Stalker (1979)

Flight of the Navigator (1986)

Summary: In 1978, a boy travels eight years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.

Release Date: August 01, 1986

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family

Director: Randal Kleiser

Writers: Mark H. Baker

, Michael Burton

, Phil Joanou

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: G

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Producers Sales Organization (PSO), Viking Films, New Star Entertainment

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Disney+

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 18,564,613

International: $ 1,397

The Thing (1982)

Summary: A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Release Date: June 25, 1982

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: John Carpenter

Writers: Bill Lancaster

, John W. Campbell Jr.

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: 16+

Production: Universal Pictures, Turman-Foster Company, Province of BC, Ministry of Tourism, Film Promotion Office

Distributor: CBS, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA Videocassette, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), HBO Max

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,629,760

International: $ 4,881

Man of Steel (2013)

Summary: An alien child is evacuated from his dying world and sent to Earth to live among humans. His peace is threatened when other survivors of his home planet invade Earth.

Release Date: June 14, 2013

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Zack Snyder

Writers: David S. Goyer

, Christopher Nolan

, Jerry Siegel

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, Syncopy

Distributor: HBO Max, KVH Media Group, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Franchise: DC Extended Universe

Movie budget: $ 225,000,000

Domestic: $ 291,045,518

International: $ 379,100,000

Heavy Metal (1981)

Summary: A glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.

Release Date: August 07, 1981

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Animation

Directors: Gerald Potterton

, John Bruno

, John Halas

Writers: Daniel Goldberg

, Len Blum

, Dan O'Bannon

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Guardian Trust Company, Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Potterton Productions

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Video, TBS Superstation

Countries: United Kingdom, Canada, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,300,000

Domestic: $ 546,545

International: $ 1,015

HyperNormalisation (2016)

Summary: Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.

Release Date: October 16, 2016

Genre: Documentary

Director: Adam Curtis

Writer: Adam Curtis

Runtime: 2 h 46 min

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

War of the Worlds (2005)

Summary: An alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.

Release Date: June 29, 2005

Genres: Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Josh Friedman

, David Koepp

, H.G. Wells

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

Distributor: DreamWorks Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 132,000,000

Domestic: $ 234,280,354

International: $ 369,592,765

Children of Men (2006)

Summary: In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.

Release Date: January 05, 2007

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Director: Alfonso Cuarón

Writers: Alfonso Cuarón

, Timothy J. Sexton

, David Arata

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Strike Entertainment, Hit & Run Productions, Ingenious Film Partners 2, Toho-Towa

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 76,000,000

Domestic: $ 35,552,383

International: $ 35,043,081

Communion (1989)

Summary: Oct.4 and Dec.26 the Strieber family drives from NYC to their cabin in the woods. Both nights there are some powerful lights outside and maybe aliens. The dad is mentally affected by the "bad dream", goes to the shrink and is hypn...

Release Date: November 10, 1989

Genres: Drama, Biography, Horror

Director: Philippe Mora

Writer: Whitley Strieber

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: R

Production: Allied Vision, Morgan Creek Entertainment, Pheasantry Films

Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment, Elite Entertainment, Hen's Tooth Video, Image Entertainment, M.C.E.G. Virgin Home Entertainment, New Line Home Video, Scream Factory, Video Treasures

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,919,653

Mirage Men (2013)

Summary: For over 60 years, the US Air Force and US intelligence services exploited and manipulated beliefs about UFOs and extraterrestrial visits as part of their counter-intelligence programs. Now some of those behind these operations sp...

Release Date: March 27, 2014

Genre: Documentary

Directors: John Lundberg

, Roland Denning

, Kypros Kyprianou

Writer: Mark Pilkington

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Perception Management Productions

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Color Out of Space (2019)

Summary: A secluded farm is struck by a strange meteorite which has apocalyptic consequences for the family living there and possibly the world.

Release Date: February 25, 2020

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: Richard Stanley

Writers: H.P. Lovecraft

, Richard Stanley

, Scarlett Amaris

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: SpectreVision, ACE Pictures Entertainment, XYZ Films

Distributor: Shudder

Countries: United States, Malaysia, Portugal

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 765,561

International: $ 257,949

Sphere (1998)

Summary: A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years' worth of coral growth at the bottom of the ocean.

Release Date: February 13, 1998

Genres: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: Barry Levinson

Writers: Michael Crichton

, Kurt Wimmer

, Stephen Hauser

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Baltimore Pictures, Constant c Productions

Distributor: Warner Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 80,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,020,277

The Predator (2018)

Summary: When 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.

Release Date: September 14, 2018

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Shane Black

Writers: Fred Dekker

, Shane Black

, Jim Thomas

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Davis Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Canada Film Capital

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, HBO Max

Countries: Canada, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Predator

Movie budget: $ 88,000,000

Domestic: $ 51,024,708

International: $ 109,517,426

Pixels (2015)

Summary: When aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth in the form of the video games.

Release Date: July 24, 2015

Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Director: Chris Columbus

Writers: Tim Herlihy

, Timothy Dowling

, Patrick Jean

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), Film Croppers Entertainment, Prime Focus

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing, Amazon Freevee, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, China

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 88,000,000

Domestic: $ 78,747,585

International: $ 166,127,224

Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983)

Summary: A mysterious and powerful alien girl Elle sends invitations to all of Ataru's friends to attend her wedding ceremony to non other than Ataru himself, to the surprise of everyone, and to the rage of Lum, Ataru's obsessed alien lover.

Release Date: February 11, 1983

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Animation, Anime

Director: Mamoru Oshii

Writers: Rumiko Takahashi

, Tomoko Konparu

, Mamoru Oshii

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

Production: Kitty Films, Pierrot

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese