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Cast

Lulu Wilson

Wrenn Schmidt

Trae Romano

Omari Hardwick

Xeno (2025)

6.8 108 votes

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A teenage girl develops an otherworldly bond with an alien after it crash-lands in the desert. As government agents close in, she must protect her new friend, while uncovering a secret that could change the fate of both their worlds.

Plot: alien, alien invasion, desert, alien friendship, interspecies friendship, friendship and trust

Cast

Michael Jordan

Wayne Knight

Theresa Randle

Manner Washington

Space Jam (1996)

6.8 6.5K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 87 min.

Audience: PG

Story: With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to win a basketball game against a team of moronic aliens.

Plot: sports, cartoon, villain, basketball, slapstick comedy, alien, doctor, alien invasion, ...

Cast

Daniel Kaluuya

Keke Palmer

Brandon Perea

Michael Wincott

Nope (2022)

6.8 5.0K votes

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 130 min.

Audience: R

Story: Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

Style: exploitation

Plot: horse, death of father, alien, ufo, social commentary, alien invasion, alien contact, aftercreditsstinger, ...

Place: california

Star-Crossed (2014) TV Show

6.8 145 votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Audience: TV-14

Story: Passion and politics threaten the peace and an epic romance ignites between a human girl and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind (The Orion 9) are integrated into a suburban high school 10 years after they and hundreds of others landed on Earth and were immediately consigned to an internment camp where they’ve been imprisoned ever since.

Plot: high school, alien, interspecies romance

Time: future

V (2009) TV Show

6.8 820 votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Canada, United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 22

Audience: TV-14

Story: A re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race in which the aliens call themselves The Visitors, and have a seemingly friendly agenda that may or may not be a cover for something more malevolent.

Plot: remake, extraterrestrial, alien, alien invasion, grand, amused

Cast

Jim Parsons

Rihanna

Steve Martin

Jennifer Lopez

Home (2015)

6.8 4.3K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 94 min.

Audience: PG

Story: When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated, while all Boov get busy reorganizing the planet. But when one resourceful girl, Tip, manages to avoid capture, she finds herself the accidental accomplice of a banished Boov named Oh. The two fugitives realize there’s a lot more at stake than intergalactic relations as they embark on the road trip of a lifetime.

Plot: spacecraft, villain, alien, space, alien invasion, aftercreditsstinger, duringcreditsstinger, alien friendship, ...

Cast

Brie Larson

Samuel L. Jackson

Ben Mendelsohn

Jude Law

Captain Marvel (2019)

6.8 16.9K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Style: intense

Plot: superhero, based on comic, alien, female protagonist, alien invasion, super power, female hero, aftercreditsstinger, ...

Time: 1990s

Cast

Joel Courtney

Elle Fanning

Riley Griffiths

Kyle Chandler

Super 8 (2011)

6.8 7.1K votes

Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.

Style: suspenseful, intense

Plot: alien, train crash, firecracker, super 8mm footage, duringcreditsstinger, complex, conspiracy thriller, joyous, ...

Time: 1970s

Cast

Gemma Chan

Richard Madden

Angelina Jolie

Salma Hayek Pinault

Eternals (2021)

6.8 9.2K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 156 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The Eternals are a team of ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. When an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows, they are forced to reunite against mankind’s most ancient enemy, the Deviants.

Plot: saving the world, superhero, supernatural, based on comic, alien, super power, lgbt, aftercreditsstinger, ...

Time: ancient

Cast

Grant Bowler

Julie Benz

Stephanie Leonidas

Tony Curran

Defiance (2013) TV Show

6.8 557 votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 38

Audience: TV-14

Story: In the near future, planet Earth is permanently altered following the sudden—and tumultuous—arrival of seven unique alien races. In the boom-town of Defiance, the newly-formed civilization of humans and aliens must learn to co-exist peacefully.

Plot: killer robot, post-apocalyptic future, alien, alien invasion, planet invasion

Time: future

Earth: Final Conflict (1997) TV Show

6.8 96 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery

Country: Canada, United States of America

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 110

Story: Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister motives.

Plot: alien, conspiracy, rebellion, alien invasion, alien contact, first contact

Cast

Simon Pegg

Nick Frost

Seth Rogen

Jason Bateman

Paul (2011)

6.7 6.3K votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: R

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 uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.

Plot: san diego, california, alien, burlesque, area 51, alien space craft, duringcreditsstinger, ambivalent, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Mel Gibson

Joaquin Phoenix

Rory Culkin

Abigail Breslin

Signs (2002)

6.7 6.4K votes

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: farm, faith, symbolism, miracle, family relationships, alien, grief, rural area, ...

Cast

Lizzy Caplan

Jessica Lucas

T.J. Miller

Michael Stahl-David

Cloverfield (2008)

6.7 7.9K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 85 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

Plot: quarantine, monster, chaos, skyscraper, supernatural, giant monster, alien, disaster, ...

Cast

Adam Sandler

Paul Dano

Carey Mulligan

Kunal Nayyar

Spaceman (2024)

6.7 1.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: R

Story: Six months into a solo mission, a lonely astronaut confronts the cracks in his marriage with help from a mysterious creature he discovers on his ship.

Style: absurd

Plot: based on novel or book, space travel, space mission, alien, astronaut, space research, czech republic

Cast

Ryu Jun-yeol

Kim Tae-ri

Kim Woo-bin

Lee Hanee

Alienoid: Return to the Future (2024)

6.7 858 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: South Korea

Duration: 122 min.

Story: Ean has a critical mission to return to the future to save everyone. However, she becomes trapped in the distant past while trying to prevent the escape of alien prisoners who are locked up in the bodies of humans. Meanwhile, Muruk, who helps Ean escape various predicaments, is unnerved when he begins sensing the presence of a strange being in his body. Traveling through the centuries, they are trying to prevent the explosion of the haava.

Plot: time warp, time travel, alien

Cast

Chris Sanders

Dakota Fanning

Tia Carrere

David Ogden Stiers

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)

6.7 1.6K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 68 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Now, we find the rowdy extraterrestrial getting used to life with his new ʻohana. However, a malfunction in the ultimate creation of Dr. Jumba soon emerges, which reinstates his destructive programming and threatens to both ruin his friendship with Lilo and to short him out for good!

Plot: sequel, alien, glitch, native hawaiian

Place: hawaii

Cast

Martin Freeman

Yasiin Bey

Zooey Deschanel

Sam Rockwell

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

6.7 4.3K votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

Style: whimsical

Plot: galaxy, android, bureaucracy, based on novel or book, chase, space travel, alien, survival, ...

Cast

Emily Blunt

Josh O'Connor

Colin Firth

Colman Domingo

Disclosure Day (2026)

6.7 880 votes

Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 146 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower after uncovering secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation. Meanwhile, a meteorologist experiencing strange phenomena joins forces with him to prove there's life beyond our understanding.

Plot: new york city, childhood trauma, alien, on the run, kansas city, mind reading, alien invasion, meteorologist, ...

The Whispers (2015) TV Show

6.7 181 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Audience: TV-14

Story: We love to play games with our children. But what happens when someone else starts to play with them too? Someone we don't know. Can't see. Can't hear. In The Whispers, someone or something -- is manipulating the ones we love most to accomplish the unthinkable. An unseen alien force has figured this human weakness out. They have invaded earth and are using our most unlikely resource to achieve world domination – our children.

Plot: alien

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