Movies about space and aliens often explore what it means to be human by showing characters facing the unknown. They deal with feelings like loneliness, fear, and hope while people try to connect with others, even when everything seems strange or different. These stories can remind us how we handle change and uncertainty in our own lives, making them easy to relate to despite the sci-fi setting.
134 Movies
2011
John Smith is a teenage fugitive from the planet Lorien, one of nine children sent to Earth after their world was destroyed by the Mogadorians. The Mogadorians are now hunting the children in a specif...
2014
Major Bill Cage, an officer with no combat experience, is abruptly demoted and sent to the front lines. He dies within minutes—taking an alpha alien with him—only to awaken at the start ...
1997
After a high-speed pursuit through the streets of New York City, a seasoned cop stumbles into a world beyond his understanding when he chases down a mysterious, otherworldly being. Soon, he's rec...
When a sudden new threat rises and endangers the entire planet, Nick Fury—leader of the global peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D.—realizes he can’t face it alone. To save the ...
2014
*Interstellar* follows a team of explorers who embark on a daring mission through a newly discovered wormhole, overcoming the immense challenges of space travel to journey across vast interstellar dis...
1986
Over 50 years after Ripley’s lifepod is discovered by a salvage crew, she learns that terra-formers are operating on the same planet where the alien species was first encountered. When a compan...
2012
A group of explorers stumbles upon an ancient clue that could reveal the true origins of humanity. Their discovery sends them on a perilous journey to the farthest reaches of the cosmos, where they mu...
2012
John Carter, a battle-worn former military captain, is unexpectedly transported to the strange and wondrous planet of Barsoom (Mars). Drawn reluctantly into a vast and perilous conflict on a world tee...
2013
When colossal creatures known as Kaiju begin emerging from the sea, they unleash a war that devastates humanity, claiming millions of lives and draining the planet’s resources. To fight back, h...
1997
In the year 2047, a team of astronauts is dispatched to locate and recover the long-lost starship *Event Horizon*. The vessel vanished without a trace seven years earlier during its maiden voyage, and...
1979
As the commercial starship *Nostromo* heads back to Earth, it picks up a mysterious distress signal from a remote planet. A three-person team sent to investigate stumbles upon a vast chamber filled wi...
2011
Written in 1931, H.P. Lovecraft’s iconic tale of suspense and cosmic horror is reimagined in the style of classic 1930s monster films such as Frankenstein, Dracula, and King Kong. Using its sig...
