| The Abyss (1989) | 7.5 | |
| Contact (1997) | 7.5 | |
| Ben 10 (2005) | 7.6 | |
| Beyond Skyline (2017) | 5.3 | |
| The Expanse (2015) | 8.5 |
Alien technology movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant alien technology movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, psychotronic, suspenseful, captivating, serious and futuristic films and TV shows about / with alien technology, alien, space, outer space, danger, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, transformation and spaceship 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 technology: Blue Beetle (2023), Star Trek Beyond (2016), Project Blue Book (2019), Debris (2021), Gray Matter (2018), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Max Steel (2016), Torchwood (2006), Galaxy of Terror (1981), The Expanse (2015).
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115K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, crying, hispanic, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien technology, superhero, superpower, good versus evil, heroes, alien, hi-tech, justice league, alien life-form, beetle, teenage boy, fight ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
antarctica, fictional island, caribbean, texas
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, epic, saga, psychotronic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
space opera, alien, star trek, space travel, outer space, alien race, space battle, creature, alien planet, technology, fantasy world, wilhelm scream ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 23rd century, 2010s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known as “Project Blue Book.”
Style:
enigmatic, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
ufo, physicist, political conspiracy, alien, state affairs, alien abduction, investigation, alien conspiracy, government agency, paranormal activity, alien contact, space and aliens ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
10K
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:
futuristic, captivating, exciting, tense, sad
Plot:
alien encounter, federal bureau of investigation, alien technology, alien space craft, alien race, cia agent, government coverup, alien, investigation, teamwork, paranormal investigator, uncover truth ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Since the 1940's alien beings known as "GRAYS" have been sighted around the globe with the thought that they visit our planet to study our species and civilization before they eventually invade...but what if we're wrong? What if ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
extraterrestrial, flying saucer, alien invasion, alien technology, alien abduction, alien possession, meteorite, alien attack, danger, society, violence, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, saga, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, creature, human versus alien, technology, end of the world, independence day, ufo, president, psychic, apocalypse, chinawoman ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, paris france, minnesota, nevada, china ...
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22K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and alien companion Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-charged superhero Max Steel.
Style:
tense, captivating, intense, teen, scenic ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
creature, transformation, superhero, good versus evil, secret, alien technology, teenage boy, teenager, superpower, single mother, energy, chase ...
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45K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from the 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. Torchwood follows the exploits of a small team of alien ...
Style:
atmospheric, sexy, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
supernatural, gay, lgbtq, paranormal investigation, doctor who, creature, alien technology, gay relationship, ex cop, dying repeatedly, multiverse, lgbt ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
wales, united kingdom, europe, england
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
As a lone spaceship proceeds on its long voyage across space, the crew are surprised to encounter a strange pyramid form. Surprise turns to horror as one by one, they discover that their darkest nightmares are all starting to become real. The ...
Style:
sexy, independent film, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monster, fear, alien, evil alien, alien creature, spacecraft, space monster, space travel, pyramid, outer space, raped by monster, space ...
Time:
80s
Is relevant?
190K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
outer space, space travel, space opera, human in outer space, spaceship, space station, conspiracy, spacecraft, space colony, space exploration, investigation, society ...
Time:
future, 24th century, near future, 23rd century
Place:
space western, hawaii
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310K
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:
inspirational, philosophical, cerebral, emotional, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
science, nasa, space travel, scientist, alien encounter, astronomy, first contact, religion, space and aliens, intelligence, alien contact, research ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century, distant future
Place:
puerto rico, new mexico, florida, washington d.c., usa ...
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20K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young boy finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset.
Style:
suspense, brutal, ambiguous ending, social, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
brother brother relationship, teenage boy, abusive parent, murder, motel, burglary, brother, coming of age, teenager, shooting, adopted son, released from prison ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
nevada, iowa, las vegas, nebraska, detroit
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22K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 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:
captivating, psychological, sentimental, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, alien encounter, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, flying saucer, abduction, alien, supernatural, kidnapping, space and aliens, officer ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 80s, 50s, 90s ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy. They evacuated there and are now trying to figure out a way to return to ...
Style:
futuristic, saga, exciting, tense, thrilling ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, human existence, human in outer space, spacecraft, space and aliens, space opera, outer space, technology, stargate, military, alien planet, space adventure ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s
Is relevant?
692K
Genre: Adventure, 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, space horror ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
space travel, androids, survival, alien, outer space, space and aliens, distant planet, robot, alien encounter, expedition, creature, alien life-form ...
Time:
future, year 2000, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, seattle
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A beauty company run by Aliens abducts and harvest young women for life extension.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, serious, phantasmagoric, exciting ...
