Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "radio-signal"

1. Forbidden Planet (1956)

G | 98 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

A starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.

Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens

Votes: 53,438 | Gross: $3.00M

2. Sinister 2 (2015)

R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.

Director: Ciarán Foy | Stars: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan, Dartanian Sloan

Votes: 60,795 | Gross: $27.74M

3. 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: 185,394 | Gross: $83.55M

4. Candy Land (2022)

TV-MA | 93 min | Horror, Thriller

A seemingly naive and devout young woman navigates her way into the underground world of truck stop sex workers a.k.a. "lot lizards."

Director: John Swab | Stars: Olivia Luccardi, Sam Quartin, Eden Brolin, Owen Campbell

Votes: 3,754 | Gross: $0.03M

5. 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

6. All Is Lost (2013)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.

Director: J.C. Chandor | Star: Robert Redford

Votes: 83,929 | Gross: $6.26M

7. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.

Director: Kerry Conran | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi

Votes: 87,566 | Gross: $37.76M

8. A Call to Spy (2019)

PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency - SOE - to recruit and train women as spies.

Director: Lydia Dean Pilcher | Stars: Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Linus Roache

Votes: 9,380

9. 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)

PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival...."

Director: Scott Waugh | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Mira Sorvino, Sarah Dumont, Kale Culley

Votes: 8,587

10. Mayday (2021)

100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Ana is transported to a dreamlike and dangerous land where she joins an army of girls engaged in a never-ending war. Though she finds strength in this exhilarating world, she realizes that she's not the killer they want her to be.

Director: Karen Cinorre | Stars: Grace Van Patten, Mia Goth, Soko, Havana Rose Liu

Votes: 1,959

11. On the Beach (2000 TV Movie)

195 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Jacqueline McKenzie

Votes: 4,169

12. The Last Chase (1981)

PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A former race car driver's car is confiscated. He rebuilds it and drives to Free California with a teen's help. Agents dispatch a jet pilot to stop him, fearing his autonomy threatens their control.

Director: Martyn Burke | Stars: Lee Majors, Burgess Meredith, Chris Makepeace, Alexandra Stewart

Votes: 1,214

13. Magellan (2017)

103 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.

Director: Rob York | Stars: Brandon Ray Olive, K. Danor Gerald, Whitney Palmer, Matthew Mercer

Votes: 1,879

14. End of the World (1977)

PG | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After witnessing a man's death in a bizarre accident, Father Pergado goes on a spiritual retreat, where he encounters his alien double bent on world conquest.

Director: John Hayes | Stars: Christopher Lee, Sue Lyon, Kirk Scott, Dean Jagger

Votes: 1,214

15. Sometimes They Come Back... for More (1998 Video)

R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

On a arctic circle radio shack, an ancient evil lurks, ready to strike at a psychologist, an army man and their collective forces.

Director: Daniel Zelik Berk | Stars: Clayton Rohner, Faith Ford, Max Perlich, Chase Masterson

Votes: 2,534

16. A for Andromeda (2006 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In the Yorkshire Dales, a group of scientists receive radio signals from the Andromeda Galaxy. Once decoded, these give them a computer program that can design a human clone. One physicist ... See full summary »

Director: John Strickland | Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlie Cox, Kelly Reilly, Jane Asher

Votes: 744

17. Perfect Little Angels (1998 TV Movie)

125 min | Action, Drama, Family

A teen and her mother suspect mind control is being practiced in their suburban housing development.

Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Jody Thompson, Michael York, Jade Pawluk

Votes: 437

18. The Visit (IV) (2015)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary

This documentary-style film shows how government agencies try to cope with human mankind's first contact with alien life.

Director: Michael Madsen | Stars: Mazlan Othman, Paul Beaver, Janos Tisovszky, Michael Boyce

Votes: 755

19. The Russian Woodpecker (2015)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, War

A gripping, award-winning documentary about an irradiated Ukrainian artist's search for the truth about Chernobyl and his prescient and powerful warnings about Putin's plans for a coming Russian invasion.

Director: Chad Gracia | Stars: Andrei Alexandrovich, Fedor Alexandrovich, Igor Alexandrovich, Natalia Barabovskaya

Votes: 1,489

20. The Hummingbird (I) (2013)

15 min | Short, Drama, Mystery

A team of filmmakers receive an unexpected call while documenting The Cosmonaut, a film about Soviet lost cosmonauts, in Latvia and Lithuania.

