, first contact, survival horror, isolation, research facility, galaxy, space, star wars, future war, space program, space opera, biohazard, rescue mission, moral ambiguity, alien monster, urban, urban setting, spaceship crash, transhumanism, monster, soldier ...
Time:
near future, 22nd century, future, 21st century
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Most similar movies to Alien: Earth
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, dark and captivating films and TV series with plots about survival, claustrophobia, isolation, paranoia, alien, body horror and moral ambiguity mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Alien: Earth: War of the Worlds (2025), Teacup (2024), Osiris (2025), Unseen Evil 2 (2004), The Institute (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Will Radford is a top analyst for Homeland Security who tracks potential threats through a mass surveillance program, until one day an attack by an unknown entity leads him to question whether the government is hiding something from him... and from ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surveillance, government conspiracy, alien invasion, dystopia, urban, national security, paranoia, urban setting, ethical dilemma, investigation, moral ambiguity, survival ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
Trapped on a farm in rural Georgia, a group of neighbours must put aside their differences and unite in the face of a mysterious and deadly threat.
Style:
tense, suspense, atmospheric, tension, sinister ...
Plot:
survival, farm, isolation, small town, danger, community, collaboration, paranoia, siege, mistrust, claustrophobia, slow burn ...
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Special Forces commandos on a mission are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft. Upon waking aboard, they find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival.
Style:
space horror, intense, tense, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
special forces, spacecraft, survival, alien invasion, soldier, space, survival horror, combat, abduction, extraterrestrial, fear, escape ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After a series of brutal, unexplained murders in a remote forest, a rogue military unit is recruited to hunt for whoever - or whatever - has rendered the attacks. In order to carry out the investigation, they need the help of the only survivor, ...
Style:
dark, slasher, suspenseful, tense, grim ...
Plot:
creature feature, violence, isolation, alien, psychological trauma, hunted, mental institution, survival, gory, confrontation, claustrophobia, investigation ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
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Story:
When 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim ...
Style:
psychological horror, tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
institute, stephen king, abduction, kidnapping, macabre, conspiracy, escape, supernatural, childhood trauma, isolation, ethical dilemma, government facility ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
When a fatal accident occurs on board the International Space Station, a lone astronaut makes the heroic journey back to Earth, only to discover key pieces of her life—including her young daughter—have changed.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
female protagonist, conspiracy, space, family drama, parent child relationship, woman, human in outer space, female astronaut, cosmonaut, space program, space exploration, deep space ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Injured U.S. soldier Miles Willis awakens to discover he is trapped in a mysterious cube armed only with his combat gear. As Miles begins to question his sanity, he finds a lifeline – a voice on the other end of his satellite phone who claims to ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, tension, intense, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival horror, confined space, survival, isolation, struggle for survival, deathtrap, escape, soldier, claustrophobia, locked room, race against time, trap ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Russell Carpenter reluctantly admits his wife Sadie into an experimental treatment facility for her life threatening disease. While locked in this prison like surrounding they, along with 6 others, are unknowingly subjected to a cure that might just ...
Style:
suspense, medical horror, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
human experiment, medical experiment, isolation, hospital, body horror, fear, rescue, husband wife relationship, experiment gone awry, sick woman, murder, psychological manipulation ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
Christina Perasso is a tough, resilient, 24-year old girl. She wakes up trapped in a room and has no idea where she is being held or who did this to her. She has been left access to her laptop. Through the use of an intermittent Wi-Fi signal, she ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, exciting, scary ...
Plot:
kidnapping, captive, young adult, trapped, captivity, social media, kidnapped, trapped in a building, kidnapped woman, trapped in a room, riddles and clues, puzzle ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A mother and her young daughter flee to their family's abandoned mansion but soon find themselves haunted by paranormal incidents that lead to the little girl's mysterious disappearance.
Style:
creepy, suspense, psychological horror, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, missing child, mother daughter relationship, protective mother, secret past, loss, isolation, slow burn, superstition, grief ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three young astronomers fight to survive a deadly Martian invasion.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, intense, fast paced ...
Plot:
alien invasion, martian, evil alien, alien conspiracy, astronomer, survival, disaster, fight, alien contact, alien encounter, alien creature, alien life-form ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Aliens with a ravenous appetite for summertime campers descend upon a campground.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien invasion, survival, monster, survival horror, alien, evil alien, struggle for survival, alien contact, alien life-form, alien creature, alien encounter, extraterrestrial ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former marine awakens to an apocalyptic sight outside of his window and barricades himself from evil creatures that surround his apartment door and terrorize the city.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
survival, demon, apartment building, fantasy world, fight, monster, post apocalypse, survival horror, isolation, claustrophobia, post apocalyptic, home invasion ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A crew of space explorers embark on an mission to find a mysterious alien ship.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, exciting, space horror ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
trapped in space, space travel, mission, escape, space opera, survival, monster, deadly creature, killing, spacecraft, research, danger ...
Time:
future
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic, psychological ...
