Movies Like

Knights of Sidonia (2014) TV Show

7.7 141 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: An alien race called Gauna has destroyed Earth. leaving humanity struggling to survive aboard the spaceship Sidonia. Even though it’s been a century since the last encounter with the Gauna, military service is mandatory. For Nagate Tanikaze, whose grandfather secretly hid him in the forgotten bowels of Sidonia, it’s a strange new world as he’s forced to come to the surface. Yet his recruitment comes just in time, for the Gauna have suddenly reappeared.

Plot: space battle, space travel, post-apocalyptic future, space, alien, mecha, piloted robot, based on manga, ...

Cast

Matt Smith

Jenna Coleman

Richard E. Grant

Dan Starkey

Doctor Who: The Snowmen (2012)

7.7 242 votes

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 60 min.

Story: The Doctor has retired to 1892 London. Despite the protests of his allies, he is determined to keep out of mankind's affairs. However, a governess named Clara has stumbled upon a plot which only the Doctor can unravel, involving the death of her predecessor in ice and the sinister Dr. Simeon, who controls monsters made of sentient snow. And there is another mystery afoot: Clara is the spitting image of Oswin Oswald, whom the Doctor saw die in the Dalek asylum...

Plot: time machine, alien, tv special

Cast

Aamir Khan

Anushka Sharma

Saurabh Shukla

Boman Irani

PK (2014)

7.7 1.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: India

Duration: 153 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laughter and letting go.

Plot: friendship, society, christianity, hinduism, islam, satire, alien, love, ...

Cast

Max Wright

Anne Schedeen

Andrea Elson

Benji Gregory

ALF (1986) TV Show

7.7 1.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Family, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 101

Audience: TV-G

Story: A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.

Plot: alien life-form, extraterrestrial, alien, family relationships, sitcom, outer space

Cast

Masako Nozawa

Yuko Minaguchi

Takeshi Kusao

Bin Shimada

Dragon Ball GT (1996) TV Show

7.7 2.1K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 64

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Ten years have passed since Goku left his friends and family to hone his skills. But Goku soon finds himself helpless against the mystical power of the Dragon Balls and an accidental wish made by the devious Emperor Pilaf. The wish; that Goku once again become a child! Goku, together with Trunks, and his own granddaughter Pan, blast off into the outer reaches of space in search of the mysterious Black Star Dragon Balls. But these Dragon Balls have a fatal secret: if not collected within one year Earth will be destroyed.

Plot: martial arts, magic, space travel, space, alien, end of the world, fighting, super power, ...

Cast

Amber Midthunder

Dakota Beavers

Michelle Thrush

Stormee Kipp

Prey (2022)

7.7 7.8K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: R

Story: When danger threatens her camp, the fierce and highly skilled Comanche warrior Naru sets out to protect her people. But the prey she stalks turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal.

Plot: hunter, native american, alien life-form, alien, prequel, decapitation, bear, dog, ...

Cast

Tom Cruise

Emily Blunt

Brendan Gleeson

Bill Paxton

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

7.6 15.2K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 114 min.

Audience: PG-13

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 day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

Style: romantic

Plot: deja vu, based on novel or book, restart, military officer, dystopia, affectation, time travel, training, ...

Time: 2020s

Cast

Amy Adams

Jeremy Renner

Forest Whitaker

Michael Stuhlbarg

Arrival (2016)

7.6 19.5K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

Plot: spacecraft, extraterrestrial technology, loss, time, alien, language, female protagonist, scientist, ...

Cast

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

7.6 23.1K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 137 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.

Plot: hero, superhero, based on comic, sequel, alien, space, aftercreditsstinger, duringcreditsstinger, ...

Cast

Kylie Cantrall

Nathan Lovejoy

Coco Christo

Maxwell Acee Donovan

Gabby Duran and the Unsittables (2019) TV Show

7.6 27 votes

Genre: Comedy, Family, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 40

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Gabby Duran, who constantly feels like she’s living in the shadows of her mother and younger sister, finally finds her moment to shine when she inadvertently lands an out-of-this-world job to babysit an unruly group of very important extraterrestrial children who are hiding out on Earth with their families, disguised as everyday kids.

