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1. Asteroid City (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright
Votes: 113,891
2. Fire in the Sky (1993)
PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg
Votes: 28,461 | Gross: $20.10M
3. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Passed | 66 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers, Roy Gordon
Votes: 6,267 | Gross: $0.48M
4. The Occupant
99 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Post-production
When Abby, a guilt-ridden engineering geologist in transit from her remote assignment survives a mysterious helicopter crash, she must try to escape the harsh environment. But she is not alone.
Director: Hugo Keijzer | Stars: Ella Balinska, Stuart Graham, Vanessa Ifediora, George Lasha
5. The Little Alien (2022)
85 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
It tells the story of Allan, who moves with his father to an apartment block on Amager after his parents get divorced.
Director: Amalie Næsby Fick | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Jesper Christensen, Peter Frödin, Bodil Jørgensen
Votes: 150
6. Under the Mountain (2009)
PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Teenage twins Rachel and Theo travel to Auckland to stay with relatives after their mother suddenly dies. They find an alien environment and overhear Mr. Wilberforce talking about something stirring beneath the ground - the fire-raiser.
Director: Jonathan King | Stars: Tom Cameron, Sam Neill, Sophie McBride, Oliver Driver
Votes: 2,235
7. The Mothman of Point Pleasant (2017)
67 min | Documentary
Learn the terrifying, true story about thirteen months that changed history! In November of 1966 a car full of kids encountered a creature unlike anything they'd ever seen before. In the ... See full summary »
Director: Seth Breedlove | Stars: Mothman, Denny Bellamy, Marcella Bennett, Lyle Blackburn
Votes: 616
8. The Underground (2021)
57 min | Documentary, Biography, Sci-Fi
What has the government been hiding just beneath your feet?
Director: Darcy Weir | Stars: Richard Dolan, Callyn Dorval, Lee Lustig, Richard Sauder
Votes: 234
9. Alien Planet (2004 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Animation, Adventure
The CGI or computer animated drama/documentary takes place on Darwin IV, a planet 6.5 light years from earth, with 2 suns and 60% of Earth's gravity. Having identified Darwin as a world ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Wayne D. Barlowe, Curtis Clark, James Garvin, Jamie Hanes
Votes: 1,668
10. The Silencers (1996)
R | 103 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Special Agent Rafferty is thrown into a maelstrom of action and intrigue when he identifies a mysterious alien race who are on a mission to invade Earth.
Director: Richard Pepin | Stars: Jack Scalia, Dennis Christopher, Carlos Lauchu, Lucinda Weist
Votes: 561
11. And Did They Listen? (2014)
98 min | Documentary
History's only scientifically verified encounter with alien life is revealed in this expose of the Billy Meier case. Corroborated by Wikileaks and celebrated by the Huffington Post, the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Horn | Stars: Michael Horn, Billy Meier
Votes: 110
12. Malysh (1987 TV Movie)
99 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Crew of a spaceship finds itself in contact with just one local inhabitant - a humanoid that looks remarkably human.
Directors: Aleksei Borodin, Yuliya Kosareva | Stars: Tatyana Kuryanova, Yulyen Balmusov, Yuriy Luchenko, Aleksandr Khotchenkov
Votes: 9
13. The Watchman Chronicles (2017)
97 min | Documentary
Director: L.A. Marzulli | Stars: L.A. Marzulli, Gary Stearman
14. Il caso Zanfretta (2011)
53 min | Documentary
Director: Alessandro Zavattero | Stars: Rino Di Stefano, Pier Fortunato Zanfretta
15. Alien Contactees: Close Encounters (2022)
Approved | 54 min | Documentary
Two CE55 Alien Contactees share their experiences and views on channeling ETs, angels, and visiting alien worlds. Contactees are people who have experienced contact with extraterrestrials. ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Norrie | Stars: Craig Barton, Kimberly Berg
Votes: 11
16. UFO saigo no shinjitsu: Bei seifu no chikyû gai seibutsu himitsu chôsa (1995 TV Movie)
72 min | Documentary
Stars: Yasutaka Tsutsui, Marc Acheroy, John B. Alexander, Victoria Alexander
17. INCONTRI RAVVICINATI (2000 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
Director: Guido Ferrari | Stars: Giorgio Bongiovanni, Richard Boylan, Giorgio Dibitonto, Leo Sprinkle
18. Green Planet (2003)
13 min | Short, Sci-Fi
A deep-space crew crash land on a jungle planet inhabited by ghostly beings.
