Movies and TV series about aliens
The 60 best titles about aliens, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.
Schindler's List
1993 · Steven Spielberg
MovieDramaHistoryWarThe true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
The Dark Knight
2008 · Christopher Nolan
MovieActionCrimeThrillerBatman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the stree
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Peter Jackson
MovieAdventureFantasyActionFrodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where
Rick and Morty
2013 · Rob Schrab
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedyFollows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
MovieAdventureFamilyScience FictionAn alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his litt
Gravity Falls
2012
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedyTwin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a tourist trap in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls,
INVINCIBLE
2021 · Margaret M. Dean
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationDramaMark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and
The Iron Giant
1999 · Brad Bird
MovieAnimationDramaFamilyIn the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejud
Dan Da Dan
2024 · Toshihiro Maeda
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedyIn a bet to prove whether ghosts or aliens exist, two high schoolers face terrifying paranormal threats, gain superpowers and maybe even fall in love?!
Project Hail Mary
2026 · Phil Lord
MovieAdventureScience FictionScience teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the rid
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Rod Serling
SeriesDramaMysterySci-Fi & FantasyAn anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Paris, Texas
1984 · Wim Wenders
MovieDramaA man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier
Assassination Classroom
2015
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedyThe students of Class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how
The X-Files
1993 · Chris Carter
SeriesCrimeMysterySci-Fi & FantasyThe exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the p
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Jeri Taylor
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaMysteryFollow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
Dragon Ball Z
1989
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & FantasyNow happily married and with a son, martial arts champion Goku must defend Earth from a series of extraterrestrial invaders bent on destruction.
Parasyte -the maxim-
2014
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationDramaA species of parasitic aliens descends on Earth and quickly infiltrates humanity by entering the brains of vulnerable targets; insatiable beings that gain total control of their host and are capable o
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012 · Ciro Nieli
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedyThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in an all-new animated series on Nickelodeon! Surfacing topside for the first time on their fifteenth birthday, the titular turtles, Leonardo, Michelangelo, R
Ben 10: Omniverse
2012 · Vincent Aniceto
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationKidsA year after the events that took place during the "Final Battle" and equipped with an all-new completed Omnitrix, 16-year-old Ben Tennyson has to face new enemies.
My Love from the Star
2013 · Choi Moon-su
SeriesComedyDramaAn alien who came to Earth 400 years ago is almost able to return to his own planet, but when he meets a famous actress, he doesn't want to go home.
Stargate SG-1
1997
SeriesAction & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyThe story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of s
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Steven Spielberg
MovieDramaScience FictionAfter an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationKidsWith his secret identity now revealed to the world, Ben Tennyson continues to fight evil as a superhero with the help of the newly acquired Ultimatrix.
Justice League
2001
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & FantasyThe long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter.
Smallville
2001 · Tom Welling
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyThe origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.
Dragon Ball Super
2015
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & FantasyWith Majin Buu defeated half-a-year prior, peace returns to Earth, where Son Goku (now a radish farmer) and his friends now live peaceful lives. However, a new threat appears in the form of Beerus, th
District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp
MovieScience FictionThirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are manage
Superman & Lois
2021 · Gregory Smith
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAfter years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, monsters wreaking havoc on Metropolis, and alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent and Lois Lane come fa
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
Stargate Atlantis
2004 · Brad Wright
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyWith the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there,
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022 · Akiva Goldsman
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & FantasyFollow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.
Doctor Who
1963
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyThe adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAt Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · Rick Berman
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyPulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.
Resident Alien
2021 · Chris Sheridan
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyCrash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solvi
Solar Opposites
2020
SeriesAnimationComedySci-Fi & FantasyA family of aliens from a much better world must take refuge in middle America after the destruction of their planet. Their mission: protect the Pupa, a living super computer that will one day evolve
Lilo & Stitch
2002 · Dean DeBlois
MovieAnimationComedyFamilyAs Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learn
Men in Black
1997 · Barry Sonnenfeld
MovieActionAdventureComedyAfter a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black.
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku
1990 · Mitsuo Hashimoto
MovieActionAnimationDramaBardock, Son Goku's father, is a low-ranking Saiyan soldier who was given the power to see into the future by the last remaining alien on a planet he just destroyed. He witnesses the destruction of hi
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 · J.J. Abrams
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionWhen the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world
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
Galaxy Quest
1999 · Dean Parisot
MovieComedyScience FictionAdventureFor four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector — Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus — set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017 · James Gunn
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionThe Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
Doctor Who
2005
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyThe Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyDuring the mid-22nd century, a century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-R
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 · Bob Kushell
SeriesComedyDramaFamilyThe high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet -- in human form as Dick Solomon. Along for the ride are his alien compatriots Harry, Sal
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