Alien movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant alien movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out cult film, serious, suspenseful, exciting, futuristic and visually appealing films and TV shows about / with alien, alien invasion, space, chase, monster, danger, first contact, space and aliens, technology and catastrophe plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as alien: Alien: Covenant (2017), Outlander (2008), Falling Skies (2011), Predators (2010), Alien (1979), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), District 9 (2009), Arrival (2016), Enemy Mine (1985), The Predator (2018).

List of alien movies

 6.4
 287K
Alien: Covenant (2017)
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, twist ending, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Plot: alien, space travel, monster, space, alien life-form, robot, creature, human versus alien, scientist, extraterrestrial, alien creature, suspense ...
Time: future, 22nd century
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 6.2
 77K
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: exciting, epic, fairy tale, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, alien, viking, alien invasion, vengeance, medieval, norse mythology, alien encounter, human versus alien, survival, apocalypse, space ...
Time: middle ages, future, 8th century
Place: europe, norway
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 7.1
 91K
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, serious, stylized, heroic, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien, post apocalypse, alien invasion, alien encounter, apocalypse, military, evil alien, resistance, life is a bitch, ufo, survival, human spirit ...
Time: jurassic, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.4
 235K
Predators (2010)
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, intense, suspenseful, futuristic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien, monster, jungle, predator, space and aliens, evil alien, alien life-form, deadly creature, space, hunting, hi-tech, survival horror ...
Time: future
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 8.5
 894K
Alien (1979)
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 ...
Style: scary, futuristic, suspenseful, captivating, frightening ...
Audience: kids
Plot: alien, monster, suspense, space travel, space, female protagonist, space and aliens, deadly creature, fear, creature, spacecraft, evil alien ...
Time: future, 22nd century, distant future
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Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same ...
Style: futuristic, mind bending, exciting, suspenseful, heroic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, chick flick
Plot: time loop, time travel, alien invasion, alien, soldier, military, battles, invasion, repeated event, changing the past or future, time paradox, evil alien ...
Time: future, near future
Place: france, paris france, united kingdom, europe, big ben london ...
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 7.9
 690K
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: serious, cerebral, thought provoking, biting, futuristic ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: alien, distopia, suspense, alien invasion, mutation, quarantine, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, transformation, alien encounter, alien race, metamorphosis ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 1982, 21st century
Place: africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
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 7.9
 709K
Arrival (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Style: psychological, intellectual, futuristic, philosophical, enigmatic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien, first contact, female protagonist, linguist, scientist, extraterrestrial, time, science, alien race, alien contact, alien creature, ufo ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: montana, china, massachusetts, venezuela, russia ...
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 6.8
 49K
Enemy Mine (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds ...
Style: futuristic, stylized, serious, suspenseful, cerebral ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: alien, evil alien, future dystopia, friendship, space and aliens, space exploration, space, space wars, survival, stranded, desert, space travel ...
Time: future, 80s, 21st century
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 5.3
 136K
The Predator (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other ...
Style: tense, exciting, slasher, psychotronic, controversial ...
Plot: alien, predator, hunter, alien monster, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, monster, human versus alien, soldier, survival, chase, alien contact ...
Time: future, 2010s, 20th century
Place: xian, georgia, mexico
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 6.2
 136K
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, serious, atmospheric, psychotronic ...
Audience: date night, boys' night
Plot: monster, alien, deadly creature, alien invasion, evil alien, chase, alien encounter, suspense, survival horror, death, space and aliens, survival ...
Time: future, year 1982, 80s, 21st century
Place: antarctica
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story: After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Style: suspenseful, breathtaking, captivating, atmospheric, cerebral ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: alien, ufo, first contact, alien abduction, alien contact, space and aliens, spacecraft, secret base, space, technology, chase, airplane ...
Time: 70s, future, 20th century
Place: indiana, wyoming, mongolia, india, ohio ...
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A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
Style: scary, disturbing, suspenseful, apocalyptic, anamorphic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: post apocalypse, suspense, alien, deaf, silence, survival, monster, survival horror, alien creature, deafness, creature, alien invasion ...
Time: future, near future
Place: new york, usa, new york state, america
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 8.2
 432K
The Thing (1982)
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, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: monster, alien, survival, isolation, fear, paranoia, creature, supernatural, snow, suspense, scientist, death ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place: antarctica, south pole
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Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A sequel to 2004's Alien vs. Predator, the iconic creatures from two of the scariest film franchises in movie history wage their most brutal battle ever - in our own backyard. The small town of Gunnison, Colorado becomes a war zone between two ...
Style: serious, rough, scary, suspenseful, splatter ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, evil alien, predator, survival, monster, alien invasion, small town, space and aliens, superhero, space, creature, suspense ...
