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1. Alien (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 950,084 | Gross: $78.90M
2. Skylines (2020)
R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.
Director: Liam O'Donnell | Stars: Lindsey Morgan, Jonathan Howard, Daniel Bernhardt, Rhona Mitra
Votes: 9,206
3. Halo 2 (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As the alien Covenant invade Earth, the Master Chief must defend humanity's homeworld whilst discovering more about the rings called "Halo."
Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Julie Benz, Hamilton Camp, Tim Dadabo
Votes: 10,460
4. Halo: Combat Evolved (2001 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Super-soldier John-117, Master Chief of the United Nations Space Command, must battle a genocidal alien race known as the Covenant following his violent crash-landing on Halo, an ancient and mysterious ring-world.
Director: Jason Jones | Stars: Jen Taylor, Pete Stacker, Tim Dadabo, Steve Downes
Votes: 12,167
5. The Green Slime (1968)
G | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
After destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Robert Horton, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard Jaeckel, Bud Widom
Votes: 3,929
6. War of the Worlds: Goliath (2012)
PG-13 | 85 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A retro-futuristic epic of steampunk battle set in 1914. It has been 15 years since the original H.G. Wells Martian invasion. Fearing another attack, the human race has prepared itself. ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Pearson | Stars: Adam Baldwin, Beau Billingslea, Kim Buckingham, Jim Byrnes
Votes: 1,267 | Gross: $0.01M
7. Duke Nukem 3D (1996 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Blonde action hero Duke Nukem takes on murderous aliens and mutated Los Angeles police officers that have taken over Los Angeles.
Director: Greg Malone | Stars: Lani Minella, Jon St. John, Lee Jackson
Votes: 3,432
8. High Desert Kill (1989 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Like every year, Jim, Ray, Brad and Paul leave the town for a week to go hunting in the woods. But this year everything is different: There's not a single animal to be found, the whole ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Marc Singer, Anthony Geary, Micah Grant, Chuck Connors
Votes: 425
9. Doom (1993 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy, Horror
In the future, an unnamed marine fights for survival on a space station on Mars where the Union Aerospace Corporation accidentally opened up a physical portal to Hell.
Directors: John Carmack, Tomohiko Sato | Stars: Kevin Cloud, David Koseruba, Christopher Murvey, Bobby Prince
Votes: 5,614
10. Doom 3 (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A demonic invasion at Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars Research Facility has left only you and a handful of survivors with the chance to fight your way to safety.
Stars: J. Grant Albrecht, Dee Bradley Baker, Michael Bell, Steve Blum
Votes: 4,458
11. Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Doom 2 follows the story of Doom-Guy, killing hell creatures, for the future of mankind.
Stars: Kevin Cloud, Bobby Prince, John Romero
Votes: 3,278
12. Stranded (1987)
PG-13 | 80 min | Sci-Fi
A young woman and her grandmother living in an isolated farmhouse are kidnapped by aliens.
Director: Fleming B. Fuller | Stars: Ione Skye, Maureen O'Sullivan, Joe Morton, Susan Barnes
Votes: 464
13. Doom 64 (1997 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy, Horror
The sole surviving Marine that lived through the horrors of Hell returns to Earth, reclaiming it from an invasion that nearly eradicated humanity.
Votes: 832
14. Duke Nukem (1991 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Madman Dr. Proton is determined to take over the world with his army of Techbots. Duke Nukem, the eponymous hero ventures through cities, chases Dr. Proton to his moonbase, and pursues him through time, to put an end to his mad schemes.
Star: Jon St. John
Votes: 1,049
15. Duke Nukem II (1993 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 1998, the evil Rigelatins plan to enslave Earth, and they kidnap Duke Nukem while he is on a talk show advertising his new book: "Why I'm So Great". Duke breaks free to save the world again.
Star: Joe Siegler
Votes: 184
16. Artifact (2013)
Action, Adventure, Drama
Human's struggle to obtain ancient Artifacts that have been scattered throughout space.
Stars: Cesar D' La Torre, Rich Finley, Ksenia Valenti, Daniel Begus
Votes: 55
17. Space Invaders (1978 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Sci-Fi
Commonly considered as one of the most influential video games of all time, the goal is to defeat wave after wave of descending aliens with a horizontally moving laser cannon to earn as many points as possible.
Votes: 931
18. Contra III: The Alien Wars (1992 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The year is 2636. Red Falcon has now declared an all-out war on humanity. Bill "Mad Dog" Rizer and his partner Lance "Scorpion" Bean must now battle Red Falcon once again and drive the aliens off the face of the Earth.
Director: Nobuya Nakazato
Votes: 388
20. The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (1991 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Aliens have invaded Springfield and it is up to Bart to stop their evil plan.
