Mike Miller is the executive editor on the movies team at Entertainment Weekly. He previously worked as a writer-reporter for PEOPLE and TMZ.

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

With Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” due in theaters this week, we give props to the best space invasion movies of all time.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thanks to the success of Alien: Romulus and Alien: Earth, the Alien franchise is hotter than ever before, burning through the ...

Our guide on the five best movies about aliens to stream on Netflix right now.

David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton in 'The Man Who Fell to Earth'; a Xenomorph in 'Aliens'; Scarlett Johansson as the Female in 'Under the Skin' A casual viewer might assume that if you've seen one ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Are we alone in the universe? It's a huge question with no easy answer. And, following on from that, if we aren't alone, what would beings ...

It's a big universe out there, and while we're all for exploring it, a specific subgenre of science fiction movies has hinted that it might be a bad idea. Alien invasion movies have come in droves ...

The legacy of the 1979 film Alien cannot be understated. The movie defied the conventions of both horror movies and science-fiction, blending both into something truly original. It also redefined the ...

FX's new series Alien: Earth opens with a scene familiar to any fans of the storied science fiction horror film franchise: A crew of dysfunctional, blue-collar workers waking from extended hibernation ...

Nearly every major studio has taken a turn at spinning a great sci-fi franchise, and while there have been a few misfires along the way, arguably the biggest success of them all is Alien. Ridley Scott ...