Time: future, year 2004, 21st century
Place: colorado, antarctica, usa
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 7.9
 1.3M
Avatar (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Style: futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, epic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: alien, fantasy world, culture clash, beautiful scenery, battles, ecology, creature, space and aliens, alien life-form, space travel, alien planet, scientist ...
Time: future, 22nd century
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 8.4
 726K
Aliens (1986)
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, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: alien, strong female character, survival, space travel, monster, space, space and aliens, female warrior, human versus alien, strong female lead, deadly creature, mysterious planet ...
Time: future, 22nd century
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 7.8
 430K
Predator (1987)
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, scary, futuristic, tense, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: alien, monster, survival, jungle, military, creature, suspense, deadly creature, hunting, predator, squad, chase ...
Time: 80s, future, 20th century, year 1987
Place: latin america, south america, central america
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 6.6
 277K
John Carter (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and ...
Style: epic, entertaining, exciting, fairy tale, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot: mars, alien, monster, space travel, heroic mission, mysterious planet, distant planet, imaginary kingdom, battles, space, save the day, space and aliens ...
Time: future, 19th century, 1860s, 1870s
Place: virginia, arizona, new york
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 7.0
 107K
The X Files (1998)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
Style: suspenseful, scary, psychological, entertaining, confusing ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, ufo, conspiracy, first contact, suspense, conspiracy theory, chase, evil alien, twists and turns, virus, paranoia, fbi ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, prehistory, prehistoric times
Place: washington d.c., london, usa, europe, antarctica ...
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War of the Worlds (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, tense, futuristic, bleak ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, alien, alien invasion, survival, end of the world, catastrophe, disaster, space and aliens, invasion, evil alien, destruction, natural disaster ...
Time: future, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, new york, usa, asia, europe ...
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AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
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, breathtaking, allegory ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, monster, deadly creature, save the world, predator, survival, apocalypse, evil alien, first contact, space, superhero, cloning ...
Time: future, jurassic, year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: antarctica, egypt, nepal, nebraska, mexico
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Style: light, parody, funny, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: alien, space travel, space, space and aliens, fantasy world, benign alien, robot, sarcasm, buddies, spacecraft, end of the world, friends ...
Time: future
Place: england, himalaya, madagascar, london, norway
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 6.1
 24K
Impostor (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Gary Sinise plays Spencer Olham, a top-secret government weapons designer who is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
Style: futuristic, exciting, thought provoking, twist ending, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien, alien invasion, androids and robots, cyborgs, manhunt, space, future dystopia, on the run, save the world, space and aliens, race against time, rivalry ...
Time: future, 21st century
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 127K
The Faculty (1998)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, slasher, splatter, entertaining ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien invasion, alien, suspense, youth, teenager, space and aliens, parasite, evil alien, teacher, alien encounter, high school, high school life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: ohio
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 6.3
 173K
Predator 2 (1990)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Ten years after a band of mercenaries first battled a vicious alien, the invisible creature from another world has returned to Earth -- and this time, it's drawn to the gang-ruled and ravaged city of Los Angeles. When it starts murdering drug ...
Style: futuristic, rough, suspenseful, scary, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien, alien invasion, monster, deadly creature, predator, evil alien, extraterrestrial, police, suspense, survival, distopia, drug lord ...
Time: 90s, future, 20th century, year 1997
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 4.2
 10K
Species III (2004)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After she delivers her child in an ambulance, alien Eve is killed by a half-breed. Fortunately, Dr. Abbot scoops up the baby alien and escapes. In time, the baby grows into a gorgeous blonde named Sara and begins her quest to find a worthy mate. But ...
Style: sexy, serious, suspenseful, erotic, sexual ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, evil alien, shape shifting alien, space and aliens, laboratory, femme fatale, sex scene, military, transformation, breeding, interspecies sex, chaos ...
Time: jurassic, 90s, 21st century
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 5.6
 11K
Altered (2006)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Fifteen years ago, a group of men's lives were forever changed by a strange occurrence. Now, the same group of men will spend a night together ... in terror.
Style: scary, suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, abduction, alien abduction, revenge, mind control, creature, hysteria, supernatural, haunted by the past, friendship, race against time, infection ...
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 5.8
 82K
Species (1995)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from ...
Style: scary, sexy, suspenseful, erotic, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien, suspense, genetic engineering, cocoon, monster, deadly creature, genetics, scientist, dna, femme fatale, interspecies sex, cloning ...
Time: jurassic, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 6.6
 62K
Titan A.E. (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Dredge are bent on mankind's destruction.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, anime, futuristic ...
Audience: preschoolers, kids
Plot: alien, scientist, heroic mission, mission, spacecraft, galaxy, space travel, save the world, young heroes, space battle, space, life risking ...
Time: future
Place: colorado
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