From Project Hail Mary to Independence Day, Alien to Arrival, these alien movies are much better than Disclosure Day.

For your extraterrestrial viewing needs, Stacker ranked the top 30 alien movies, according to their IMDb user rating.

Directed by Steven SpielbergAn ordinary lineman becomes obsessed with mysterious visions after witnessing a UFO, while a ...

From unforgettable classics to modern sci-fi hits, these Hollywood alien films have captivated audiences for decades.

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SETI scientists searched the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS for radio signals that could indicate extraterrestrial technology but found nothing beyond human-made interference. Even so, the ...

Left to Right: Steven Yeun in "Nope," the alien in Steven Spielberg's "E.T." and Scarlett Johansson in "Under the Skin" (Universal Pictures / A24) It didn’t take long for stories about ...

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Late-period Spielberg remains one of cinema’s last great humanists, turning extraterrestrial wonder into a plea for empathy in an increasingly fractured world ...

For over a century, science fiction has used aliens to talk about empire, paranoia, language, and power — here’s how ...

The quality and scope of his films make any attempt to rank them a fool’s errand: nevertheless, that’s exactly what I’ve tried to do below ...