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The Fourth Kind (2009)
, 1h38Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Charlotte Milchard, Will Patton, Corey Johnson
Chapman University hosts a televised interview with psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich/Charlotte Milchard). She tells a story of a close encounter incident at Nome, Alaska, in October 2000.
The World's End (2013)
, 1h49Directed by Edgar Wright
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about alcoholism, La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about religion, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan
Gary King (Simon Pegg), a middle-aged alcoholic, tracks down his estranged schoolfriends and persuades them to complete "the Golden Mile", a pub crawl encompassing the 12 pubs of their hometown of Newton Haven. The group attempted the crawl as teenagers, but failed to reach the final pub, The World's End.
Earth to Echo (2014)
, 1h31Directed by Dave Green
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Teo Halm, Astro, Jason Gray-Stanford, Cassius Willis, Drake Kemper, Chris Wylde
The personalities of three neighborhood teens, Alex, Tuck and Munch, clash as they receive cryptic encoded messages on their cell phones which contain maps to a crashed alien. The friendly alien needs specific parts to repair itself and lures the boys to help it by following maps sent to their cell phones. They are all closely tailed by the usual shadowy government agents who plan to trap the alien for dissection. As the boys (and later, a girl named Emma who joins them) befriend the little E.T., they name him "Echo" due to its ability to echo sounds. After being caught and escaping the government agents, the crew takes a newly repaired Echo to the buried bridge of its ship. They say goodbye and escape to the surface as the rest of the ship assembles itself by pulling parts up from the ground and reassembling itself above their neighborhood.
, 1h22Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Circus films, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Comedy horror films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, Royal Dano, John Vernon, Christopher Titus
In the town of Crescent Cove, California, Farmer Gene Green spies an object fall to Earth. Believing it to be Halley's Comet, he goes to find it, coming across a large circus tent-like structure. He is at first amused by the sight, but he and his dog Pooh Bear are quickly captured by mysterious clown-like aliens. Meanwhile, Mike Tobacco and his girlfriend Debbie Stone also investigate. Coming across the same structure, they discover a complex interior that looks nothing like a circus tent. They discover the old man in a cotton candy-shaped cocoons and are nearly captured by the alien clowns, who coat them with a popcorn gun as they escape. A balloon-animal dog that comes to life gives chase.
Directed by Yumi Kakazu, Rie Tanaka
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Films about extraterrestrial life, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Yumi Kakazu, Rie Tanaka, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yasunori Matsumoto
The film opens with a sunken ship, in which a shark is swimming; an octopus lands on its head next to a mermaid. The Merman tribe destroys another planet while looking for the Mermaid tribe.
The Faculty (1998)
, 1h44Directed by Robert Rodríguez
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Films about school violence, Disaster films
Actors Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Elijah Wood
One evening at Herrington High School in Ohio, a few teachers, the head football coach and the principal leave after discussions about the school's budget. Having left her keys behind, Principal Drake (Bebe Neuwirth) returns to retrieve them. In her office, she is barred from leaving by Coach Willis (Robert Patrick), who becomes increasingly erratic, then impulsively stakes a pencil through her hand and Drake facially slashes Willis with keys. Drake flees to the main school doors only to find the handles chained up and drama teacher Mrs. Olsen (Piper Laurie) is outside, unable to assist Drake. Willis is then ambushed by Drake hiding in a room, smashing a jar on his head, seizes his keyset and grabs scissors for a weapon. Drake runs to the doors with Willis at her tail, unable to immediately find the correct key allows Willis to get up close and obstruct door closure, but Drake successfully closes the padlock. Olsen then consecutively stabs Drake with the scissors with an emotionless face, and reveals that Olsen is in cahoots with Willis.
The Invasion (2007)
, 1h38Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Veronica Cartwright, Roger Rees
After the space shuttle Patriot crashes on Earth, a fungus-like alien lifeform is discovered on the remaining parts scattered over US territory. Once people come into contact with the organism, they are controlled by it when they enter REM sleep. One of the first people infected is Tucker Kaufman, a CDC director investigating the crash.
, 1h48Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films set in the future, Films about cats, Films about extraterrestrial life, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki, Miyuki Sawashiro, Masaharu Fukuyama, Kotono Mitsuishi
The movie's plot involves Nobita, who throws a temper tantrum because he wants a really large RC toy robot in order to upstage the rich kid, Suneo, who has been showing off the new robot that his cousin made. His fit makes Doraemon angry and he uses his Anywhere Door to get anyway from the summer heat cool off at the North Pole. Sometime later, Nobita follows and a discovers a strange bowling ball-like orb which starts blinking with a pulsating light, and summons what looks like a giant robot´s foot. After Nobita uses the foot to sled down, crashing into his room through the Anywhere Door, the bowling ball follows him home through the door and another robot piece falls into his backyard. A frozen Doraemon follows soon after, covered in ice before being thawed out and with a cold. Learning of the robot parts, Doraemon admits to Nobita that he has nothing to do with it as the two use the Opposite World Entrance Oil and the Roll-Up Fishing Hole to enter the World Inside the Mirror, an alternate mirror world without people. There, they built the robot which Nobita christens the name "Zanda Claus" as he believed the sphere summoning the parts is from Santa Claus.
