For nearly 50 years, the “Alien” franchise has terrified, thrilled, and fascinated audiences. It all began in 1979 with Ridley Scott’s “Alien,” a claustrophobic horror masterpiece that introduced ...

Director Roland Emmerich’s 1996 alien invasion movie Independence Day arrives on Netflix today and I, for one, can’t wait to watch the film for what might be the 50th time. Sure, there are plenty of ...

One of the very first narrative films, Georges Méliès's "A Trip to the Moon," is about aliens. Sure, everyone remembers that shot of a rocket ship crashing into the eye of the man in the moon, but as ...

Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, starring Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning, is invading a new streaming platform in March. Find out more.

Don’t expect a straightforward timeline, because continuity is a mess with the Alien and Predator timelines (even if, as in this list, you choose to ignore tie-in comics, novels, and games). Predator: ...

For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...

So, Alien: Earth turned out not to be that great (despite being popular). Fortunately, you’ve still got the best Alien movies to watch. The franchise pioneered space horror and made the xenomorph a ...

Sci-fi movies are everywhere these days, and the streaming era has made it easier than ever to unearth many of the genre's latest and greatest offerings. Sure, there are plenty of older sci-fi movies ...

Independence Day is one of those movies pretty much everyone has seen at least once, since it’s a full-on classic. The story follows alien invaders who arrive, wipe out key locations around the globe, ...