Alien encounter movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant alien encounter movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting, suspense, futuristic and tense films and TV shows about / with alien, alien encounter, alien invasion, space and aliens, space, ufo, danger, outer space, survival and extraterrestrial plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as alien encounter: The Fourth Kind (2009), Independence Day (1996), Monsters (2010), Apollo 18 (2011), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), Skylines (2020), Signs (2002), Invasion (2020), Outlander (2008), Alien Abduction (2014).
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List of alien encounter movies
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: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
alien invasion, extraterrestrial, invasion, end of the world, ufo, space and aliens, evil alien, first contact, survival, alien encounter, alien, creature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future, year 1996, jurassic
Place:
new york, washington d.c., usa, bombay india, london ...
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102K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Mexico, Costa Rica
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico was ...
Style:
road movie, stylized, meditative, apocalyptic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
monster, alien invasion, alien, alien encounter, jungle, invasion, demolished city, ufo, quarantine, military, post apocalyptic, end of the world ...
Time:
future, year 2010, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
mexico, latin america, central america, austin texas, mexico city ...
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60K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Officially, Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later in 1973, three American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage ...
Style:
suspense, mockumentary, scary, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
astronaut, alien encounter, found footage, outer space, moon landing, infection, space travel, moon, nasa, heroic mission, danger, space and aliens ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 2010s, year 2011, future ...
Place:
antarctica
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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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10K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, France, Lithuania, Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
evil alien, alien invasion, alien encounter, space battle, alien planet, space travel, female warrior, apocalypse, creature, alien, martial arts, virus ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
london
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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: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After the fall of the alien ship, it took three years. The catastrophe turned the girl's life from Chertanovo and forever changed our view of the universe. It seems that this was the biggest test for all of us. But mankind does not yet know ...
Style:
tense, suspense, exciting, intense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien space craft, alien encounter, fighter jet, alien invasion, boyfriend, martial law, struggle for survival, threat, quarantine, hopes, human versus alien, immortality ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
moscow russia, russia
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81K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Czech Republic, France, Germany, USA
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:
cult classic, exciting, epic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monster, alien invasion, alien, viking, alien creature, vengeance, norse mythology, spacecraft, ancient, alien encounter, sword, human versus alien ...
Time:
middle ages, year 2008, 2000s, medieval times, 8th century ...
Place:
europe
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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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268K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of ...
Style:
exciting, serious, entertaining, action packed, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, u.s. navy, military, battleship, navy, ship, evil alien, danger, invasion, ufo, space and aliens ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, 2000s, year 2005 ...
Place:
hawaii, london, pacific ocean, tokyo, new york ...
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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
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An alien bacterium resurrects the dead on Earth.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, scary, exciting ...
Plot:
zombie, alien encounter, save the world, survival, apocalypse, danger, escapades, soldier, chaos, imaginary, mentally unstable, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
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583K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Iceland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, visually appealing, visually stunning, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, dystopian future, alien invasion, survival, cloning, danger, space travel, dystopia, resistance, mysterious character, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, year 2000, distant future ...
Place:
peru, seattle, empire state building manhattan new york city, new york, washington d.c. ...
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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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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: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of refugees from Earth land on an exotic planet, where they must fight ruthless aliens to survive.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, mockbuster ...
Plot:
alien encounter, apocalypse, space battle, mysterious planet, chaos, survival, danger, imaginary, deadly creature, escapades, evil alien, outer space ...
Time:
future
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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: 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
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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, saga, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, ufo, post apocalypse, apocalypse, military, alien encounter, evil alien, resistance, human spirit, chaos and mayhem, space and aliens ...
Time:
jurassic, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies, uncover a plot that could see the war come to a ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
alien encounter, female warrior, apocalypse, good versus evil, alien technology, fictional war, danger, death, fear, violence, mercilessness, chase ...
Place:
australia, oceania, sydney australia, new zealand
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Genre: Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Did intelligent beings from outer space visit Earth thousands of years ago? From the age of the dinosaurs to ancient Egypt, from early cave drawings to continued mass sightings in the US, each episode gives historic depth to the questions, ...
Style:
captivating, bleak, serious, realistic, intellectual ...
Plot:
ufo, alien encounter, benign alien, space and aliens, evil alien, astronaut, save the world, ancient, contact, folklore, alien, paranormal investigation ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
2012. The dawn of destruction. As giant alien machines enslave and feed off humanity, the few remaining survivors band together to form a armed militia that will be the last stand against total extinction (IMDB.com).
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
alien encounter, space and aliens, save the world, survival, androids and robots, danger, chaos, battles, imaginary, escapades, evil alien, robot ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
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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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant and his new platoon to draw a ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, evil alien, alien encounter, survival, battlefield, invasion, military, heroic mission, chaos, alien attack, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, mojave desert, america, santa monica california ...
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57K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Aliens who threaten humanity reach Earth.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense, apocalyptic
Plot:
alien invasion, alien encounter, apocalypse, survival, alien, invasion, space, land grab, struggle for survival, alien race, alien contact, against humanity ...
Time:
2020s, future, 21st century
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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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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: 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
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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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