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
, 1h28Directed by Simon Wells
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Martiens, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois, Breckin Meyer, Mindy Sterling, Tom Everett Scott
Nine-year-old Milo (Seth Green, voice-over by Seth Dusky) is just beginning summer vacation, and his father (Tom Everett Scott) is leaving for a business trip. While Milo is wanting his summer to be a fun one, his mother (Joan Cusack) assigns him chores and tasks like taking out the trash. At dinnertime, Milo is given broccoli. His mother has a "no broccoli, no TV" rule which Milo cleverly evades. When Milo feeds his broccoli to his cat, his mom grounds him and sends him to bed early. After a heated argument with his mother, Milo wishes that he never had a mom. Later that night, his wish comes true when his mother is abducted by Martians who plan to steal her "momness" to rear their own young.
Spaceballs (1987)
, 1h32Directed by Mel Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about films, Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films, Films about royalty
Actors Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Daphne Zuniga, Mel Brooks, Dick Van Patten
Planet Spaceball, led by the incompetent President Skroob, has wasted all of its air. Skroob schemes to steal air from the planet Druidia by kidnapping Princess Vespa, the daughter of King Roland on the day of her pre-arranged wedding to the narcoleptic Prince Valium. Skroob sends the villainous Dark Helmet to complete this task with Spaceball One, an impossibly huge ship helmed by Colonel Sandurz. Before they can arrive, Vespa herself abandons her marriage and flees the planet in her personal Mercedes spaceship along with her Droid of Honor, Dot Matrix.
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
, 1h30Directed by Stephen Herek, Peter Hewitt
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Musical, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about religion, Time travel films, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Demons in film, Films about extraterrestrial life, Ghost films, Buddy films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Joss Ackland, George Carlin, Pam Grier
The film opens in the utopian future that results from the music of Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves). Chuck De Nomolos (Joss Ackland), who detests this society, steals one of the time-traveling phone booths and sends two robots modeled after Bill and Ted to the late 20th century, with the intent to prevent Bill and Ted from winning the San Dimas Battle of the Bands. Rufus (George Carlin) attempts to stop De Nomolos but becomes lost in the circuits of time.
My Favorite Martian (1999)
, 1h20Directed by Donald Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Martiens, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Jeff Daniels, Christopher Lloyd, Daryl Hannah, Elizabeth Hurley, Ray Walston, Wayne Knight
The film opens on Mars, showing the last moments of a Mars rover's mission. As the rover prepares to sample a Martian rock, the rover loses power and becomes inoperable. The scene pans up from the dead rover to show a huge, undiscovered Martian city just beyond the rock the rover was about to sample. A spaceship is seen quickly rocketing from the city and accelerating into space.
, 1h27Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes L'adolescence, Films about writers, Films about education, Films about children, Space adventure films, Films about journalists, Sur la Lune, Superman films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, L'enfance marginalisée, Political films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Sur la Lune, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about school violence
Actors Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer, Sam Wanamaker
Superman saves a spaceship of cosmonauts whose ship was thrown off course by debris, then visits his home-town of Smallville as Clark. Now that his adoptive parents have died, Clark has inherited their now-unattended farm. In an empty barn, he uncovers the capsule that brought him to Earth, and removes a luminescent green Kryptonian energy module. A recording left by his mother Lara (voiced by Susannah York) states that its power can be used only once. Unwilling to sell the farm to a mall developer, Superman returns to Metropolis.
Alien Nation (1988)
, 1h31Directed by Charles Graham Baker, Graham Baker
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about racism, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Buddy films, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Jeff Kober, Brian Thompson, Leslie Bevis
The year is 1991; three years since an unidentified flying object bearing 300,000 enslaved aliens, the Newcomers, landed in the Mojave Desert on planet Earth. Los Angeles later becomes their new home. Matthew Sykes (Caan), a police detective, loses his partner Bill Tuggle (Brown) in a shootout. The detectives were trying to stop two Newcomer criminals murdering another Newcomer named Porter at a grocery, in what appeared to be a robbery.
The Thing (2011)
, 1h43Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Eric Christian Olsen, Stig Henrik Hoff
In 1982, an alien spacecraft is discovered beneath the Antarctic ice by a team from a Norwegian research base: Edvard (Trond Espen Seim), Jonas (Kristofer Hivju), Olav (Jan Gunnar Røise), Karl (Carsten Bjørnlund), Juliette (Kim Bubbs), Lars (Jørgen Langhelle), Henrik (Jo Adrian Haavind), Colin (Jonathan Lloyd Walker), and Peder (Stig Henrik Hoff). Columbia University paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is recruited by Dr. Sander Halvorson (Ulrich Thomsen) and his assistant Adam Finch (Eric Christian Olsen) to investigate the discovery.