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The 50 Best Movies About Aliens (Paste)

Aliens have long fascinated us. Humanity has wondered about life on the moon and among the stars at least as early as the second century, when Lucian wrote about his travels to the moon and stars and his encounters with the people there. And those imaginings about aliens made it into movies as early as 1918 with Holger-Madsen's A Trip to Mars. The Fermi Paradox might have scientists scrambling for answers on why we haven't been able to make contact with alien races, but filmmakers have rescued us from the Great Silence with countless fictional encounters with aliens throughout cinema history. Whether visitations from malicious invaders or those coming to save us from ourselves, stories of humanity encountering alien races on their own turf or movies taking place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, these 50 films present us with a wide-range of life on other planets.
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Aliens (1986)
Aliens (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
2
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
3
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
4
The Avengers (2012)
The Avengers (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
5
Under the Skin (2014)
Under the Skin (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
6
Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
7
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
8
Solaris (1972)
Solaris (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
9
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
10
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
11
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
12
They Live (1988)
They Live (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
13
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
14
The Thing (1982)
The Thing (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
15
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
16
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
17
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
18
The Fifth Element (1997)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   70%
19
Predator (1987)
Predator (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
20
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
21
The Super Dimension Fortress MacRoss: Do You Remember Love? (1984)
The Super Dimension Fortress MacRoss: Do You Remember Love? (1984)
22
Starship Troopers (1997)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   66%
23
Arrival (2016)
Arrival (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
24
Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
25
Men in Black (1997)
Men in Black (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
26
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
27
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
28
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
29
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
30
Interstella 5555: The 5Tory of the 5Ecret 5Tar 5Ystem (2003)
Interstella 5555: The 5Tory of the 5Ecret 5Tar 5Ystem (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
31
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
32
District 9 (2009)
District 9 (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
33
Attack the Block (2011)
Attack the Block (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
34
Avatar (2009)
Avatar (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
35
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
36
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
37
The Brother From Another Planet (1984)
The Brother From Another Planet (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
38
Contact (1997)
Contact (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
39
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
40
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
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