22 Best Alien Movies of All Time You Can Watch
People are always curious about the things they doesn't know, and that's why so many people get addicted to watching the science fiction movies. These movies can bring audiences into a brand new world with some special spices or the outside world in the galaxy, which can greatly satisfy people's imagination.
Alien movies are also one kind of the science fiction as well. For people who believe that aliens are actually existed in the universe, this kind of movie will be their taste. Therefore, for people who like alien movies, here we will introduce 22 best alien movies of all time. As a reference, you can choose one from the list for enjoying during your free time. Now let's look at the list.
1.Alien
Movie released date: May 25, 1979
Runtime: 117 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
Brief introduction: When the astronauts are going back to home in a spaceship after finishing an investigation to do a research on an alien vessel. When they discovers a nest of eggs inside the alien spaceship, terrible thing happens. The organism of an egg gets onto a crew's body and making him fall into a coma. What happens?
2.Aliens
Movie released date: July 18, 1986
Runtime: 137 minutes
Country:United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
The spaceship of Lt. Ripley has been floated in the space for 57 years. One chance, the space salvage team discovers the ship and save it. When they arrive at LV-426, they get into the ship and can only find one survivor, who is a 9-year-old girl called Newt. However, although the team is equipped with the latest powerful weapons, they find it hard to fight against the aliens that invade the distinct.
3.Predator
Movie released date: June 12, 1987
Runtime: 107 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
The U.S. government secretly hire a solider to save a group of politicians who are trapped in Guatemala. However, when the solider, Dutch and his team are going to do the mission and land in the Central America, something goes wrong unexpectedly. They discover many dead people, which gives their hints that they are going to be hunt by some supernatural power that may come from aliens. Will they survive till the end and finish their original mission?
4.Independence Day
Movie released date: June 25, 1996
Runtime: 145 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
During the Independence Day, a strange phenomena shows up in all over the world. It seems to be more and more obvious that an unknown power is going to arrive on the Earth. The power predicts that the Earth will be ended completely in the fourth weekend of July. To prevent this from happening and bring peace back to the planet again, a group of brave people get together for fight with this power.
5.Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Movie released date: May 25, 1977
Runtime: 121 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
The Darth Vader gets Princess Leia as the hostage, with the though to settle down the rebellion that is against the Galactic Empire. So in order to save the princess and get the freedom as well as justice back to the galaxy, Han Solo and Luke Skywalker unit together to fight with the organization bravely. Can't wait to watch the movie? You can have a look at the trailer below at first!
6. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Movie released date: May 26, 1982
Runtime: 114 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
Even an alien is trapped on the Earth, but it is discovered by a boy whose name is Elliott. Due to the alien is gentle, it quickly makes a friend with the boy. Elliott brings the alien to his house in California, and introduces him to his brother, sister. The three kids decide to keep the secret of the alien and live with it together. However, the alien gets ill, which makes the government intervene in the situation, resulting both Elliott and the alien in trouble.
7.Men in Black
Movie released date: July 2, 1997
Runtime: 98 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
Men in Black is the first movie of this series, which is adapted from the comic book series of the same name. The movie will follow two agents who work in the same secret organization called Men in Black. They have to follow the rule and do mission for hiding some extraterrestrial life that are living on Earth. If they are exposed, the Earth will get into panic.
8.Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Movie released date: May 17, 1980
Runtime: 124 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
Following the story before, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, and Chewbacca are under the attack from AT-AT walker as well as the Imperial forces. So they have to escape and find some helpers to help them get out of the difficult situation. When Luke goes to Dagobah for searching for Yoda, he finds that he can only survive from the dark side of the Force with the help from Jedi master.
9.District 9
Movie released date: August 13, 2009
Runtime: 112 minutes
Country: New Zealand, United States, South Africa
Language: English
Brief introduction:
About 30 years ago when a group of aliens lands on Earth and seek for protection because their planet is going to die, so they are solid from human, and live in a place named District 9. At that time, the aliens are managed by the Multi-National United. While watching the aliens, they try their best to learn the advanced technology brought by the aliens. However, since an agent who suffers a virus that can change his DNA, the place he can only hide is District 9. What will happen to him in the end?
10.Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Movie released date: November 16, 1977
Runtime: 135 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
This movie is about a group of people who try to communicate with alien. The main character, Roy has witnesses a strange flying object, and he also gets an evidence to prove that it has large possibility to be a UFO - after being exposed to its light, he would get a sunburn. However, Roy doesn't want to give an explanation for what he has seen, and is preparing to give up his pursuit for the truth of UFO.
11.Total Recall
Movie released date: June 1, 1990
Runtime: 113 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
Living in 2084, Douglas Quaid is a construction worker who finds his own life is really boring. Douglas is dreaming of traveling to the Mars for living there, so one day, he goes to a company 'Rekall', which says they can plants the artificial memories to human's brains for experience the excitement of traveling to Mars without doing so actually. However, during the operation, something goes wrong on Douglas. He finds out that his life is just a false memory that is planted by other people who want him to die. So what is the truth?
