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

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ever since H.G. Wells released "War of the Worlds" in 1898, popular culture has been fascinated by alien invasion stories. For over a century, ...

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

Michel Faber's 2000 novel "Under the Skin" received a film adaptation in 2013 that was met with critical acclaim. Long before he won an Academy Award for "The Zone of Interest," director Jonathan ...

Dropping a tribute to Ridley Scott’s 1979 “Alien” halfway through his franchise-expanding series wasn’t easy. But Noah Hawley just had to do it. “The show was already a huge lift, and then to sort of ...

Spielberg’s new film explores humanity's reaction to proven extraterrestrial existence. 1993’s "Fire In the Sky" is acclaimed for its terrifying alien abduction sequence. Based on Travis Walton’s ...