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 3.7
 1K
Ejecta (2014)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Two men witness an unexplainable event in the sky as a historic solar storm approaches, and they try to survive as a terrifying life form hunts them.
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, space horror, independent film
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: ufo, evil alien, space and aliens, survival, alien abduction, alien encounter, truth, alien, found footage, danger, heroes, graphic violence ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, canada
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 7.8
 451K
Predator (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, scary, cult classic, futuristic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, alien, survival, jungle, creature, military, hunting, deadly creature, mission, gory, chase, alien invasion ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1987, future
Place: latin america, south america, central america
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 6.5
 107K
Asteroid City (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Style: entertaining, humorous, captivating, romantic, existential ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: astronomy, small town, love, asteroid, arizona desert, alien, diner, desert, male female relationship, military, actress, photographer ...
Time: 1950s, year 1955
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New Getter Robo (2004)
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: New Getter Robot is an anime original video animation co-produced by Dynamic Planning and Bandai Visual. The series is a re-imagining of the 1970s manga Getter Robo, created by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa, that incorporates aspects of Japanese ...
Style: anime, serious, suspenseful, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: androids and robots, alien encounter, heroic mission, mad scientist, rivalry, artificial intelligence, escapades, experiment gone awry, technology gone awry, heroes, disorder, master villain ...
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 6.9
 497
Jyu-Oh-Sei (2006)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Jyu-Oh-Sei is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsumi Itsuki. An 11-episode anime adaptation was animated by Bones and premiered April 13, 2006 in Japan as part of Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. On May 2, 2009, the ...
Style: anime, rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Plot: alien encounter, obsessive quest, survival, fish out of water, culture clash, beast, escapades, heroes, danger, criminal heroes, against the rules, space and aliens ...
Time: future
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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: On his first day of high school, Kyon meets an eccentric girl named Haruhi Suzumiya, who announces to the class that she is interested only in meeting aliens, time travelers, and espers. Discontent with the selection of afterschool clubs presented ...
Style: anime, semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: alien, time travel, high school, supernatural ability, secret movement, danger, alien encounter, slice of life, student, schoolgirl, female protagonist, supernatural ...
Time: 2000s
Place: japan, asia
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 8.8
 87K
Dragon Ball Z (1989)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Dragon Ball Z is a Japanese animated television series produced by Toei Animation. Dragon Ball Z is the sequel to the Dragon Ball anime and adapts the last 26 volumes of the original 42 volume Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama The ...
Style: anime, serious, humorous, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: dragon, friendship, martial arts, dragon ball, alien encounter, magical, save the world, heroes, good versus evil, transformation, obsessive quest, space and aliens ...
Time: future
Place: japan
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 6.3
 10K
Doctor Who (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.
Style: suspenseful, humorous, disturbing, stylized, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, doctor who, changing the past or future, good versus evil, heroic mission, rescue, danger, save the world, obsessive quest, alien encounter, androids and robots, space ...
Time: 90s, future, year 2000, year 1999, 20th century
Place: usa, san francisco, california, north america
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 2.9
 1K
Lost Time (2014)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After leaving a doctor visit with the worst news, Valerie Dreyfuss and her sister Melissa come to a stop on a lonely stretch of road. Their car is engulfed by a blinding light....12 hours later Valerie wakes to the horror that her sister is gone, ...
Style: scary, surreal, serious
Plot: space and aliens, danger, uncover truth, losing-it hero, supernatural ability, alien encounter, rescue, siblings relations, alien, kidnapping, abduction, alien invasion ...
Time: 21st century
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Extraterrestrial (2014)
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, suspense, serious, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien abduction, evil alien, ufo, macabre, alien, paranoia, woods, space, alien encounter, space and aliens, found footage, extraterrestrial ...
Time: 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa
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Alien Raiders (2008)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It's the end of yet another night at Hastings Supermarket, a grocery store in Buck Lake, Arizona. But just before closing, a group of masked and armed to the teeth militants invades the store and take everyone hostage
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: evil alien, hostage, alien, alien creature, battles, investigation, isolation, captivity, alien invasion, race against time, save the world, small town ...
Place: arizona
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Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…
Style: exciting, serious, fairy tale, suspenseful, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: space opera, life turned upside down, genetics, save the lady, space, outer space, space and aliens, space wars, space travel, imaginary, planet, destiny ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: chicago, st. petersburg russia
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 6.9
 265K
Paul (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing ...
Style: funny, entertaining, unusual plot structure, hilarious, road movie ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night
Plot: alien, road trip, benign alien, ufo, friendship, first contact, space and aliens, alien invasion, alien encounter, space travel, buddies, chase ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 1940s, 80s, future ...
Place: nevada, arizona, usa, austin texas, wyoming ...
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Stargate Universe (2009)
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: exciting, futuristic, tense, thrilling, cliffhanger ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space travel, spacecraft, outer space, human existence, space opera, space and aliens, human in outer space, technology, military, alien planet, team, stargate ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s
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 7.1
 17K
Gantz: O (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Somewhere in Tokyo, there is a room. In that room is a black sphere. Periodically, people who should otherwise have died are transferred to the room. There, the sphere gives them special suits and weapons, and sends them out on a mission to kill ...
Style: anime, 3d animation, surreal, manga, perverse ...
Plot: good versus evil, monster, human versus monster, game, alien encounter, violence, giant monster, heroes, evil alien, katana, resurrection, teleportation ...
Place: japan, tokyo, east asia, osaka japan
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The UFO Incident (1975)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the early 1960s, an interracial couple undergo hypnosis, which unlocks memories of a forgotten event on a lonely road. Soon they believe they were abducted by extraterrestrials.