Plot:
alien technology, abduction, corporate conspiracy, immortality, alien race, alien, alien creature, fantasy world, women, space and aliens, woman, female alien ...
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208K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
ocean, ufo, underwater, first contact, disaster, sea, submarine, space and aliens, survival, heroic mission, alien encounter, alien ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
Is relevant?
37K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, it's goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be ...
Style:
saga, philosophical, serious, suspense, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space opera, outer space, space travel, space station, benign alien, time travel, danger, space and aliens, good versus evil, culture clash, friendship, conflict ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, 90s, 20th century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When villains attack, they must team up to defend the headquarters and save the world.
Style:
entertaining, tense, captivating, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
child, villain, alien technology, father son relationship, group of friends, secret identity, teenager, heroes, flying, friend, fight, father ...
Is relevant?
748K
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, biting, suspense, tense, breathtaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, extraterrestrial, distopia, space and aliens, alien encounter, metamorphosis, mutation, ufo, alien invasion, first contact, social commentary, transformation ...
Time:
year 2009, future, 2000s, year 2000, year 1982 ...
Place:
africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Jordan, UK, Egypt
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, action packed, saga, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, androids and robots, robot, giant robot, transformation, transforming robot, technology, battles, robot vs. robot, machine, shapeshifting, evil robot ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, near future, 18th century, stone age ...
Place:
egypt, new york, washington d.c., virginia, jordan ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Continuing adventures of the crime fighting duo Jenko and Schmidt.
Style:
action adventure, saga, psychotronic, action comedy, epic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
alien, human alien, creature, secret agent, shapeshifter, portal, shape shifting alien, sarcasm, mission, chase, secret organization, woman with a gun ...
Time:
year 2019, jurassic, 90s, year 2016, 2010s ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, london, new york, paris france, naples italy ...
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206K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, futuristic, saga ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
robot, alien invasion, car, teenager, robot vs. robot, chase, military, transforming robot, teenage girl, interspecies friendship, showdown, alien ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
texas, california, san francisco, north america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Autobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.
Style:
entertaining, suspense, action adventure, saga, anamorphic ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
giant robot, robot, technology, survival, alien, tough guy, shapeshifting, mission, alien invasion, transforming robot, culture clash, medieval ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, medieval times, near future, 1940s ...
Place:
tower bridge london, havana cuba, detroit, london, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Out Of This World is an American fantasy sitcom about a teenage girl who is half alien, which gives her unique supernatural powers. It first aired in syndication from September 17, 1987 and ended on May 25, 1991.
During its first season, the series ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, funny, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
teenage girl, stopped time, father daughter relationship, time freeze, supernatural power, friendly alien, mayor, uncle niece relationship, alien race, magic, alien, alien planet ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Based on the Geoff Johns/Gary Frank 2008 release "Superman: Brainiac," Superman: Unbound finds the horrific force responsible for the destruction of Krypton (Brainiac) descending upon Earth. Brainiac has crossed the universe, collecting ...
Style:
anime, serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
superman, robot, save the world, superhero, good versus evil, superpower, heroes, comic book, justice, artificial intelligence, giant robot, heroic mission ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., arizona
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. The show is set in the nearby regions of the Milky Way galaxy, approximately during the 2360s and ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, epic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
space travel, star trek, space opera, space exploration, outer space, alien planet, spacecraft, space battle, captain, alien encounter, benign alien, alien contact ...
Time:
future, 24th century
Place:
space western
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction TV series and a prequel to the original Star Trek set 100 years before. The series premiered September 26, 2001 on the UPN television network with the final episode airing on May 13, 2005.
The series takes ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, serious, erotic, saga ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
outer space, space travel, space and aliens, time travel, alien invasion, spacecraft, space exploration, space opera, alien life-form, good versus evil, escapades, adventurer ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
space western
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien is an American animated television series – the third entry in Cartoon Network's Ben 10 franchise created by team Man of Action, and produced by Cartoon Network Studios.
It was slated to premiere after the series ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, futuristic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
superhuman powers, good versus evil, secret identity, teenage life, ben 10, heroes, master villain, undercover, space and aliens, androids and robots, imaginary, danger ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Transformers: Prime is an American computer-animated television series based on the Transformers toy franchise by Hasbro. The series aired on Hub Network from November 29, 2010 to July 26, 2013. The Transformers: Prime TV movie, Predacons Rising, ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, heroic, anime, mecha ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, toddlers
Plot:
transforming robot, androids and robots, benign alien, transformation, space and aliens, japanese girl, good versus evil, chaos and mayhem, killer robot, government official, save the world, robot ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, nevada, north america
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