Alien abduction movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant alien abduction movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious, scary, psychological and tense films and TV shows about / with alien abduction, alien, ufo, alien invasion, flying saucer, danger, extraterrestrial, abduction, alien encounter and space plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as alien abduction: Dark Skies (2013), Extraterrestrial (2014), The Gracefield Incident (2017), Taken (2002), Beyond The Sky (2018), Dark Encounter (2019), Alien Abduction (2014), Area Q. (2011), The Fourth Kind (2009), The Signal (2014).
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List of alien abduction movies
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing ...
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, twist ending, spooky ...
Plot:
supernatural, alien abduction, alien, danger, disorder, extraterrestrial, bird, ufo, abduction, family in danger, paranormal activity, evil alien ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2000, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five friends set out to a cabin in the woods for a fun weekend getaway that is, until extraterrestrial visitors turn it into a fight for their lives. The group is pulled from their reverie when a flickering object crashes deep in the woods. As they ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, paranoia, evil alien, woods, extraterrestrial, macabre, ufo, scarecrow, space and aliens, alien encounter, flying saucer ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
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
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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, 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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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 ...
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A year after the mysterious disappearance of an 8 year-old girl, we meet her grieving family as they return home from her memorial service in their small town. Later that evening, strange lights appear in the nearby forest and the family is exposed ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, alien encounter, broken family, missing child, supernatural, kidnapping, dark secret, mysterious disappearance, alien contact, disappearance, small town ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A vacationing family encounters an alien threat in this pulse-pounding thriller based on the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in North Carolina.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, mockumentary, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
alien abduction, found footage, alien, extraterrestrial, alien encounter, ufo, space and aliens, abduction, mountain, escapades, danger, wilderness ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A year after the disappearance of his son, Thomas Mathews, an investigative journalist, still has no information and begins his own obsessive search. However, the obsession has him losing his house and job so his boss sends him on special assignment ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
alien abduction, alien encounter, obsession, journalism, danger, missing child, uncover truth, life turned upside down, spacecraft, evil alien, extraterrestrial, unusual phenomena ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, northeast brazil
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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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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three college students on a road trip across the Southwest experience a detour – the tracking of a computer genius who has already hacked into MIT and exposed security faults. When the trio find themselves drawn to an eerily isolated area, ...
Style:
surreal, suspenseful, mindfuck, twisted, cerebral ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
twists and turns, hacker, secret laboratory, alien, alien abduction, road trip, alien invasion, alien contact, computer hacker, cyborgs, space, danger ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
columbus ohio, nevada, 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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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: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In July 2010, a vacationing couple discovered something disturbing on a ranch in rural Texas. Armed with a home camcorder, they captured their experience on video.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, futuristic, tense ...
Plot:
alien abduction, farm, found footage, alien encounter, alien, danger, survival horror, countryside, flying saucer, alien invasion, survival, evil alien ...
Time:
year 2000, 21st century
Place:
texas
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A man who claims to have been abducted by aliens is also abducted by a top secret government agency, the Majestic Group, who want him to attempt to communicate with the only surviving alien from a UFO shot down by the Air Force. Telepathically, the ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, government conspiracy, ufo, alien invasion, telepathy, abduction, top secret, paranoia, alien technology, investigation, mind control ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After the accidental death of his cousin Joe Vossimer, the just-graduated electronic engineer Layne Vossimer joins his girlfriend and four friends of them to visit and clean the inherited farm in the country. The local Sheriff Bill Willingham is an ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien abduction, supernatural, save the world, danger, deadly creature, teenage life, family in danger, alien encounter, rivalry, alien invasion, sheriff, evil alien ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Doctors are baffled when an expectant mother wakes to find her nearly-to-term pregnancy apparently disappear overnight. Police investigate the situation as a missing child, and only her husband and brother trust her version of events.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien abduction, found footage, pregnancy, missing child, danger, family relations, alien, uncover truth, investigation, babies and infants, family problems, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A group of old college friends reunite to relive their glory days by renting a beautiful cabin in the woods. As the sun sets on their first day in the cabin, bright flashes of light announce the arrival of mysterious creatures. These friends will ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, tense, psychological
Plot:
alien, alien abduction, woods, alien encounter, abduction, survival, isolation, danger, escapades, murder, violence, monster ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After being abducted by extra terrestrials, Jean and her friends are committed to a top secret government run mental institution to undergo tests and be brainwashed.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, psychological, independent film, scary
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien abduction, danger, mental institution, haunted by the past, spacecraft, supernatural, life is a bitch, on the run, race against time, military hospital, laboratory, space and aliens ...
Time:
21st century
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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
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11K
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, exciting, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, creature, abduction, revenge, alien encounter, supernatural, hysteria, haunted by the past, friendship, danger, race against time ...
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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
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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: 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: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An exiled anxiety-ridden homebody must battle an alien who's found its way into her home.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, bleak, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
alien abduction, alien attack, female protagonist, terror, alien, secret, fight, alien contact, alien creature, evil alien, survival, alien encounter ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, mind bending, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
memory loss, conspiracy, twists and turns, missing child, mind game, delusion, alien abduction, memory, grief, paranoia, husband wife relationship, estrangement ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On March 13th, 1997 one of the largest UFO sightings ever recorded took place across the southwestern United States...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, alien, investigation, space travel, alien encounter, mistaken identity, memory loss, danger, supernatural, alien invasion, creature ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
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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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34K
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London's population into zombies. The only survivor of the expedition and British authorities attempt to capture a ...
Style:
erotic, grindhouse, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
vampire, alien invasion, alien, zombie, alien abduction, nude, mind control, sexy female vampire, apocalypse, sex scene, space shuttle, spacecraft ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, texas, europe, tower bridge london ...
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