Style: mystical, serious, mind bending, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot: alien abduction, ufo, alien, alien encounter, alien invasion, hypnosis, interracial marriage, afrofuturism, unusual phenomena, human experiment, creature, psychology ...
Time: 60s, year 1961, year 1963
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 6.4
 302K
Alien: Covenant (2017)
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, suspense, enigmatic, dark ...
Plot: alien, creature, space travel, outer space, extraterrestrial, robot, alien life-form, androids, monster, human versus alien, space exploration, survival ...
Time: future, year 2017, 2010s, near future, 22nd century
Place: space western
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The First Men in the Moon (2010)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, enigmatic, gothic horror
Plot: moon, space travel, alien encounter, partner, alien contact, obsessive quest, danger, escapades, inventions and discoveries, heroes, moon landing, old man ...
Time: 1900s, 60s, year 1969, 20th century
Place: england
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The Last Man on Earth (2011)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of the latest week on the earth before the announce of the landing of an extraterrestrial society on earth seen by the eyes of a misogynist man with only the desire solitude and routine.
Style: serious, psychological, bleak, captivating, deep ...
Plot: solitude, alien encounter, benign alien, life turned upside down, disorder, alien, misogynist, extraterrestrial, danger, society, ufo, superhero ...
Place: europe, italy
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The Outer Limits (1995)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The Outer Limits is an anthology series of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end. Unlike the original incarnation of the series, which was a pure anthology with each episode completely unrelated to the others, the revival ...
Style: anthology, scary, cerebral, funny, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: time travel, post apocalypse, supernatural, female alien, alien invasion, space, cyberpunk, evil alien, androids and robots, alien encounter, alien, trippy ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, near future
Place: canada
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 5.2
 7K
Eden Log (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A man wakes up deep inside a cave. Suffering amnesia, he has no recollection of how he came to be here or of what happened to the man whose body he finds beside him. Tailed by a mysterious creature, he must continue through this strange and ...
Style: psychological, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cave, survival, isolation, memory loss, heroic mission, captivity, rivalry, deadly creature, supernatural, danger, life is a bitch, race against time ...
Time: future
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Amazing Stories (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Each episode transports the audience to worlds of wonder through the lens of today’s most imaginative filmmakers, directors and writers. A reimagining of the original anthology series by Steven Spielberg.
Style: anthology, enigmatic, romantic, exciting, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: alien encounter, magic, parents and children, imaginary, supernatural, secret, multiple storylines, fantasy world, love and romance, criminal, space, time travel ...
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Marvin Marvin (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Marvin Marvin is an American science fiction slapstick comedy television series that aired from November 24, 2012 to April 27, 2013. The series was set to premiere on Nickelodeon in 2013, but was pushed forward to November 24, 2012. It stars Lucas ...
Style: not serious, humorous, sitcom, feel good, teen comedy
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: alien, fish out of water, hidden identity, alien encounter, lifestyle, siblings relations, teenage life, family life, social relations, friends, teenager, high school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, portland oregon
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The History of Future Folk (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An alien intending to claim Earth for his people before their homeworld is destroyed by a comet decides not to eliminate humanity when he hears their music. Instead, he lives among them until another alien is sent to find and kill him.
Style: feel good, humorous, not serious, tense, light ...
Plot: alien encounter, fish out of water, save the world, rescue, dishonesty, danger, heroes, parents and children, eccentric family, benign alien, space, trippy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 3.3
 714
Unidentified (2006)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two reporters working for the same magazine are sent to Texas to investigate a string of UFO sightings. As they investigate two distinct theories begin to develop. Both reporters are driven to prove their own theory, but in the end only one can be ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, suspense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: ufo, christian, investigation, supernatural, alien encounter, religious conversion, journalism, society, redemption, hopes, religions or cults, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
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 3.6
 2K
Hangar 10 (2014)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: 33 years after the infamous Rendlesham Forest UFO incident, three metal detector enthusiasts hunting for Saxon gold in the same region, capture incredible footage of UFO's whilst filming their expedition. As night falls and with their ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: ufo, alien encounter, danger, woods, found footage, alien, no survivors, forest, creature, survival, evil alien, space and aliens ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
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 4.6
 5K
Decoys (2004)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Luke and Roger are just another couple of college guys trying to lose their virginity. But when Luke sees something unusual, he begins to suspect that the girls on campus aren't exactly...human.
Style: suspenseful, semi serious, scary, humorous, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: female alien, space and aliens, college, dangerous attraction, dark humor, alien invasion, supernatural, impossible love, alien encounter, dying during sex, winter, alien ...
Time: 2000s
Place: canada
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 5.1
 44K
Meet Dave (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem, as their ship becomes smitten with an Earth woman.
Style: humorous, funny, semi serious, slapstick, parody ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family friendly, teens
Plot: alien, space, friendship, benign alien, alien invasion, captain, humanity, stupidity, robot, alien encounter, disorder, crew ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 3.6
 2K
Mammoth (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On a hot summer afternoon in the sleepy town of Blackwater Louisiana, a meteor streaks across the sky and crashes through the roof of the local Natural History Museum. The meteor is actually a spaceship containing an alien life form which animates ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, suspense, natural horror ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: museum, supernatural, save the world, alien encounter, escapades, danger, dangerous animal, race against time, survival, rescue, heroic mission, space travel ...
Time: prehistoric times, prehistory, 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana
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My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young daughter. Before long, Celeste finds ...
Style: feel good, light, humorous, parody, funny ...
Audience: family outing, kids, date night
Plot: alien, fish out of water, space and aliens, female alien, benign alien, alien disguised as human, transformation, friendship, porn actress, scientist, sexual humor, eccentricity ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
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