Movies and TV series about alien invasions
The 51 best titles about alien invasions, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Joe Russo
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionAfter the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in
One-Punch Man
2015
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedySaitama is a hero who only became a hero for fun. After three years of “special” training, though, he’s become so strong that he’s practically invincible. In fact, he’s too strong—even his mightiest o
A Quiet Place
2018 · John Krasinski
MovieDramaHorrorScience FictionA family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
The Avengers
2012 · Joss Whedon
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionWhen an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull t
Edge of Tomorrow
2014 · Doug Liman
MovieActionScience FictionMajor 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 hi
A Quiet Place Part II
2021 · John Krasinski
MovieHorrorScience FictionThrillerFollowing the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threa
3 Body Problem
2024 · David Benioff
SeriesDramaMysterySci-Fi & FantasyAcross continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the laws of science unravel and an existential threat emerges.
The Suicide Squad
2021 · James Gunn
MovieActionAdventureComedySupervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infu
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
2007 · Kazuya Tsurumaki
MovieActionAnimationDramaAfter the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterio
Falling Skies
2011 · David Eick
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyFalling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded to
A Quiet Place: Day One
2024 · Michael Sarnoski
MovieHorrorScience FictionThrillerAs New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.
War of the Worlds
2005 · Steven Spielberg
MovieAdventureScience FictionThrillerRay 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 powerf
Captain Marvel
2019 · Ryan Fleck
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionThe 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
Pacific Rim
2013 · Guillermo del Toro
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionUsing massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the
Starship Troopers
1997 · Paul Verhoeven
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionSet in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally t
Independence Day
1996 · Roland Emmerich
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionStrange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredi
Secret Invasion
2023 · Kyle Bradstreet
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyNick Fury and Talos discover a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005 · Garth Jennings
MovieAdventureComedyScience FictionMere 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
Man of Steel
2013 · Zack Snyder
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionA young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerg
The Faculty
1998 · Robert Rodriguez
MovieHorrorScience FictionWhen some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet!
Ender's Game
2013 · Gavin Hood
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionBased on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
Mars Attacks!
1996 · Tim Burton
MovieComedyFantasyScience FictionA 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 recei
The Tomorrow War
2021 · Chris McKay
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionThe 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. T
We Can Be Heroes
2020 · Robert Rodriguez
MovieActionComedyFamilyWhen alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.
Cowboys & Aliens
2011 · Jon Favreau
MovieActionScience FictionThrillerA stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhy
Predator 2
1990 · Stephen Hopkins
MovieActionScience FictionThrillerA police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
Chicken Little
2005 · Mark Dindal
MovieAnimationComedyFamilyWhen the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet fr
Scary Movie 3
2003 · David Zucker
MovieComedyIn the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, news anchorwoman Cindy Campbell has to investigate mysterious crop circles and killing video tapes, and help the President stop an alien invasion
Battle: Los Angeles
2011 · Jonathan Liebesman
MovieActionScience FictionWhen once distant UFOs become a terrifying threat and an alien invasion force begins attacking Earths major costal and riverside cities, a U.S Marine staff sergeant and his team are sent into battle o
The Predator
2018 · Shane Black
MovieActionScience FictionThrillerWhen a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.
The Invasion
2007 · Oliver Hirschbiegel
MovieHorrorMysteryScience FictionWashington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien vi
Scary Movie 4
2006 · David Zucker
MovieComedyCindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secre
Men in Black: International
2019 · F. Gary Gray
MovieActionAdventureComedyThe Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.
Independence Day: Resurgence
2016 · Roland Emmerich
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionWe always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the a
The 5th Wave
2016 · J Blakeson
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
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