Alien invasion movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant alien invasion movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, serious and psychotronic films and TV shows about / with alien invasion, apocalypse, alien, epidemic, space, space and aliens, outer space, ufo, post apocalypse and distopia plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as alien invasion: Battle Los Angeles (2011), Lifeforce (1985), The Tomorrow War (2021), V (2009), The 5th Wave (2016), Falling Skies (2011), The Arrival (1996), The Darkest Hour (2011), They Live (1988), War of the Worlds (2005).
Best films
New films
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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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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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 ...
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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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126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, teen, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, end of the world, alien, invasion, post apocalypse, danger, survival, virus, obsessive quest, escapades, humanity in peril ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2016
Place:
ohio, usa, bangkok thailand, london, tower bridge london ...
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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: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, conspiracy, evil alien, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, disguise, investigation, ufo, alien, black hole, elevator, supernatural ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1996
Place:
mexico, latin america, central america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race which has attacked Earth via our power supply.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, post apocalypse, demolished city, end of the world, evil alien, creature, apocalypse, disaster, post apocalyptic, chase, alien, fantasy world ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Is relevant?
162K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No ...
Style:
cult classic, homoerotic, suspenseful, serious, black comedy ...
Plot:
conspiracy, alien invasion, dystopia, alien, distopia, mind control, social commentary, anti conformity, violence, resistance, evil alien, capitalism ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, scary, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, disaster, survival, end of the world, alien, invasion, space and aliens, evil alien, extraterrestrial, catastrophe, humanity in peril ...
Time:
year 2005, future, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, boston, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion, from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are ...
Style:
cult classic, disturbing, frightening, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, dystopia, doppelganger, extraterrestrial, alien parasite, supernatural, parasite, evil wins, monster, alien possession, body horror ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978, 1950s, 50s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Is relevant?
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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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, minimal cast, twist ending, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, post apocalypse, kidnapping, bunker, strong female character, alien, underground bunker, survivalist, end of the world, conspiracy theory, bomb shelter ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
louisiana, peru, new orleans, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, India, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, exciting, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, alien invasion, alien, invasion, battles, space and aliens, changing the past or future, evil alien, soldier, repeated event, foreknowledge ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2014, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place:
united kingdom, france, paris france, europe, big ben london ...
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146K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin ...
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, teen horror, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, parasite, teenager, youth, alien possession, space and aliens, evil alien, alien encounter, first contact, high school, high school life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, ohio
Is relevant?
41K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
In the near future a family must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with trying to survive. They live in Los Angeles, which has been occupied by a force of outside intruders. While some people have chosen to collaborate with ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, exciting, apocalyptic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
alien invasion, occupation, rebellion, space and aliens, resistance, colony, danger, evil alien, distopia, family in danger, survival, intruder ...
Time:
future
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
alien invasion, resistance, extraterrestrial, distopia, post apocalypse, alien race, vestiges of humanity, dystopia, fight, alien technology, brutality, urban setting ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 2020s, year 2019
Place:
chicago, new york, london, north america, moscow russia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, sexy, breathtaking, serious ...
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, virus, epidemic, psychiatrist, danger, invasion, infected, alien encounter, doctor, hysteria, save the world ...
Time:
year 2007, distant future, future
Place:
washington d.c., usa, kurdistan, russia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, sexy, exciting, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
alien invasion, military, space travel, monster, space and aliens, creature, soldier, space wars, alien, satire, fictional war, space battle ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, year 1997, 90s, jurassic ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, space western, argentina
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In this modern retelling of H.G. Wells' classic sci-fi horror, civilization is laid to ruin when a super race of aliens invades Earth. In a blink of an eye, massive "walkers" cover the planet, annihilating all in their path. As cities ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, mockbuster, suspense, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, alien, space travel, introspection, heroic mission, supernatural, danger, dystopian future, mars, soldier, evil alien ...
Time:
year 2005
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Jordan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to ...
Style:
suspense, serious, stylized, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
creature, post apocalypse, alien invasion, alien, alien contact, military, giant monster, giant creature, evil alien, fictional war, missile, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
usa, detroit
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142K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, heroic mission, evolution, save the world, nothing goes right, desert, alien, ufo, giant monster, space and aliens, monster, alien contact ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2001, post world war two, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, saga, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, creature, human versus alien, technology, end of the world, independence day, ufo, president, psychic, apocalypse, chinawoman ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, paris france, minnesota, nevada, china ...
Is relevant?
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: Drama, History, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in Edwardian England, George and his partner Amy attempt to defy the prejudices of society and start a life together, all the while swerving the ongoing chaos of an alien invasion.
Style:
apocalyptic, costume drama, frightening, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
alien invasion, alien attack, alien, end of the world, apocalypse, post apocalypse, alien race, martian, survival, ufo, fight, evil alien ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, 20th century ...
Place:
england, london
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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 ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sibling astronomers discover Martians are threatening to attack Earth, but no one believes them—until Martians land and nearly destroy all of New York City. As the siblings try to make it out of the city with their families, they discover the ...
Style:
captivating, futuristic, tense, mockbuster
Plot:
evil alien, space and aliens, alien encounter, alien invasion, chase, alien, struggle for survival, fight, battles, alien contact, alien technology, showdown ...
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
101K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Four boyhood pals perform a heroic act and are changed by the powers they gain in return. Years later, on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, they're overtaken by a vicious blizzard that harbors an ominous presence. Challenged to stop an alien ...
Style:
scary, suspense, mysterious, cult horror, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
alien invasion, stephen king, supernatural, alien, first contact, friends, virus, mind control, alien encounter, danger, evil alien, cabin in the woods ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
colorado, usa, boston, massachusetts, maine
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