| The Thing (1982) | 8.2 | |
| Predators (2010) | 6.4 | |
| Nope (2022) | 6.8 | |
| Critters (1986) | 6.1 | |
| Jurassic Park (1993) | 8.2 |
Alien monster movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant alien monster movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, futuristic and psychotronic films and TV shows about / with alien monster, alien, monster, survival, creature, alien creature, danger, creature feature, space and extraterrestrial plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Horror and Thriller genres shot in USA, Canada, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as alien monster: Alien: Isolation (2019), The Great Wall (2016), A Quiet Place (2018), Dead Space: Downfall (2008), Life (2017), Alien: Romulus (2024), Nope (2022), Beyond White Space (2018), Sputnik (2020), The Tomorrow War (2021).
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List of alien monster movies
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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: China, Japan, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
Style:
exciting, dark fantasy, entertaining, epic, stylized ...
Plot:
monster, great wall of china, creature, mythology, archer, warrior, invasion, friendship, siege, good versus evil, battlefield, courage ...
Time:
middle ages, 15th century, year 2016, 2010s, medieval times ...
Place:
china, tibet, asia, ancient china, egypt ...
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651K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Style:
suspense, scary, disturbing, visually stunning, frightening ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
creature, post apocalypse, sign language, monster, survival, creature feature, silence, survival horror, deafness, fear, alien invasion, self sacrifice ...
Time:
2010s, near future, distant future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york state
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Genre: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
On a deep space mining mission to a remote planet, an ancient religious relic - thought to be proof of the existence of God - is unearthed and brought aboard. When the unholy artifact unleashes a long-dormant alien race, its glimpse of Heaven ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, adult animation, anime ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
deadly creature, outer space, alien monster, danger, imaginary, violence, infection, survival horror, self sacrifice, space, evil alien, space and aliens ...
Time:
future
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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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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
Is relevant?
312K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Plot unknown.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, scary, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
massacre, alien, first contact, chimpanzee, alien monster, ufo, brother sister relationship, horse, childhood trauma, eaten alive, horse ranch, alien invasion ...
Time:
2020s, year 1998, future, 90s, year 1996
Place:
california, los angeles
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a deep space fishing vessel is robbed by a gang of pirates, the Captain makes a daring decision to go after a rare and nearly extinct species. His obsession propels them further into space as the crew spins toward mutiny and betrayal.
Style:
futuristic, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, spacecraft, harvest, alien, fight, hunting, alien monster, alien creature, escapades, danger, alien contact ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Is relevant?
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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An ordinary man is recruited by time travellers from 30 years in the future to fight in a war against deadly aliens.
Style:
futuristic, suspense, exciting, anamorphic, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
future war, alien invasion, time travel, alien, military, fictional war, struggle for survival, soldier, alien encounter, evil alien, alien monster, final battle ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
dominican republic, bahamas, miami, north america, russia ...
Is relevant?
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, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Five government contractors wake up to find themselves contained under the infamous Area 51. They are forced to confront a sinister government experiment and a horrifying Alien host.
Style:
tense, bleak, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
alien, military, monster, conspiracy, government conspiracy, alien contact, alien encounter, alien creature, alien monster, evil alien, space and aliens, secret experiment ...
Place:
nevada
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, apocalyptic, disturbing ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, creature, deaf, monster, alien, survival horror, silence, survival, alien creature, alien invasion, deafness, alien monster ...
Time:
near future, future, 2010s, 2020s
Place:
usa, new york, atlantic ocean, new york state, america
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sara’s one of the cool kids... but she’s totally terrified of losing her status. She’d be a lot more secure if she could just win back her super-hot ex, Skyler, but he’s not interested unless they move to the next level... She decides to ...
Style:
humorous, horror comedy, exciting, suspenseful, brutal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
evil alien, pregnancy, halloween, alien, monster, danger, murder, teenage pregnancy, youth, blood, bloodbath, alien monster ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: Canada, Romania, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It's the Old Western times and an outlaw named Sam Phoenix (James Marsters, Angel) is about get hanged. But just before the noose tightens, the town is besieged by a lethal alien invader with a laser-shooting stingray and a crazy Sarlacc mouth. ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, mockbuster, wild
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, giant spider, giant insect, evil alien, survival horror, monster, creature feature, killer animal, giant monster, ogre, alien creature ...
