Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore stories tagged with aliens and extraterrestrial encounters.
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Romance Film, Sci-Fi, adventure film, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, mystery film, psychological drama film, romance film, science fiction film
Emissaries for DBA, a corporation operating a space station orbiting the planet Solaris, approach clinical psychologist Dr. Chris Kelvin and relay a message sent from his scientist friend Dr. Gibarian.
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Action, Horror, Obsession, Western film, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, ghost film, horror film, horror western, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, space Western film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, thriller film
In the year 2176, Mars has been 84% terraformed, giving the planet an Earth-like atmosphere. Martian society has become matriarchal, centering on the city of Chryse, with smaller outposts connected by an expansive network of trains. In the…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, adventure film, drama film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film, vampire film, zombie film
The crew of the joint British and American Space Shuttle Churchill, under the command of Colonel Tom Carlsen, finds a spaceship hidden in the coma of Halley's Comet. Inside, the crew discovers hundreds of desiccated bat-like creatures and …
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Fake Documentary, Mysterie, drama film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
Chapman University hosts a televised interview with psychologist Dr. Abigail "Abbey" Tyler, who describes a series of events that occurred in Nome, Alaska, and culminated in an alleged alien abduction in October 2000. In a re-enactment of …
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Family Comedy, Fantasy, Super Hero
Max, a lonely ten-year-old boy in suburban Austin, dreams up an imaginative world called Planet Drool, recording what he dreams about in a journal. In this realm, his many dream-born creations come to life, among them two superheroes of Dr…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
In a small Pennsylvania town in July 1957, teenager Steve Andrews and his girlfriend Jane Martin kiss at a lovers' lane when they see a meteorite crash beyond the next hill. Steve goes looking for it but Barney, an old man living nearby, f…
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Action, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film
During the reign of Emperor Renzong, a group of European mercenaries travels to China, searching for gunpowder. A few miles north of the Great Wall, they are attacked by a monster. Only Irishman William Garin and Spaniard Pero Tovar surviv…
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Action, Sci-Fi
A race of aliens arrives on Earth in a fleet of 50 huge, saucer-shaped motherships, which hover over major cities across the world. They reveal themselves on the roof of the United Nations building in New York City, appearing human, but re…
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Sci-Fi, Z movie, action film, horror film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, zombie film
thumbtime=103|thumb|Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) Mourners gather around an old man (Lugosi) at his wife's grave site as an airliner overhead flies toward Burbank, California. Pilot Jeff Trent and his co-pilot Danny are startled by a brig…
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Aliens, Dark Comedy, Sci-Fi, alien invasion, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, science fiction film
Just outside the small town of Crescent Cove, Mike Tobacco and his girlfriend Debbie Stone are spending time at the local lovers' lane when they witness the arrival of a strange glowing object. Nearby, a farmer, perceiving it as Halley's C…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Modern-Day Fantasy, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, experimental film, horror film, monster film, mystery film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, surrealist film, thriller film
In 1953, exterminator William Lee finds that his wife Joan is stealing his insecticide to use as a recreational drug. Lee is arrested by the police, and he begins hallucinating due to exposure to the insecticide. Lee believes he is a secre…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Sci-Fi, alien invasion, horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film
Zane Zaminsky and Calvin, radio astronomers employed by SETI, detect and record an extraterrestrial radio signal from Wolf 336, a star located 14 light-years away from Earth. Zane reports his discovery to his supervisor, Phil "Gordi" Gordi…
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Fantasy, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, alien invasion, drama film, dystopian film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, romance film, science fiction film, thriller film
Small parasitic aliens called "Souls", who travel to planets inserting themselves into a host body of that planet's dominant species while suppressing the host's consciousness, have taken over the human race. Deeming humans too violent to …
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Satire, Sci-Fi, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, science fiction film
By the year 2036, an alien race called the Vuvv have taken over Earth. Their presence has caused unemployment and homelessness due to their new established order, but they attempt to make humans believe that their arrival has benefited the…
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Aliens, Military Film, action film, alien invasion, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, war film
On August 12, 2011, hostile alien spacecraft make landings off the coasts of large cities. Los Angeles is evacuated while Marines from Camp Pendleton arrive, including Staff Sergeant Michael Nantz, an Iraq War veteran. Nantz, who was to be…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, fantasy film, horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
The people and animals of the sleepy fictional coastal town of Midwich in Marin County, California, fall asleep at a 10 AM "blackout" and regain consciousness at 4 PM. Following the blackout, ten women of child-bearing age mysteriously fal…
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Hard Science Fiction, Thriller, disaster film, katastrophe, science fiction film
Dr. Jeremy Stone recounts the events before the United States Senate Committee on Space Sciences in 1971: After a U.S. government satellite crashes near the small rural town of Piedmont, New Mexico, on February 5, nearly all the residents …
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Dark Comedy, Nazi exploitation, Retro Science Fiction, action film, adventure film, comedy film, science fiction film, steampunk film
In 2018, an American crewed mission lands on the Moon. The lander carries two astronauts, one of them an African-American model, James Washington, specifically chosen to aid the U.S. President's re-election (various "Black to the Moon" pos…
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Horror, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, horror film, science fiction film
The Barrett family—mother Lacy, father Daniel, older son Jesse, and younger son Sammy—reside on a quiet suburban street in an unnamed American city. Daniel is currently unemployed, placing the burden of supporting the family on Lacy, who w…
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Computeranimation, Dark Comedy, Family Comedy, Modern-Day Fantasy, black comedy, comedy film, road movie, supernatural film
At a science fair, Wednesday Addams is set to present her experiment, where she uses her pet squid Socrates' DNA on Uncle Fester to show how humans can be improved (with the side effect of gradually transmutating Fester). However, she is d…
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Aliens, Found Footage, found footage film, horror film, pseudo-documentary, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
Two years after the Apollo 17 mission, the crew of the cancelled Apollo 18 mission consisting of Commander Nathan Walker, Lieutenant Colonel John Grey, and Captain Ben Anderson are informed that it will proceed as a top-secret Department o…
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Romance Film, Sci-Fi, adventure film, drama film, monster film, science fiction film
After a NASA space probe (sent to verify the existence of extraterrestrial life in the Solar System) crash-lands in Mexico, extraterrestrial life forms spread throughout the Mexico–United States border region, leading to the quarantine of …
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Sci-Fi, action film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
Two Americans, Ben and Sean, travel to Moscow to sell a software application. After arriving, they find their business partner, Skyler, has betrayed them by already selling a knockoff. Disappointed, the pair goes to a nightclub, where they…
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Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, adventure film, children's film, family film, mystery film, science fiction film, thriller film
An alien spacecraft crashes near Searchlight, Nevada, 45 miles outside of Las Vegas. Project Moon Dust, a secret Defense Department unit led by Henry Burke, reach the scene of the crash in black helicopters. Men in black seize the spaceshi…
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