Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "alien-invasion-sci-fi"

51. V (1984–1985)

TV-PG | 1,088 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A year after Liberation Day, courtesy of the red-dust bacteria, the humanoid, lizard-like aliens develop a resistance to the micro-organism and try to regain control of the Earth--only now, some humans are knowingly working with them.

Stars: Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Michael Ironside, Jane Badler

Votes: 14,121

52. Alienoid (2022)

Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The door of time opens between the swordsman who wants to seize the legendary divine sword at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty and those who chase after an alien prisoner imprisoned in a human body in 2022.

Director: Dong-hoon Choi | Stars: Yoon Byung-hee, Kim Chan-hyung, Kim Dae-myung, Shim Dal-gi

Votes: 5,439

53. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.

Director: Stephen Chiodo | Stars: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon

Votes: 45,705 | Gross: $15.63M

54. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

PG | 115 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 70,205 | Gross: $24.95M

55. Fire in the Sky (1993)

PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy

An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.

Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg

Votes: 28,588 | Gross: $20.10M

56. The World's End (2013)

R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from twenty years earlier unwittingly become humanity's only hope for survival.

Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike

Votes: 298,747 | Gross: $26.00M

57. Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A woman transformed into a giant after she is struck by a meteorite on her wedding day becomes part of a team of monsters sent in by the U.S. government to defeat an alien mastermind trying to take over Earth.

Directors: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Seth Rogen

Votes: 176,632 | Gross: $198.35M

58. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

G | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe

Votes: 85,946

59. UFO (1970–1971)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Sci-Fi

The missions of the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization (SHADO), which defends Earth from extra-terrestrial threats.

Stars: Ed Bishop, Dolores Mantez, Michael Billington, Ayshea Brough

Votes: 4,163

60. Alien

TV-MA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Filming

A prequel series set three decades before the events of the 1979 film.

Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Sydney Chandler, Essie Davis, Alex Lawther

61. Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

PG | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A farm boy recruits a band of outlaws to save the planet Akir from forces that threaten to wipe them out from the face of the universe. A battle stretching beyond the stars begins here.

Directors: Jimmy T. Murakami, Roger Corman | Stars: George Peppard, Robert Vaughn, Richard Thomas, John Saxon

Votes: 10,294

62. The Transformers (1984–1987)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Two opposing factions of transforming alien robots engage in a battle that has the fate of Earth in the balance.

Stars: Frank Welker, Peter Cullen, Corey Burton, Christopher Collins

Votes: 23,631

63. Coneheads (1993)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Aliens with conical crania crash-land on Earth.

Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Robert Knott, Jonathan Penner

Votes: 58,116 | Gross: $21.27M

64. Monsters (2010)

R | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.

Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides, Annalee Jefferies

Votes: 97,823 | Gross: $0.24M

65. V (1983)

Unrated | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A seemingly peaceful alien race, arrives at earth and asks for help to ensure their own planets survival. However, the visitors agenda turns out be much darker.

Stars: Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, Faye Grant, Peter Nelson

Votes: 17,227

66. Mulligan (2023– )

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

After an alien attack destroys the earth, what remains of humanity has the chance to start society over from scratch.

Stars: Dana Carvey, Nat Faxon, Tina Fey, Phil LaMarr

Votes: 1,291

67. The X Files (1998)

PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Neville, William B. Davis

Votes: 110,338 | Gross: $83.90M

68. The Thing from Another World (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.

Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness, Robert Cornthwaite

Votes: 33,532

69. Save the Green Planet! (2003)

Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Byeong-gu believes that the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and sets out to save the world.

Director: Joon-Hwan Jang | Stars: Shin Ha-kyun, Baek Yun-shik, Hwang Jung-min, Lee Jae-yong

Votes: 8,736 | Gross: $0.01M

70. The Mandalorian & Grogu (2026)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Pre-production

Once a lone bounty hunter, Mandalorian Din Djarin and his apprentice Grogu embark on an exciting new Star Wars adventure.

Director: Jon Favreau

71. Destroy All Monsters (1968)

G | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In 1999, a race of she-aliens, the Kilaaks, brainwash Earth's monsters into attacking major cities, prompting a team of astronauts to stop the invaders while the monsters battle Ghidorah.

Directors: Ishirô Honda, Jun Fukuda | Stars: Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yoshio Tsuchiya

Votes: 7,693

72. Aliens in the Attic (2009)

PG | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.

Director: John Schultz | Stars: Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffman, Carter Jenkins, Austin Butler

Votes: 24,471 | Gross: $25.20M

73. Battle Los Angeles (2011)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.

Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ramón Rodríguez

Votes: 185,390 | Gross: $83.55M

74. Earth: Final Conflict (1997–2002)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

When an alien species comes to Earth bearing gifts for humanity, a few suspicious humans seek to discover and resist the newcomers' true designs.

Stars: Von Flores, Leni Parker, Anita La Selva, Richard Chevolleau

Votes: 4,806

75. The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

PG | 84 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

Director: Nelson Shin | Stars: Orson Welles, Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy, Norman Alden

Votes: 42,048 | Gross: $5.85M

76. The Host (2013)

PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder risks everything to protect the people she cares about.

Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel, Diane Kruger

Votes: 118,688 | Gross: $26.63M

77. The War of the Worlds (1953)

G | 85 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite

Votes: 38,674 | Gross: $4.36M

78. The Darkest Hour (2011)

PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race who have attacked Earth via our power supply.

Director: Chris Gorak | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor

Votes: 63,971 | Gross: $21.43M

79. The Andromeda Strain (1971)

G | 131 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what killed the citizens of a small town and how the deadly contagion can be stopped.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: James Olson, Arthur Hill, David Wayne, Kate Reid

Votes: 40,555 | Gross: $3.42M

80. Attack the Block (2011)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.

Director: Joe Cornish | Stars: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones

Votes: 111,586 | Gross: $1.02M

81. The Invaders (1967–1968)

TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The Aliens are here, posing as human, and not friendly. David Vincent has seen them land and now must evade them and convince others of their presence while not being put in the booby hatch.

Stars: Roy Thinnes, Kent Smith, Max Kleven, William Windom

Votes: 3,459

82. The Blob (1958)

Approved | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.

Directors: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr. | Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland

Votes: 29,477

83. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan

Votes: 54,959

84. The Arrival (1996)

PG-13 | 115 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Zane, an astronomer, discovers intelligent alien life. But the aliens are keeping a deadly secret, and will do anything to stop Zane from learning it.

Director: David Twohy | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Shane

Votes: 38,283 | Gross: $14.05M

85. The Watch (I) (2012)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.

Director: Akiva Schaffer | Stars: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Billy Crudup

Votes: 133,168 | Gross: $35.35M

86. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Evil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible "Plan 9" into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger.

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr. | Stars: Gregory Walcott, Tom Keene, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore

Votes: 40,556

87. Rim of the World (2019)

TV-14 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Four misfit campers must band together and conquer their fears in order to save the world during an alien invasion.

Director: McG | Stars: Jack Gore, Miya Cech, Benjamin Flores Jr., Alessio Scalzotto

Votes: 25,393

88. 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: 3,997

89. Horror Express (1972)

R | 88 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

While on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a parasitic life-form.

Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza, Telly Savalas

Votes: 12,847

90. Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Godzilla's fiftieth Anniversary project, in which Godzilla travels around the world to fight his old foes and his allies plus a new, mysterious monster named Monster X.

Directors: Ryûhei Kitamura, Koji Hashimoto, Shûsuke Kaneko, Toshio Masuda, Takao Okawara, Masaaki Tezuka, Kenshô Yamashita, Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Don Frye, Maki Mizuno

Votes: 9,703

91. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)

G | 82 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

An eight-year-old boy genius and his friends must rescue their parents after the adults are abducted by aliens.

Director: John A. Davis | Stars: Debi Derryberry, Rob Paulsen, Megan Cavanagh, Mark DeCarlo

Votes: 38,158 | Gross: $80.94M

92. Skyline (2010)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth.

Directors: Colin Strause, Greg Strause | Stars: Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel

Votes: 92,252 | Gross: $21.37M

93. Invader ZIM (2001–2006)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

An alien named Zim from the planet Irk is sent on a secret mission to conquer Earth, not realising that his leaders were just trying to get rid of him and hoped that he would die. Once there, Zim manages to disguise himself as a human child, but one boy named Dib sees through his disguise.

Stars: Andy Berman, Richard Steven Horvitz, Rikki Simons, Melissa Fahn

Votes: 22,661

94. It Came from Outer Space (1953)

Approved | 81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer

Votes: 11,124

95. World Trigger (2014– )

TV-14 | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

Suddenly one day, monsters called Neighbors emerge from a portal to a different world. Earth's weapons do not affect them, but a mysterious group of warriors begins to fight the Neighbors.

Stars: Yûki Kaji, Tomo Muranaka, Brian Doe Chua, Nao Tamura

Votes: 1,084

96. They Came from Beyond Space (1967)

Unrated | 85 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

Scientists investigating an unusual meteor shower in a rural field are possessed by an alien force bent on an ulterior purpose.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin, Bernard Kay

Votes: 2,058

97. 2001: A Space Travesty (2000)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Marshal Dix is to free US president from aliens on the int'l lunar base. A clone has replaced him in The White House. Can Dix prevent an alien invasion?

Director: Allan A. Goldstein | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Ophélie Winter, Ezio Greggio, Peter Egan

Votes: 12,946

98. BrainDead (2016)

TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

A government employee discovers that the cause of the tensions between the two political parties is a race of extraterrestrial insects eating the brains of the politicians.

Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Danny Pino, Aaron Tveit, Tony Shalhoub

Votes: 12,093

99. War of the Worlds: The Attack (2023)

85 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

The adventures of 3 young astronomers and their fight to survive a deadly Martian invasion.

Director: Junaid Syed | Stars: Sam Gittins, Leo Staar, Vincent Regan, Alhaji Fofana

Votes: 2,875

100. Landscape with Invisible Hand (2023)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

When an occupying alien species' bureaucratic rule and advanced technology leaves most of Earth impoverished and unemployed, two teenagers hatch a risky plan to ensure their families' futures.

Director: Cory Finley | Stars: Asante Blackk, Tiffany Haddish, Kylie Rogers, Brooklynn MacKinzie

Votes: 3,407