Director: Rafael Pavon | Stars: Alex Marx, Olegar Fedoro, Ty Glaser, Vera Horton

Votes: 47

21. Lighter Than Hare (1960)

Approved | 7 min | Sci-Fi, Family, Animation

Outer space invader Yosemite Sam wants to capture typical earth creature Bugs.

Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 437

22. Big Chief Koko (1925)

7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

A Native American artist with a feather headdress offers his work to Max, and Ko-Ko takes the place of a cartoon Indian character, who seeks revenge against Ko-Ko and his dog pal.

Director: Dave Fleischer | Star: Max Fleischer

Votes: 48

23. Intercepted (Proof of Concept) (2020)

Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Sci-Fi

Obsessed with extraterrestrial sightings, a family man is somehow convinced that his walkie-talkie is able to receive messages from outer space. He sets off on a trek in hopes of ... See full summary »

Director: Brock R. Brahmes | Star: Inderjeet Singh

24. Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1953–1955)
Episode: Cosmic Vengeance (1955)

30 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Commando Cody sets out for Venus to destroy an outpost that his archenemy The Ruler has installed there. However, the Ruler has a surprise for Cody: he has coated Cody's spaceship with ... See full summary »

Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Judd Holdren, Aline Towne, William Schallert, I. Stanford Jolley

Votes: 14

25. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Tomorrow Is Yesterday (1967)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Enterprise is thrown back in time to 1960s Earth.

Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Roger Perry, DeForest Kelley

Votes: 4,328

26. UFO Hunters (2008–2009)
Episode: Abductions (2008)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi

The UFO magazine team investigates the 1961 case of Betty and Barney Hill, who claimed they had been abducted by aliens. They also investigate stories of alien implants.

Stars: Bill Birnes, Patrick Uskert, Jeff Tomlinson, Ted Acworth

Votes: 33

27. Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
Episode: Are We Alone? (2010)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary

This program considers the likelihood that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe and the prospects that it may inhabit a nearby planet. Then the various methods being used to look for alien intelligence are reviewed.

Stars: Morgan Freeman, William J. Borucki, Paul Davies, Geoff Marcy

Votes: 218

28. Covert Affairs (2010–2014)
Episode: Walter's Walk (2010)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Annie tries to reach out and protect a mother and son after the son uncovers a coded IRA message.

Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Kari Matchett, Anne Dudek

Votes: 430

29. Unnatural History (2010)
Episode: Sleeper in a Box (2010)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A mysterious rock arrives in the DOUM rooms at the NMC, and when Russian mercenaries try to steal it, it's up to Henry, Jasper and Maggie to stop them.

Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Kevin G. Schmidt, Jordan Gavaris, Italia Ricci, Martin Donovan

Votes: 37

30. The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001)
Episode: The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes (2001)

46 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After an unauthorized experiment at the college goes awry, young lab assistant Davidson begins seeing visions of a ship at sea and a deserted island. With Jane involved, Wells investigates what went wrong, and another curious case unfolds.

Director: Robert Young | Stars: Tom Ward, Nicholas Rowe, Barry Stanton, Raymond Coulthard

Votes: 30

31. Weird or What? (2010–2012)
Episode: Alien Encounters (2011)

TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary

Weird or What looks at alien encounters. It first looks at cattle mutilations and considers possible explanations including aliens, flies, and the government. It then examines whether alien... See full summary »

Directors: Stephen Scott, Sean Turrell, Adrian Callender | Stars: William Shatner, Mike Duran, Rick O'Kelly, Doug Fogley

Votes: 21

32. Computer Chronicles (1983–2002)
Episode: Computers in Space (1989)

TV-G | 29 min | News, Talk-Show

A look at how NASA uses computers to run the space program, launch manned spacecraft, and manage the overall operations of America's space program.

Stars: Stewart Cheifet, Gary Kildall, Michael McGreevy

33. List25 (2012– )
Episode: 25 Mind Blowing Facts about the Universe You Need to Know (2023)

19 min | Documentary, Talk-Show

Here's a primer on the universe with a few surprising facts.

Star: Michael Estrin