Plot: babysitter, extraterrestrial, alien, based on children's book

Cast

Sam Worthington

Zoe Saldau00f1a

Sigourney Weaver

Stephen Lang

Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

7.6 3.8K votes

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 198 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits.

Plot: witch, clone, space war, tribe, sequel, alien, transhumanism, family, ...

Cast

Jodie Whittaker

Mandip Gill

John Bishop

Doctor Who (2005) TV Show

7.6 3.4K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Canada, United Kingdom

Seasons: 13

Episodes: 153

Audience: TV-PG

Story: The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.

Plot: time travel, time machine, alien

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Brian Murray

Emma Thompson

David Hyde Pierce

Treasure Planet (2002)

7.6 4.7K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: PG

Story: When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.

Plot: mutiny, space marine, based on novel or book, cyborg, map, pirate gang, treasure hunt, treasure map, ...

Predator (1987)

7.6 9.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: R

Story: A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

Plot: guerrilla warfare, central and south america, predator, trap, alien, survival, stalking, creature, ...

Cast

Daveigh Chase

Chris Sanders

Tia Carrere

David Ogden Stiers

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

7.6 7.1K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 85 min.

Audience: PG

Story: As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty, friendship, and ʻohana, the Hawaiian tradition of family.

Plot: sibling relationship, mutation, extraterrestrial technology, adoption, affectation, villain, alien life-form, alien, ...

Place: hawaii

Waiting in the Summer (2012) TV Show

7.6 59 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: While testing out his camera on a bridge one summer night, Kaito sees a blue light streaking across the sky, only to be blown off the railing seconds later. Just before succumbing to unconsciousness, a hand reaches down to grab ahold of his own. He woke up the next morning wondering how he ended up back in his own room with no injuries or any recollection of the night before. As he proceeds with his normal school life, Kaito and his friends discuss what to do with his camera, finally deciding to make a film with it over the summer break. Noticing that Kaito has an interest in the new upperclassmen Ichika Takatsuki, his friend Tetsurou decides to invite her, as well as her friend Remon Yamano, to join them in their project.In what becomes one of the most entertaining and exciting summers of their lives, Kaito and his friends find that their time spent together is not just about creating a film, but something much more meaningful that will force them to confront their true feelings.

Plot: romance, slice of life, alien, summer, anime, japanese high school, science fiction

Outlaw Star (1998) TV Show

7.5 60 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 26

Audience: TV-14

Story: Gene Starwind is a jack-of-all-trades responsible for odd jobs and bounty hunting with his partner, Jim Hawking. Stuck on a rundown planet, he’s going nowhere fast. But when a bodyguard job goes sideways, he finds himself the proud owner of the Outlaw Star and on an adventure to find the mysterious Galactic Leyline. Facing pirates and dangers galore, can he survive the journey through space?

Plot: artificial intelligence (a.i.), bounty hunter, android, swordplay, biotechnology, smuggling (contraband), alien, dogfight, ...

Cast

Chris Pratt

Yvonne Strahovski

J.K. Simmons

Betty Gilpin

The Tomorrow War (2021)

7.5 4.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 138 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future, mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester. Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist and his estranged father in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

Plot: world cup, time travel, global warming, glacier, alien, alien invasion, military, future war, ...

Time: world war

Cast

Henry Thomas

Drew Barrymore

Robert MacNaughton

Peter Coyote

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

7.5 12.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: PG

Story: An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.

Plot: farewell, space marine, operation, flying saucer, nasa, homesickness, loss of loved one, prosecution, ...

Place: california

Cast

Ricardo Daru00edn

Carla Peterson

Cu00e9sar Troncoso

Andrea Pietra

The Eternaut (2025) TV Show

7.5 529 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Argentina

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-MA

Story: After a devastating toxic snowfall kills millions, Juan Salvo and a group of survivors in Buenos Aires must resist an invisible threat from another world.

Plot: extraterrestrial technology, snowstorm, alien invasion, based on graphic novel, aliens

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