Movies like Alien
If you like "Alien" you are looking for scary, suspense and futuristic movies about / with alien, monster, space travel, outer space, space and aliens, evil alien and space themes of Horror and Sci-Fi genre shot in UK or USA.
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Alien (1979)
943K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
Style:
scary, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, minimal cast, frightening, captivating, creepy, visually stunning, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, manly, adult
Plot:
alien, monster, space travel, outer space, space and aliens, evil alien, space, heroine, female protagonist, survival horror, spaceship, alien monster, creature, deadly creature, alien encounter, fear, alien invasion, strong female lead, spacecraft, survival, sole survivor, gory, creature feature, trapped, extraterrestrial ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, 20th century, year 1979, distant future
Keyword:
feminist film, doctors, oldies, twilight, avant-garde, retrospective, disgust, superior, signal, net, british horror, attack, challenge, candy
Most similar movies to Alien
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspense, suspenseful and serious films with plots about alien, space, monster, space and aliens, outer space, blood and danger mostly in Sci-Fi, Horror and Thriller genres. Some movies like Alien: Aliens (1986), Alien³ (1992), Life (2017), Alien: Covenant (2017), The Thing (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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758K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is ...
Style:
scary, futuristic, suspense, space horror, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, space travel, strong female character, space, survival, female warrior, outer space, creature, space and aliens, human versus alien, monster, deadly creature ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1986, 22nd century
Place:
space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
96%
317K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, bad ending ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
alien, evil alien, outer space, prison, deadly creature, space travel, survival, human versus alien, cryogenics, monster, creature, alien invasion ...
Time:
future, 90s, 22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
251K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
Style:
suspense, scary, apocalyptic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
space travel, space, mars, outer space, monster, alien, space station, astronaut, survival horror, alien life-form, extraterrestrial life, first contact ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the ...
Style:
bad ending, futuristic, suspense, enigmatic, dark ...
Plot:
alien, creature, space travel, outer space, extraterrestrial, robot, alien life-form, androids, monster, human versus alien, space exploration, survival ...
Time:
future, year 2017, 2010s, near future, 22nd century
Place:
space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
463K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, isolation, alien, survival, creature, fear, body horror, paranoia, snow, supernatural, suspicion, ufo ...
Time:
year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place:
antarctica, antarctic, south pole
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Movies similar to Interstellar
196K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship "Event Horizon". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, scary, lovecraft, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, supernatural, space station, spaceship, trapped in space, insanity, space and aliens, cosmic horror, hallucination, nightmare, rescue team ...
Time:
future, 90s, year 1997, 2040s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
145K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from ...
Style:
futuristic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, saga ...
Plot:
space travel, alien, monster, space, outer space, dystopia, androids, evil alien, space and aliens, robot, alien invasion, strong female lead ...
Time:
future, year 1997, 90s, 24th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
641K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
451K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, scary, cult classic, futuristic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, alien, survival, jungle, creature, military, hunting, deadly creature, mission, gory, chase, alien invasion ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987, future
Place:
latin america, south america, central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
97%
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Films like Predator
252K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is ...
Style:
suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, harsh, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monster, creature, survival, alien, space travel, alien life-form, one man army, outer space, dark hero, tough guy, anti hero, deadly creature ...
Time:
future, year 2000, y2k, 2000s
Place:
oceania, space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
159K
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more ...
Style:
futuristic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, survival, outer space, isolation, monster, post apocalypse, space, survival horror, spacecraft, memory loss, danger, end of the world ...
Time:
future, year 2009
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
27K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander’s mental state, it becomes clear ...
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, tense, political ...
Plot:
evil alien, alien, creature, alien life-form, outer space, extraterrestrial, alien contact, monster, alien monster, fear, research, parasite ...
Time:
2020s, year 1983
Place:
kazakhstan
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
375K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, suspense, futuristic, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, moon, outer space, loneliness, space travel, astronaut, solitude, cloning, space and aliens, robot, dystopic future, space ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 2010s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
hawaii, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A crew of scientists arrives on a far, cold planet to examine archaic artifacts of unknown origin. They discover that their German enemies already have a ship there. When they seek their help after a failed landing, they only find the Germans’ ...
