| Flight of the Navigator (1986) | 6.9 | |
| Arrival (2016) | 7.9 | |
| Signs (2002) | 6.8 | |
| Aliens (1986) | 8.4 | |
| Cowboys & Aliens (2011) | 6.0 |
Ufo movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant ufo movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, exciting, weird, serious and captivating films and TV shows about / with ufo, alien, alien invasion, flying saucer, space, extraterrestrial, outer space, space and aliens, alien encounter and alien abduction plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ufo: Project Blue Book (2019), Stargate (1994), Arrival (2016), The X-Files (1998), Taken (2002), Fire in the Sky (1993), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), Signs (2002), Flight of the Navigator (1986), Skinwalker Ranch (2013).
Best films
New films
| Elio (2025) | 6.7 | |
| No One Will Save You (2023) | 6.2 | |
| War of the Worlds (2025) | 2.5 | |
| Abduct (2025) | 4.3 | |
| Prey (2022) | 7.1 |
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
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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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218K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Style:
futuristic, visually stunning, entertaining, exciting, visual ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, archaeology, space opera, alien, slavery, pyramid, creature, stargate, archaeologist, teleportation, alien planet, ancient egypt ...
Time:
future, 90s, near future, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
egypt, colorado, space western, middle east, africa ...
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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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114K
Genre: Adventure, 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:
suspense, suspenseful, cerebral, scary, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
conspiracy, ufo, alien, conspiracy theory, first contact, chase, evil alien, twists and turns, alien abduction, fbi, obsession, alien possession ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, prehistory, prehistoric times, future
Place:
london, washington d.c., usa, europe, tunisia ...
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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: Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A group of men who were clearing bush for the government arrive back in town, claiming that their friend was abducted by aliens. Nobody believes them, and despite a lack of motive and no evidence of foul play, their friends' disappearance is ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, disturbing, psychological, cult classic ...
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, alien, alien encounter, alien contact, space and aliens, extraterrestrial, alien invasion, space, first contact, abduction, working class ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, apocalyptic, visual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ufo, end of the world, alien encounter, alien, alien invasion, alien contact, evil alien, happy ending, first contact, robot, extraterrestrial, apocalypse ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 20th century, 1920s, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., virginia, new jersey, manhattan new york city ...
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411K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Style:
suspense, twist ending, creepy, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
alien invasion, ufo, alien, alien encounter, single father, faith, first contact, survival, loss of faith, death of wife, extraterrestrial, natural disaster ...
Time:
2000s, future, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, north america, mexico ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is ...
Style:
futuristic, feel good, entertaining, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, teen drama, preschool
Plot:
time travel, ufo, flying saucer, benign alien, space and aliens, nasa, outer space, space travel, robot, alien, alien abduction, childhood ...
Time:
year 1986, year 1978, 90s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
florida, miami, miami beach, tokyo, japan ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In 2010 “Skinwalker Ranch” gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of unexplained phenomena. Reports ranged from UFO sightings to livestock mutilation, but maybe most notable was the disappearance of ranch owner Hoyt Miller’s ...
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, serious, mockumentary ...
Plot:
ufo, mysterious disappearance, deadly creature, missing person, found footage, farm, ghost child, investigation, danger, paranormal phenomena, alien monster, food ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, utah
Is relevant?
13K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A college student, who sees a UFO, uses his exceptional math skills to investigate the sighting with his friends while the FBI follows closely behind.
Style:
semi documentary, thought provoking, exciting, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
ufo, ufo sighting, conspiracy theory, fbi, alien contact, alien encounter, airport, mathematics, code, uncover truth, agent, theory ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abigail Tyler, a psychologist, may be on the verge of blowing the ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, spooky ...
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, hypnosis, alien encounter, disappearance, found footage, space and aliens, extraterrestrial, alien, paranormal activity, alien invasion, space ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa, california, antarctica
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379K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, entertaining, retro ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, small town, monster, ufo, creature, alien, friendship, coming of age, train crash, young heroes, investigation, youth ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 1979, future, year 2011 ...
Place:
ohio, usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On August 16, 2013, the Supreme Court mandated the CIA to declassify files that had been kept secret for the past 75 years. Visual records of documented paranormal events were released to the public. The following incident took place in Gracefield, ...
Style:
dark, disturbing, enigmatic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, group of friends, ufo, fear, eye, nightmare, meteorite, night, life, husband wife relationship, love ...