12.The Fifth Element
Movie released date: 7 May 1997
Runtime: 126 minutes
Country: France
Language: English
Brief introduction:
In the age of the 23rd century, a taxi driver mistakenly discovers that the world is going to change when Leeloo falls into his taxi. In order to prevent the Great Evil who is coming to destroy the world, Leeloo has to unit 5 elements together. So Korben, Vito, and Ruby have to run against the tim to save human from the wicked Zorg.
13.Return of the Jedi
Movie released date: May 25, 1983
Runtime: 132 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
In order to save the partners in the Rebel Alliance and beat the Galactic Empire, Luke Skywalker has a tough war with Jabba the Hut and Darth Vader. At the same time, Han Solo, Princess Leia also get together and unit with Chewbacca, Lando Carlrissian, the Ewoks and C-2PO, R2-D2. This strong team is going to assist Skywalker for destroying the darkness and defeat the evil emperor.
14.Signs
Movie released date: August 2, 2002
Runtime: 106 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
Graham Hess fins all things in the world are changing after he finds a message that are full of complicated circles and lines. He can even imagine that the things he discovers will change the lives of his brother and children. You will follow the steps of Graham to see what he discovers and how the message will change the life of his whole family.
15.Starship Troopers
Movie released date: November 7, 1997
Runtime: 129 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
Going to the future that is far away from now, our planet, Earth, gets involved in a war that have to fight against with the alien insects. According to investigation, the aim of these aliens are going to arise the battle for killing all lives on Earth. Before the war, an infantry goes on a travel to an alien planet that are far away from the Earth, in order to bring the war back to the Bugs. All the thing he wants to do is just to protect his species.
16.Avatar
Movie released date: December 10, 2009
Runtime: 161 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
The Na'vi ara living on a planet where call Pandora. By comparison, the species are highly evolved and they have really high technology. However, as their planet is getting poisonous, they need to find a way to get out of the trouble. So the hybrid called Avatars, undertake the responsibility to travel to the Earth and aim to build up a connection between the two species for getting a free movement. As a former Marine falling in love with a Na'vi woman, they work together to save the planet from being destroyed.
17.The Thing
Movie released date: June 25, 1982
Runtime: 109 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
It is founded that there is a great danger happened in the remote Antarctica. When some American researchers are doing researches, they are disturbed by some helicopters that will shoot at their sled dog. However, when they get the dog back, they can only find that the dog starts to attack other dogs and even human beings. The fact is that, a beast, which attacks them, will transform into the shape of the victims. So the helicopter pilot has to fight with this beast before it kills all of them.
18.Star Trek
Movie released date: April 7, 2009
Runtime: 127 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
A new crew, who has enters the USS Enterprise - the most complicated starship, starts his fist voyage. During their path, they have a collision with a Romulan commander, a person who intents to embark a mission that will threat all the human beings. Under the control of the commander, James T.Krik, Spock, Vulcan have to work together to defeat their commander for saving all mankinds.
19.Stargate
Movie released date: October 28, 1994
Runtime: 121 minutes
Country: United States, France
Language: English
Brief introduction:
Using their intelligence, professor Daniel Jackson and a retired army Col. Jack O’Neil unit together to figure out the code that will open an interstellar gateway, which can bring them to a world like the ancient Egypt. When they arrive on the planet ruled by Ra, they find that the place is a hell and they want to get back to the Earth. But the key for returning back to the Earth is charged by Ra. So Daniel and Jack need to get the key through a series of hard works.
20.Contact
Movie released date: July 11, 1997
Runtime: 149 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
Dr. Ellie Arroway is working hard to interpret and figure out a message that is probably obtained from the Vega star system. It is possible that once Ellie can prove the fact that their contact with the intelligence outside the Earth is possible, this kind of activity will be prohibited by the National Security Advisor, because they want to prevent this kind of thing will arise any negative effect on the Earth. However, Dr. Ellie finds some unbelievable contents hidden in the message. What will she do in the next?
21.The X-Files
Movie released date: June 19, 1998
Runtime: 121 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
An accident happens in a small town in Texas - A boy and his rescuers are engulfed by a black material, which remains from a prehistoric human. When the agents of FBI come to investigate and are going to get off a bomb installed in a federal facility, it explodes mistakenly, so all of the agents are died in the accident. But after the exploration, two people, Mulder and Scully get the hidden clues about the truth - the bomb is operated by someone, and the accident is also created by the government to hide the truth of the alien virus, which results in the death of the boy and his rescuer.
22.Prometheus
Movie released date: April 11, 2012
Runtime: 124 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Brief introduction:
Two brave and brilliant scientists, Shaw and Holloway, leads a team of people follows the clue of human being's origins to explore the darkest part in the universe. On their dangerous travel to the outside world, the two leaders hold different opinions on what they will meet. Actually, the universe is more dangerous than they can imagine.
Here are the first 11 alien movies you can find one for enjoying if you really like this kind of movies. Most of them are classic but really popular. Just pick one from the list and start watching now!
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