Style:
space horror, independent film, cult horror, classic horror, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, space, creature, alien invasion, creature feature, monster, gory, zombie, exploitation, alien abduction, virus, extraterrestrial ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Descent related movies
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, space horror, scary, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
experiment gone awry, creature feature, mutant, laboratory, exploitation, creature, cocoon, monster, mad scientist, genetics, space and aliens, danger ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
243K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A mercenary reluctantly leads a motley crew of warriors who soon come to realize they've been captured and deposited on an alien planet by an unknown nemesis. With the exception of a peculiar physician, they are all cold-blooded killers, ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, futuristic, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, monster, jungle, evil alien, space and aliens, predator, deadly creature, alien life-form, creature, hunting, alien invasion, survival horror ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 20th century, future
Place:
texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claims all the glory, he disobeys orders to ...
Style:
suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, space horror ...
Plot:
mars, space travel, mysterious planet, survival, zombie, astronaut, outer space, space and aliens, zombie attack, blood, catastrophe, danger ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, 2040s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
58K
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
43K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, slasher, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, alien, body horror, survival, evil alien, small town, space and aliens, quarantine, giant monster, creature feature, cheerleader, creature ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Movies like Prometheus
Genre: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
On a deep space mining mission to a remote planet, an ancient religious relic - thought to be proof of the existence of God - is unearthed and brought aboard. When the unholy artifact unleashes a long-dormant alien race, its glimpse of Heaven ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, anime ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
outer space, alien monster, deadly creature, imaginary, danger, violence, infection, survival horror, spacecraft, body horror, self sacrifice, zombie ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
29K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
(SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, twist ending, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, cyberpunk, androids and robots, struggle for survival, apocalypse, killer robot, alien planet, robot, space, dystopia, distopia, chaos ...
Time:
future, 90s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
338K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style:
twist ending, atmospheric, psychological, bad ending, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, survival horror, religious fanatic, giant monster, chaos and mayhem, small town ...
Time:
year 2007, distant future, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
419K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, mockumentary, lovecraft ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, disaster, found footage, alien, giant monster, survival, survival horror, danger, destruction, fear, creature, chaos ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, september 11 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new york, bolivia, brooklyn new york city, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
Style:
cerebral, suspense, suspenseful, lovecraft, space horror ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
space travel, found footage, outer space, space exploration, spacecraft, astronaut, space, distant planet, alien, moon, spacewalk, survival ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 1972, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Life
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, psychedelic, mind bending, cerebral ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
space travel, astronaut, outer space, space, artificial intelligence, moon, scientist, computer, trippy, space opera, human versus computer, space station ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 20th century, stone age, year 1968 ...
Place:
persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When scientists discover something in the Arctic that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the ...
Style:
scary, exciting, splatter, action packed, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, monster, deadly creature, survival, save the world, predator, space, alien invasion, evil alien, first contact, creature, human sacrifice ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, jurassic ...
Place:
antarctica, nepal, nebraska, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
8K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife and son, but Rachel has since been living with Joe and the reunion is awkward. Joe doesn't trust Sam, and Rachel can't quite decide ...
Style:
surreal, grindhouse, slasher, retro, classic horror ...
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, nudity, evil wins, female nudity, creature feature, alien invasion, monster, birth, abduction, creature, ufo ...
Time:
year 1982, year 2016, 80s
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
224K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the Comanche Nation in 1717, a fierce and highly skilled warrior named Naru learns the prey she is stalking is a highly evolved alien with a technologically advanced arsenal.
Style:
suspense, scary, slasher, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien, female warrior, alien life-form, creature, predator, warrior, native american tribe, hunting, alien invasion, monster, fight, alien monster ...
Time:
2020s, 18th century
Place:
america, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
266K
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, philosophical, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
space travel, outer space, end of the world, sun, earth, self sacrifice, spaceship, expedition, astronaut, heroic mission, space, danger ...
Time:
future, year 2007, distant future, 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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