Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore stories tagged with aliens and extraterrestrial encounters.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 402 films · Page 6.
Komödie, Sci-Fi, romantic comedy, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Steven Mills is a widowed scientist working on different ways to send radio waves into deep space. After he sends a radio wave out of the galaxy, it hits the planet of Cosine N to the 8th, disrupting the planet's gravity. Celeste is sent t…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, adventure film, alien invasion, disaster film, drama film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
A narrated prologue shows the weapons of modern warfare from World War I and World War II, then warns of the upcoming "War of the Worlds" fought with "the terrible weapons of super-science menacing all mankind and every creature on Earth".…
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Komödie, Musical, Romance Film, Sci-Fi, musical film, romantic comedy, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In the San Fernando Valley, Valerie Gail works as a manicurist at the Curl Up & Dye salon. Dissatisfied with the lack of sexual interest from her fiancé, Dr. Ted Gallagher, she receives a makeover from her friend and the salon manager, Can…
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Horror, action film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
Steve Malone, an agent from the Environmental Protection Agency, is sent to a U.S. Army base in Alabama to test possible effects on the surrounding ecological system caused by military actions. With him are Marti, his teenage daughter from…
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B movie, Sci-Fi, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, speculative fiction film
A television announcer reports sightings of a red fireball around the world. Meanwhile, Nancy Archer, a wealthy but highly troubled woman with a history of emotional instability and immoderate drinking, is driving on a road that night in a…
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Computeranimation, Komödie, Sci-Fi, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, fantasy film, science fiction film
On Planet 51, green extraterrestrials live peacefully in Glipforg, a town reminiscent of the United States during the 1950s. One day, a mysterious spacecraft lands in town, carrying NASA astronaut Captain Charles T. "Chuck" Baker, who is s…
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Found Footage, Sci-Fi, Thriller, adventure film, found footage film, science fiction film
Dr. Samantha Unger, CEO of Europa Ventures, narrates the story of the Europa One mission. Six astronauts embark on a privately funded mission to Jupiter's moon Europa in an attempt to find extraterrestrial life.
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Fantasy, Komödie, Sci-Fi, children's film, comedy film, fantasy film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Frank and Faye Riley, an elderly couple, manage an apartment building and cafe in the East Village, Manhattan. Their tenants are Mason, an unsuccessful artist; Marisa, a pregnant woman waiting for her boyfriend to return; the janitor, Harr…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, action film, apocalyptic film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film, war film
Jarrod and his girlfriend Elaine arrive in Los Angeles, California, for Jarrod's best friend Terry's birthday party. They celebrate with Terry's girlfriend, Candice, and his assistant, Denise. During a private argument about whether or not…
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Adventure, Dramedy, Family Drama, adventure film, drama film
Ten-year-old T. S. Spivet lives on a Montana ranch with his sister, his mother, an entomologist, and his father, a cowboy.
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, adventure film, science fiction film, teen film
Alex, a socially reclusive boy whose father recently died in a fire, reluctantly attends the southern Californian summer camp "Rim of the World". He meets two other "misfits" - Zhen Zhen, a non-verbal orphan girl from China, and the wealth…
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Fantasy, Military Film, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
A squad of Federation troops and psychic soldiers find themselves pinned down on a planet overrun by Arachnids. General Jack Shepherd (Ed Lauter) makes a last stand with four of his best soldiers, allowing the majority of his surviving tro…
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Fantasy, Military Film, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, science fiction film
In the eleven years of "The Second Bug War", the Mobile Infantry has improved their weapons and tactics. However, the Arachnids have countered these developments with new and tougher variants. The United Citizen Federation, now finding its…
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Horror comedy, Parodie, Sci-Fi, Splatter Film, action film, comedy horror, science fiction comedy, splatter film
After the town of Kaihoro's entire population disappear, the Astro Investigation and Defence Service (AIDS) sends their agents Derek, Frank, Ozzy, and Barry to investigate. They find the town overrun by man-eating aliens disguised as human…
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Dark Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, comedy film, crime film
In 1960, delinquent high-school student Dawn Davenport is expelled from the Baltimore school system for bad behavior and is very ungrateful when her parents refuse to buy her the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas. In a fit of rage, sh…
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Monster Film, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, science fiction film
On an asteroid prison, a group of dangerous aliens known as Krites are set to be transported to another station. The Krites engineer an escape and hijack a ship, prompting the warden to hire two shape-changing bounty hunters, Ug and Lee, t…
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Coming Of Age, Komödie, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film
Joe Toy, on the verge of adulthood, finds himself increasingly frustrated by the attempts of his single father, Frank, to manage his life. After a family game night ends with Joe calling the cops on Frank for false reasons, he declares fre…
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Time Travel, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
SG-1 and Jack O'Neill attend a Tok'ra extraction ceremony for Ba'al, the last of the Goa'uld System Lords. Ba'al claims, however, that he is merely the last clone and that the real Ba'al has a fail-safe plan. The real Ba'al travels back in…
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Japanese Monster Movie, action film, adventure film, alien invasion, crossover fiction, science fiction film
Over the course of the 20th century, environmental disasters cause the appearance of giant monsters and superhumans, dubbed "mutants", who are then recruited into the Earth Defense Force (EDF) to battle the monsters. The strongest of these…
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Action, Komödie, Sci-Fi, action film, alien invasion, comedy film, comedy horror, coming-of-age film, hood film, monster film, science fiction film
On Guy Fawkes Night, trainee nurse Samantha Adams is mugged and violently attacked by a gang of teenage hoodlums from South London: Pest, Dennis, Jerome, Biggz and leader Moses. When a meteorite falls from the sky into a nearby car, Samant…
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Cartoon, action film, crime film, speculative fiction film, thriller
In an alternate universe, heroic versions of Lex Luthor and Joker (called the Jester) steal a device called the "Quantum Trigger" from the headquarters of the Crime Syndicate. When an alarm is tripped, the Jester sacrifices himself to allo…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Tragic Comedy Film, coming-of-age film, crime film
Old Dolio Dyne, an emotionally stunted 26-year-old woman, is in a manipulative relationship with her con artist parents, Robert and Theresa Dyne, who treat her as an accomplice to their petty thefts and scams rather than as a daughter. The…
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action film, science fiction film
On the planet Krypton, criminals General Zod, Ursa and Non are sentenced to eternal banishment inside the Phantom Zone by Jor-El for insurrection and murder, amongst other crimes. Thirty years later, Superman diverts a missile into outer s…
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Action, Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, buddy cop film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
Jack DeVries, a quiet citizen with no criminal past, robs a Los Angeles Wells Fargo bank, kills all of the security guards inside, and leads the Los Angeles Police Department on a high-speed chase. The chase ends when DeVries encounters a …
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