For his third feature film as a director, Jordan Peele offered a unique take on the sci-fi experience of aliens. 

Nope (2022)

Direct-to-streaming films rarely hold up well against their theatrical counterparts, but Hulu’s Prey is the best Predator movie since 1987.

Prey (2022)

After over a decade, Avatar will finally get a sequel later this year with The Way of Water. But James Cameron’s original movie remains a wonder to behold, especially in 3D. 

Avatar (2009)

Galaxy Quest ( 1999 )

Galaxy Quest is not Star Trek, and yet it may be one of the best Star Trek movies ever made. It’s a very loving tribute to the Trek franchise, with Tim Allen as the very William Shatner-esque Jason Nesmith, an actor who never escaped his leading role on the sci-fi series Galaxy Quest. 

In his feature film debut, Neill Blomkamp crafted one of the most enduring alien movies of the 21st century. The film imagines a world where an alien spaceship hovered over Johannesburg during the late stages of South Africa’s era of apartheid, presenting issues such as segregation and xenophobia.

District 9 (2009)

The title of Super 8 refers to a camera, but the movie feels like a love letter to film history, particularly drawing on the history of E.T. The film depicts a group of teenagers harmlessly filming their own zombie film in 1979 Ohio when a train derailment changes everything.

Super 8 (2011)

Director Edgar Wright began his Cornetto Trilogy with a send-up of the zombie genre (Shaun of the Dead), continued it with an action parody (Hot Fuzz), and surprised everyone by finishing it off with The World’s End.

The World's End (2013)

The line that tells us exactly what’s at the heart of Men in Black is when Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) tells Jay (Will Smith), “Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe, 500 years ago everybody knew the Earth was flat, and 15 minutes ago, you knew people were alone on this planet.

Men in Black (1997)

“In space, no one can hear you scream.” This list just wouldn’t be complete without the original Alien movie. This was the film that launched a franchise, but the alien Xenomorphs have never been more terrifying than in their first appearance.

Alien (1979)
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