Place:
quebec
Is relevant?
32K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques of clever, angst-filled classmates, the two form a ...
Style:
atmospheric, semi serious, suspense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, ufo, supernatural, space and aliens, uncover truth, love and romance, disorder, friendship, alien encounter, fish out of water, hidden identity, cover up ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico
Is relevant?
61K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a ...
Style:
suspenseful, cliffhanger, captivating, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien invasion, ufo, fate of humanity, evil alien, conspiracy, invasion, alien encounter, alien, fbi, world domination, disguise, space and aliens ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
257K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy ...
Style:
parody, dark comedy, absurd, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
ufo, mars, alien invasion, flying saucer, alien, space and aliens, evil alien, dark humor, disaster, catastrophe, alien abduction, outer space ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future, year 1996
Place:
washington d.c., usa, kentucky, kansas, taj mahal ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
20 years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
Style:
disturbing, dark, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
found footage, ufo, alien abduction, fear, alien, dark secret, desperation, missing person, friendship, food, investigation, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 2017, year 1997
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona
Is relevant?
118K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The OSSA discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bottom of the ocean. Immediately following the discovery, they decide to send a team down to the depths of the ocean to study the space craft.They are the best of best, ...
Style:
scary, breathtaking, mind bending, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
ocean, underwater, alien, first contact, twists and turns, ufo, time travel, paranoia, psychology, survival, space and aliens, ghost ship ...
Time:
future, jurassic, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Is relevant?
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A documentary filmmaker travels to a UFO convention in New Mexico where he meets a local artist with a dark secret. As they follow a trail of clues they discover disturbing sightings and question all they believe when they become immersed in the ...
Style:
exciting, disclosure, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
alien abduction, ufo, flying saucer, invasion, extraterrestrial, crew, filmmaker, investigation, danger, chaos, race against time, teamwork ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, teenage girl, flying saucer, radio station, alien, cheerleader, small town, radio, night, extraterrestrial, teenage boy ...
Time:
1950s, future, year 1958, 50s
Place:
new mexico
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Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Three astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.
Style:
mind bending, philosophical, enigmatic, intellectual, clever ...
Plot:
astronomy, first contact, ufo, science, alien civilization, space exploration, scientific discovery, race against time, space and aliens, escapades, telescope, forest ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A sci-fi thriller about a space mission sent to terraform a distant planet. However, the mission encounters something unknown that has its own plan for the planet.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, exciting, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
alien encounter, evil alien, space and aliens, apocalypse, ufo, alien, alien invasion, spacecraft, monster, extraterrestrial, alien creature, solar system ...
Time:
future
Is relevant?
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A number of 'missing person' cases are reported in Phoenix, Arizona when an unexplained light appears in the sky one night in 1997.
Style:
enigmatic, tense, mockumentary, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
ufo, found footage, alien abduction, military, conspiracy, alien invasion, missing person, investigation, danger, desert, death, abduction ...
Place:
phoenix arizona, arizona, usa, sonora, mexico
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of ...
Style:
exciting, period piece, suspenseful, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, ufo, alien, extraterrestrial, creature, space and aliens, invasion, evil alien, alien abduction, monster, desert, cowboy ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 1870s, 19th century, 2010s
Place:
arizona, space western, usa, north america
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, ufo, alien contact, hypnosis, alien invasion, writers, halloween, supernatural, extraterrestrial, paranoia, creature ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
648
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Earth's position in the universe has become of vital strategic importance to those who have, until now, only studied us from the far reaches of space. Knowing our weaknesses, they have planned their attack, and now, in just 5 days, life on ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
alien invasion, ufo, apocalypse, human versus alien, alien attack, alien technology, society, end of the world, chase, mercilessness, alien race, humanity ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
270K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, mind bending, atmospheric, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
ufo, supernatural, investigation, conspiracy, fbi, paranormal investigation, top secret, paranormal activity, alien contact, alien abduction, space and aliens, female fbi agent ...
Time:
2010s, jurassic, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, phoenix arizona, arizona
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a mysterious blackout, a son goes out to investigate and captures footage of actual aliens. When the aliens follow he and his brothers back to their home all hell breaks lose.
Style:
mockumentary, christmas horror, weird, fake documentary
Plot:
alien abduction, found footage, ufo, thanksgiving, holiday horror, alien invasion, abduction, lake, alien, flying saucer, terror, monster ...
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