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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Cast

Dane DeHaan

Cara Delevingne

Clive Owen

Rihanna

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

6.7 8.1K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: France, Germany

Duration: 137 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

Plot: shapeshifting, space travel, utopia, based on comic, alien, alien planet, energy, alien abduction, ...

Time: future

Cast

Lupita Nyong'o

Joseph Quinn

Alex Wolff

Djimon Hounsou

A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)

6.6 3.4K votes

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.

Plot: escape, cat, alien, prequel, survival, survivalist, fear, alien invasion, ...

Prometheus (2012)

6.6 13.4K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: R

Story: A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Plot: android, alien, space, creature, spin off, creation, emergency surgery, archaeological dig, ...

Time: 2090s

V/H/S/Beyond (2024)

6.6 308 votes

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America, United Arab Emirates

Duration: 114 min.

Audience: NR

Story: The infinite playground of forbidden worlds and dangerous lifeforms offered by the sci-fi horror genre will lead to the biggest, maddest, bloodiest V/H/S ever.

Plot: anthology, sequel, alien, ufo, zombie, alien invasion, found footage, portmanteau, ...

Place: india

Cast

Josh Hartnett

Elijah Wood

Jordana Brewster

Clea DuVall

The Faculty (1998)

6.6 2.3K votes

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: R

Story: When creepy things start happening at Herrington High, the students begin to suspect that their faculty is being controlled by body-snatching aliens.

Plot: drug dealer, high school, homophobia, paranoia, alien, teacher, alien invasion, drugs, ...

Cast

Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)

6.6 403 votes

Genre: Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Humanity's desperate battle to reclaim the Earth from Godzilla continues. The key to defeating the King of the Monsters may be Mechagodzilla, a robotic weapon thought to have been lost nearly 20,000 years ago.

Plot: mechagodzilla, alien, adult animation, based on movie, aftercreditsstinger, anime, godzilla

Cast

Tom Cruise

Dakota Fanning

Miranda Otto

Justin Chatwin

War of the Worlds (2005)

6.6 9.3K votes

Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

Plot: daughter, new jersey, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), airplane, based on novel or book, underground, dystopia, alien, ...

Cast

Nathan Fillion

Michael Rooker

Elizabeth Banks

Gregg Henry

Slither (2006)

6.5 1.8K votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

Plot: small town, mutant, transformation, meteor, meat, alien, zombie, parasite, ...

Cast

Will Smith

Tommy Lee Jones

Josh Brolin

Jemaine Clement

Men in Black 3 (2012)

6.5 11.1K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: United Arab Emirates, United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

Plot: time travel, time machine, based on comic, alien, buddy cop, fictional government agency, seeing the future, changing history

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000) TV Show

6.5 74 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 62

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Buzz Lightyear’s adventures as he patrols the galaxy with his team of Space Rangers, battling evildoers “to infinity and beyond.”

Plot: space, alien, space opera

Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991)

6.5 595 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 52 min.

Story: A Super Namekian named Slug comes to invade Earth. But the Z Warriors do their best to stop Slug and his gang.

Plot: martial arts, transformation, wish, alien, dragon, henchmen, anime

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992)

6.5 1.1K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 46 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Cooler has resurrected himself as a robot and is enslaving the people of New Namek. Goku and the gang must help.

Plot: martial arts, cyborg, transformation, space travel, alien, based on manga, martial artist, super power, ...

Attack the Block (2011)

6.5 2.3K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: France, United Kingdom

Duration: 88 min.

Audience: R

Story: A South London teen gang must team up with the other residents of their housing estate to protect the neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.

Plot: london, england, street gang, chase, fireworks, meteor, playground, arrest, ...

Cast

Jason Schwartzman

6.5 2.5K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America, Germany

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Plot: quarantine, asteroid, diner, grandfather, war photographer, alien, grief, space, ...

Time: 1950s

Cast

Josh Hutcherson

Jonah Bobo

Dax Shepard

Kristen Stewart

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

6.4 3.6K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: PG

Story: After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.

Plot: fire, based on novel or book, killer robot, house, space travel, wish, meteor, challenge, ...

Cast

Jack Nicholson

Glenn Close

Annette Bening

Pierce Brosnan

Mars Attacks! (1996)

6.4 5.9K votes

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

Plot: usa president, the white house, planet mars, saving the world, cataclysm, total destruction, laser gun, ambassador, ...

The Event (2010) TV Show

6.4 241 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 22

Audience: TV-14

Story: The Event is an emotional, high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker, an everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his would-be fiancée Leila, and unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history.

Plot: usa president, wormhole, teleportation, alien, conspiracy, government cover-up, assassination attempt, imposter, ...

Cast

Anthony Mackie

Morena Baccarin

Maddie Hasson

Danny Boyd Jr.

Elevation (2024)

6.4 1.0K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: Post-apocalyptic survivors find refuge in the Rocky Mountains to hide from giant, insect-like creatures that can't live above 8,000 feet. However, when one of them needs life-saving supplies, they risk it all to venture into the danger zone.

Plot: mine, colorado, alien, hospital, alien invasion, ski lift, abandoned mine, monsters, ...

Stitch! The Movie (2003)

6.4 792 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 63 min.

Audience: G

Story: The continuing adventures of Lilo, a little Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, the galaxy's most-wanted extraterrestrial. Stitch, Pleakley, and Dr. Jumba are all part of the household now, but what Lilo and Stitch don't know is that Dr. Jumba brought his other alien "experiments" to Hawaiʻi as well.

Plot: sequel, alien, spin off

Place: hawaii