These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial life.

Explore the production secrets, directorial vision, and thematic depth behind one of cinema's greatest action films.

Fire In the Sky was based on the 1978 book The Walton Experience from real-life logger Travis Walton. In it, Walton details his own alleged experience with an alien abduction on November 5, 1975, a tale which he first sold to The National Enquirer.

Steven Spielberg is back! After years of making smaller movies that – let’s be honest – didn’t gross as much as they should have, the one-time king of the summer blockbuster reclaimed his throne last

Steven Spielberg’s fourth film about alien encounters is “Disclosure Day,” following “ET: The Extra-Terrestrial,” “War of the Worlds,” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” That inspired us to take another look at what Roger Ebert thought about some of the most famous and infamous alien movies,

Don’t expect a straightforward timeline, because continuity is a mess with the Alien and Predator timelines (even if, as in this list, you choose to ignore tie-in comics, novels, and games). Predator: Badlands has finally made the connectivity matter ...

The '90s had plenty of beloved alien movies, but this obscure gem starring Charlie Sheen is a great addition for Prime Video subscribers hungry for more sci-fi.

Undoubtedly, Xenomorphs are still one of the freakiest monsters ever to be released on big screens. The biomechanical design, the green acid blood, and a never-ending hunger for blood still give fans nightmares. Over the years, the franchise has spawned a ...

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