Director: Garry Kitchen | Star: Nancy Cartwright
Votes: 218
21. Area 51 (1995 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
An alien virus at Area 51 military base has infected the workers, and the aliens are quickly spreading. As part of the elite S.T.A.R.R. special forces team, you are dropped into live-fire ... See full summary »
Star: Matt Mullins
Votes: 113
22. Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter! (1991 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Family
In the sixth installment of the classic Commander Keen series, eight-year-old Billy Blaze follows the alien Bloogs to the planet of Fribbulus Xax to rescue his babysitter Molly who happens to be the sister of Billy's nemesis Mortimer.
Votes: 82
23. Space Invaders II (1980 Video Game)
Action, Sci-Fi
The object of the game is to shoot the alien invaders and keep them off the ground.
Votes: 57
24. 'Goodbye, Galaxy!' Episode IV: Secret of the Oracle (1991 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After following an alien distress call, Billy Blaze AKA Commander Keen meets the Oracle and the Gnosticenes on planet Gnosticus IV and learns of the hostile Shikadi and their plan to destroy the galaxy with the help of an old foe.
Votes: 107
25. Captain Skyhawk (1990 Video Game)
Action, Sci-Fi
An alien invasion menaces planet Earth. Only Captain Skyhawk can stop it.
Votes: 43
26. Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die! (1990 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Keen journeys to Vorticon VI to find the Grand Intellect. He travels through Vorticon cities and outposts to gain access to the Grand Intellect's lair, fighting mostly against the Vorticons and ultimately his school rival Mortimer McMire.
Director: Tom Hall
Votes: 81
28. Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes (1990 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Tthe Vorticon mothership has locked its cannons on eight of Earth's landmarks, and Keen journeys to the ship to find and deactivate each of the cannons. Keen does so by fighting enemies and hazards and a Vorticon at each cannon's control.
Director: Tom Hall
Votes: 89
30. Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars (1990 Video Game)
Not Rated | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Child genius Billy Blaze builds a spaceship and puts on his brother's football helmet to become Commander Keen. He flies to Mars but while away from the ship the Vorticons steal four vital ship parts. Keen journeys Mars to find them.
Director: Tom Hall
Votes: 132
32. 'Goodbye, Galaxy!' Episode V: The Armageddon Machine (1991 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Billy Blaza AKA Commander Keen journeys through the gigantic Armageddon Machine space station, destroying the individual subsystems of the machine. Along the way, he learns that the Shikadi are being led by a mysterious "Grand Intellect".
Votes: 85
33.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Better Luck Next Time
(1999)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A man is arrested for killing another and claims he is possessed by an alien. As he convinces one of the detectives through mental images, her partner is questioning another witness who was also there.
Director: Martin Cummins | Stars: Megan Gallagher, Nicholas Campbell, Michael Riley, William McNamara
Votes: 193
34.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Relativity Theory
(1998)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A survey team searching for resources for Earth lands on a promising planet which appears to be uninhabited. However, they soon come under attack and must decide how to respond.
Director: Ken Girotti | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Jeremy Ratchford, Tim Guinee, Hiro Kanagawa
Votes: 336
35.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
E.B.E.
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder and Scully become the focus of a disinformation campaign when they attempt to trace the government's secret transport of an alien life form.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Jerry Hardin, Allan Lysell
Votes: 5,889
36.
Under the Mountain (1981)
Episode:
The Gift of Oblivion
(1981)
24 min | Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Time is running out as Rangitoto is ablaze and crimson. Ricky is left as a decoy as the twins and Mr. Jones struggle towards their final goal, not realizing just how ruthless the aliens are.
Director: Chris Bailey | Stars: Kirsty Wilkinson, Lance Warren, Roy Leywood, William Johnson
Votes: 12
37.
Artifact (2013)
Episode:
CruxEnigma
(2017)
Action, Adventure, Drama
In a Stroy by Allan Linder, a fallen Astronaut searches the unknown for a way home. What he finds will change the future of humanity forever.
Votes: 22
38.
Space Force (2020–2022)
Episode:
The Europa Project
(2022)
TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy
Space Force has a big decision to make: spend their time creating a Powerpoint presentation about an alien invasion - or get into a team prank war?
Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Steve Carell, John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, Diana Silvers
Votes: 890
39.
Artifact (2013)
Episode:
First Contact (Pilot)
(2013)
Action, Adventure, Drama
An excavation team's Captain must save his crew from being consumed and driven mad by a recovered artifact.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Daniel Begus, Cesar D' La Torre, David Fichtenmayer, Rich Finley
Votes: 28
40.
Artifact (2013)
Episode:
Dissimulation
(2015)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A Captain searching for an Artifact on a desolate planet, exposes the truths of his mission.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel
Votes: 27
41.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
My Struggle
(2015)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the collapse of their relationship, former FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are reunited by a TV host who promotes conspiracy theories about the government and believes that alien abductions are actually false flag operations.
Director: Chris Carter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Joel McHale
Votes: 8,065
42.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
The Zygon Invasion
(2015)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Zygons, a shape-shifting alien race, and humans live in peace together on earth, but a group of rogue zygons threaten the peace between humans and zygons.
Director: Daniel Nettheim | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Ingrid Oliver, Jemma Redgrave
Votes: 5,382