Is relevant?
496K
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, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, monster, survival, jungle, creature, military, chase, deadly creature, alien invasion, hunting, gory, special forces ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987, future
Place:
latin america, south america, central america
Is relevant?
520K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
Style:
scary, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, isolation, survival, creature, body horror, alien, fear, paranoia, snow, ufo, suspicion, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place:
antarctica, antarctic, south pole
Is relevant?
268K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the Comanche Nation in 1717, a fierce and highly skilled warrior named Naru learns the prey she is stalking is a highly evolved alien with a technologically advanced arsenal.
Style:
suspense, scary, slasher, period piece, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien, creature, female warrior, warrior, native american tribe, predator, alien invasion, strong female lead, monster, heroine, one woman army, alien monster ...
Time:
2020s, 18th century
Place:
north america, america
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Indonesia, UK, China, Singapore
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Detective Mark Corley storms his way onto an alien spaceship to rescue his estranged son. When the ship crashes in Southeast Asia, he forges an alliance with a band of survivors to take back the planet once and for all.
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspense, disturbing, smart ...
Plot:
alien, rescue, alien technology, spaceship, brutality, alien invasion, invasion, evil alien, monster, abduction, police officer, alien creature ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
laos, southeast asia, los angeles
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Malaysia, Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land ...
Style:
lovecraft, suspense, suspenseful, surreal, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cosmic horror, mutation, farm, husband wife relationship, meteorite, farmhouse, alien invasion, mind control, brother brother relationship, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, contamination ...
Time:
future
Place:
new england, arizona, massachusetts
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Cast out from his clan, a young Predator finds an unlikely ally in a damaged android and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
Style:
tense, dark, suspense, mecha, action comedy ...
Plot:
alien planet, alien, alien monster, alien creature, survival, outcast, violence, coming of age, rite of passage, weapons, revenge, identity ...
Time:
future
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
No meteorites hit Earth, no terrorists put the world in danger, no atomic war was started, but something did go wrong. Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, border, alien monster, survival, danger, soldier, death, friendship, society, russian soldier, catastrophe, dystopia ...
Time:
future
Place:
eastern europe, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An experimental submarine, the "Siren II", with a very experienced crew is sent to find out what happened to the "Siren I" after it mysteriously dissapeared in a submarine rift. Things go awry when they begin to find things that ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, futuristic, retro ...
Plot:
underwater, submarine, creature feature, alien monster, monster, infection, secret experiment, survival, rescue, supernatural, deadly creature, danger ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
261K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A mercenary reluctantly leads a motley crew of warriors who soon come to realize they've been captured and deposited on an alien planet by an unknown nemesis. With the exception of a peculiar physician, they are all cold-blooded killers, ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, futuristic, breathtaking, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, monster, jungle, creature, space and aliens, evil alien, deadly creature, hunting, hi-tech, predator, alien life-form, survival horror ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 20th century, future
Place:
texas
Is relevant?
18K
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, perverse, adult animation, grindhouse ...
Plot:
monster, human versus monster, game, violence, good versus evil, alien encounter, giant monster, back from the dead, heroes, evil alien, katana, resurrection ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, osaka japan, east asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.
Style:
scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mars, alien monster, ghost ship, murder, good versus evil, investigation, danger, survival, race against time, alien invasion, heroic mission, supernatural ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
new york, latin america, usa, florida, south america ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
With no means for defeating Godzilla Earth, mankind watches as King Ghidorah, clad in a golden light, descends on the planet. The heavens and earth shake once again as the war moves to a higher dimension.
Style:
anime, adult animation, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, mutant, giant monster, spaceship, humanity in peril, good versus evil, monster, self sacrifice, danger, captain, race against time ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Space miners sent to stop a moon's collision course with the earth discover a hibernating creature that soon revives and starts slaughtering the mining crew.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
creature feature, monster, spaceship, outer space, spacecraft, alien, creature, space, space opera, hibernation, doomsday, alien monster ...
Time:
jurassic
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Ten humans on planet XT-59 paving the way trough swamp to reach Islands of Happiness.
Style:
captivating, suspense, suspenseful, entertaining, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien planet, prisoner, survival, teamwork, exile, coping, leader, life sentence, power struggle, wilderness, genius, prison escape ...
Time:
distant future, near future, 2010s
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