Plot:
survival horror, survival, pandemic, deadly virus, threat, humanity, post apocalypse, virus, life is a bitch, struggle for survival, apocalypse, post apocalyptic ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After a help signal from a research vessel makes it back to Earth, the U.S. Space Force sends a rescue ship to Pandora, a moon of Saturn. But when they try to land, they discover Pandora is inhabited by a highly evolved humanoid species.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
humanoid, alien life-form, spaceship, water, planet, moon, alien contact, alien, alien race, spacecraft, space and aliens, human alien ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by the myth of Cthulhu, it tells a fantasy adventure story triggered by a mysterious quantum mechanics experiment.
Style:
tense, futuristic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, monster, alien invasion, cosmic horror, legends and myths, sea monster, evil alien, mythical creature, showdown, alien creature, giant monster, alien monster ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A horror anthology following a young woman determined to document the first hand accounts of people who have survived unimaginable horrors that range from the real to the supernatural. The deeper she gets in collecting the stories of these survivors ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, anthology, mystical, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, survival horror, memories, fear, trauma, dark past, confronting the past, mysticism, paranormal phenomena, female protagonist, tragic past, supernatural horror ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An outbreak occurs in the infamous Area 51 leading a group of survivors to an underground bunker.. only to learn.. they are not alone.
Style:
tense, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
alien, alien attack, survival, alien creature, alien contact, alien monster, against humanity, alien encounter, alien race, human versus alien, alien life-form, threat ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A group of ordinary people band together in a suburban home to battle imposters who have replaced their families, friends, and neighbors.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
paranoia, mind control, battles, body snatcher, paranoid schizophrenia, secret, psychopath, survival, alien invasion, paranoid, isolation, home invasion ...
Similarity:
28%
34
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa
TV show
Story:
An Electromagnetic Pulse bomb disables a secure building and disrupts the bio-electric signals in everyone's minds, trapping a group of video game designers and turning each floor into a psychotic battlefield. Survival is not just a game.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, psychological horror, intense ...
Plot:
survival, nightmare, paranoia, mind control, fantasy becomes reality, problem, reality versus fantasy, video game, trap, computer game, role playing, struggle for survival ...
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Five miles below the Earth's surface, a group of scientists is working in self-imposed isolation, perfecting a series of DNA experiments that could literally change the world. But when one of those experiments goes awry, it unleashes a nearly ...
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, bloody, independent film
Plot:
creature feature, alien, claustrophobia, genetic experiment, underground, mutant, regeneration, biohazard, body horror, survival, final battle, mad scientist ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Five medical students discover a way to capture what you can't see when you blink and the results are terrifying. A frightening journey into the macabre world that will make you never blink again. In a blink of an eye, you will die.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, psychological thriller, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fear of death, macabre, claustrophobia, supernatural, paranoia, isolation, body horror, university, urban, parallel universe, monster, scientific research ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A brilliant female recluse sends a distress signal into outer space from a remote location. When the Aliens arrive, they realize it's not a distress signal, it's an ingenious trap designed to exact revenge on the extraterrestrials who ...
Style:
suspense, bleak, captivating, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
alien, revenge, recluse, abduction, alien abduction, extraterrestrial, space, space and aliens, avenge, alien contact, vengeance, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
27%
802
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Hikers find a secret grove of extra-terrestrial marijuana and must fight for their lives when they anger the other-worldly forces protecting the plants.
Style:
tense, teen horror, bleak, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
marijuana, veteran, war veteran, drug, stoner, space, forest ranger, drug use, camping, post traumatic stress disorder, forest, cannabis ...
Place:
washington state
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Five government contractors wake up to find themselves contained under the infamous Area 51. They are forced to confront a sinister government experiment and a horrifying Alien host.
Style:
tense, bleak, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
alien, military, monster, conspiracy, government conspiracy, alien contact, alien encounter, alien creature, alien monster, evil alien, space and aliens, secret experiment ...
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Laura is having a day that can hardly get any worse, but then she stumbles into a cabdriver and things are about to get even worse.
Style:
intense, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival, fear, struggle for survival, blood, female protagonist, panic, psychopath, cat and mouse, claustrophobia, confrontation, violent, serial killer ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When professional gamer Hana, who suffers from acute agoraphobia, receives new equipment that enhances her game, she begins to wonder if it is reading her mind – or controlling it.
Style:
gaming, captivating, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
agoraphobia, mind control, female protagonist, technology, secret, virtuality, advanced technology, game, gamer, paranoia, isolation, unsettling ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A team of men and women investigate the mysterious deaths of two previous expeditions to a strategically important but barren world.
Style:
space horror, suspense, creepy, tension, psychological horror ...
Plot:
monster, space, alien planet, investigation, paranoia, cold, claustrophobia, survival, slow burn, survival horror, scientific research, creature ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An amnesiac must reach back into his mind for memories that will help him save the love of his life before a virus completely takes over.
Style:
psychological, exciting, rough, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
virus, infection, amnesia, airplane accident, survival, zombie, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, body horror, infected, amnesiac, identity crisis, paranoia ...
Similarity:
26%
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