Alien life-form movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant alien life-form movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, tense, futuristic, psychotronic and captivating films and TV shows about / with alien life-form, alien, space and aliens, extraterrestrial, space, outer space, danger, survival, fear and alien invasion plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Horror and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as alien life-form: Life (2017), The Thing (2011), Alien: Isolation (2019), Alien (1979), Alien: Covenant (2017), Sputnik (2020), Arrival (2016), Warriors of Future (2022), District 9 (2009), Unearthed (2007).
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275K
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:
scary, suspense, apocalyptic, tense, tragic ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
monster, mars, space, space station, space travel, space exploration, astronaut, survival horror, alien life-form, alien creature, first contact, death ...
Time:
2010s, near future, year 2017, future
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154K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
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, gory, alien, deadly creature, alien invasion, blood, evil alien, body horror, survival horror, chase, survival, alien encounter ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2011, future, year 1982 ...
Place:
antarctica
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Genre: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story:
Fifteen years after her mother disappeared on the deep space towing ship Nostromo, Amanda Ripley travels to a remote space station that may hold clues to her mother’s fate.
Style:
suspense, tense, futuristic, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
alien monster, survival horror, space station, trapped in space, evil alien, alien creature, alien encounter, alien contact, space and aliens, alien life-form, struggle for survival, isolation ...
Time:
future
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1.1M
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, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, frightening ...
Audience:
kids, manly, adult
Plot:
monster, alien, space travel, outer space, space and aliens, heroine, survival horror, evil alien, spaceship, female protagonist, creature, alien monster ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, 20th century, year 1979, distant future
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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, dark, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
alien, creature, space travel, outer space, extraterrestrial, alien life-form, alien parasite, space exploration, alien creature, human versus alien, androids, robot ...
Time:
future, near future, 22nd century, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
space western
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30K
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, atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
evil alien, alien, fear, monster, alien creature, outer space, extraterrestrial, creature, ufo, alien life-form, alien contact, scientist ...
Time:
year 1983, 20th century, 2020s, 80s
Place:
soviet union, kazakhstan, russia
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852K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
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, philosophical, intellectual, reflective, twist ending ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
first contact, alien, female protagonist, linguist, ufo, extraterrestrial, alien contact, time, alien invasion, creature, science, alien race ...
Time:
year 2016, future, 2010s
Place:
montana, china, america, massachusetts, venezuela ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When a meteor carrying a destructive plant strikes the world, a suicide squad is given hours to save their post-apocalyptic city from total collapse.
Style:
futuristic, suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
alien life-form, alien creature, soldier, alien invasion, battles, military, alien contact, fight, threat, dystopian future, warrior, alien encounter ...
Time:
near future
Place:
china, hong kong
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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: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the desert area of Hat Creek, cows are found partially devoured and the farmers believe that a wolf is attacking the cattle. The alcoholic Sheriff Annie Flynn is called by the local farmer Rob Horn to witness the remains of an animal to request ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, scary, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, creature feature, deadly creature, race against time, creature, chaos, supernatural, isolation, riddles and clues, archaeologist, danger, mythical creature ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new mexico, usa
Is relevant?
94K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Style:
entertaining, scary, horror comedy, spooky, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, parasite, monster, dark humor, small town, zombie, zombie attack, body horror, transformation, creature feature, infection ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
south carolina, usa
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: 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:
captivating, cerebral, breathtaking, atmospheric, mysterious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, adult ...
Plot:
ufo, alien, first contact, alien abduction, technology, alien contact, space and aliens, contact, flying saucer, extraterrestrial, chase, airplane ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, near future, future
Place:
wyoming, indiana, india, ohio, north america ...
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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
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The year is 1984. Researchers at the secretive Bentan Labs are celebrating the completion of their latest weapons project: a previously unknown type of mildew, capable of spreading and consuming any kind of vegetation... and ideal for attacking ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, splatter
Plot:
body horror, genetic mutation, alien life-form, dismemberment, secret laboratory, struggle for survival, survival horror, alien creature, research, survival, laboratory, mutant ...
Time:
80s
Is relevant?
756
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the Viking space capsule suddenly returns to Earth from its long ago trip to Mars, it brings with it an intelligent visitor that is part "Alien" and part "ET". Encased in armor, it extends a human like form from its shell to ...
Style:
independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
mars, monster, egg, military, soldier, space, martian, killer animal, alien encounter, benign alien, danger, space and aliens ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
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
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three young conspiracy theorists attempt to uncover the mysteries of Area 51, the government's secret location rumored to have hosted encounters with alien beings. What they find at this hidden facility exposes unimaginable secrets.
Style:
scary, tense, suspense, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, found footage, ufo, military base, conspiracy, extraterrestrial, secrets, happy ending, secret base, supernatural, amateur detective ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
nevada, america, las vegas, usa
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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, cult classic, stylized, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
alien, stranded, evil alien, space exploration, space and aliens, friendship, space wars, space, extraterrestrial, alien life-form, space opera, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place:
space western
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, sexy, exciting, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
alien invasion, military, space travel, monster, space and aliens, creature, soldier, space wars, alien, satire, fictional war, space battle ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, year 1997, 90s, jurassic ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, space western, argentina
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Belgium, UK, USA
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:
scary, bleak, suspenseful, space horror, futuristic ...
Plot:
mars, space travel, mysterious planet, astronaut, zombie, space and aliens, outer space, survival, alien invasion, zombie attack, blood, catastrophe ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, 2040s, 21st century
Is relevant?
142K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, heroic mission, evolution, save the world, nothing goes right, desert, alien, ufo, giant monster, space and aliens, monster, alien contact ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2001, post world war two, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Biography, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
TV show
Story:
All over the world, people report they've been visited by aliens, taken aboard spaceships and medically examined. The authorities appear to know all about these visits but won't acknowledge it publicly. This film focuses on two ...
Style:
slasher, semi serious
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, alien contact, ufo, space and aliens, flying saucer, abduction, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, conspiracy, alien encounter, evil alien ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
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32K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bleak, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, virus, robot, ship, ghost ship, cyborgs, ocean, deadly creature, rescue, alien invasion, survival, violence ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pacific ocean
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.
Style:
3d animation, anime, entertaining, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
transformers, robot, fight, technology, good versus evil, rage, action violence, lie, train, betrayal, violence, loss of innocence ...
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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
Is relevant?
1.5M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
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, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
fantasy world, alien, culture clash, alien planet, beautiful scenery, creature, space and aliens, battles, ecology, interspecies romance, alien encounter, space travel ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 20th century, 22nd century, distant future ...
Place:
iran, space western
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Hungary, Australia, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
Style:
futuristic, captivating, space horror, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
alien monster, spaceship, space station, trapped in space, survival horror, alien, space, extraterrestrial, galaxy, monster, pregnant woman, alien parasite ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: China
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mankind is forced to live underground after a giant alien descends upon our planet. After spending years below, a team of braves a finally ready to head back to the top and fight for their planet, with a secret weapon that has been years in the ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, captivating, action packed ...
Plot:
alien invasion, rescue mission, alien life-form, giant monster, post apocalyptic, salvation, save the planet, alien, alien creature, lifesaver, save the world, earth ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A deadly nest of spiders lurk in the attic - And the nest is about to be awoken by a news reporter and her colleagues
Style:
creepy, suspenseful, tense, scary, captivating ...
Plot:
giant spider, attic, spider, scientist, experiment, alien life-form, fear, female reporter, beast, reporter, evil, creature feature ...
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