Director: Tyler Norman | Stars: Jared Cohn, Jonah Keel, Tyler Norman, Roy Parras
19. Enígmas (2015– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Ângela Cristina De Paschoal, Cathia D. Gaya, Rogério Buzzi, Sérgio Campos
20. Alien in my Cornfield (2021 Music Video)
4 min | Music
A farmer's encounter with an alien in his cornfield spirals into a dark self-revelation, blending satire with a critique of American culture.
Director: Mikal Maldoror | Stars: Tommy Jirku, Mikal Maldoror, Aleksandar Markovic, Filip Racki
21.
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978)
Episode:
The Secret of Bigfoot: Part 1
(1976)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two geologist friends of Steve Austin disappear in Californa while placing earthquake sensors in the woods. A giant footprint is found nearby, leading to speculation of the involvement of a Sasquatch.
Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Stefanie Powers, Severn Darden
Votes: 389
22.
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode:
It May Look Like a Walnut
(1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Rob enjoys a scary televised sci-fi movie while Laura cowers in fear from it, but the next day details of that movie, where Earthlings are being taken over, appear to be coming true.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews
Votes: 576
23.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Claws of Axos: Episode One
(1971)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When a mysterious object lands near the Nuton power complex, UNIT investigate and encounter the Axons, a group of aliens who offer the mineral axonite, which can duplicate matter, as a gift.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Roger Delgado, Katy Manning
Votes: 616
24.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Time Warrior: Part One
(1973)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Brigadier asks the Doctor to investigate the disappearance of several scientists, only for him to find they have been abducted back in time.
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, Kevin Lindsay
Votes: 652
25.
Lost in Space (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Sky Is Falling
(1965)
Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A small, crab-like robot heralds the arrival of a family of colonists from an alien race called the Taurons. John believes that they are peaceful settlers, but Smith insists that they are the vanguard of an invading army.
Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen
Votes: 282
26.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Ripper
(1999)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In London in 1888, Jack the Ripper is killing prostitutes. The chief suspect is Dr. John York, who has become an absinthe addict after his misdiagnosis killed the daughter of a duke. However, the culprit is of an otherworldly nature.
Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Cary Elwes, Clare Sims, Eliza Norbury, Robert Saunders
Votes: 245
27.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'
(1996)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scully recounts the investigation of an alleged UFO encounter for the famous quirky author Jose Chung's latest novel. The case gives a whole new meaning to the term Rashomon effect. Chung later returns in Millennium: Jose Chung's 'Doomsday Defense' (1997).
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Charles Nelson Reilly, William Lucking
Votes: 6,560
28.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
Observer Effect
(2005)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Noncorporeal aliens inhabit the bodies of Enterprise crew members to study how the crew reacts to a lethal virus infection that has afflicted Trip and Hoshi.
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 1,645
29.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode:
Ground Control to Sara Lance
(2021)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Legends go looking for Sara, who has been abducted by aliens.
Director: Kevin Mock | Stars: Caity Lotz, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, Olivia Swann
Votes: 1,143
30.
Torchwood (2006–2011)
Episode:
Children of Earth: Day Two
(2009)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
The bomb explodes, blowing up Torchwood. Gwen escapes and goes on the run with husband Rhys, with an army detachment under tough female Captain Johnson in pursuit. Dekker gives Frobisher ... See full summary »
Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, Kai Owen
Votes: 1,435
31.
What If...? (2021– )
Episode:
What If... Thor Were an Only Child?
(2021)
TV-14 | 35 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Thor, who never learned to be a good hero, throws an out-of-control intergalactic party on Earth.
Director: Bryan Andrews | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston
Votes: 13,837
32.
Stargate Universe (2009–2011)
Episode:
Space
(2010)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Col. Young returns to the Destiny having left Dr. Rush on the planet below. Some are dubious about his explanation and Camile puts Young on notice that her own report may cast doubt on his ... See full summary »
Director: Andy Mikita | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira, Brian J. Smith, Elyse Levesque
Votes: 845
33.
Stargate Universe (2009–2011)
Episode:
Awakening
(2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The crew comes across a ship that is virtually identical to Destiny. The two ships automatically dock with each other and begin transferring data between systems. No one appears to be ... See full summary »
Director: Andy Mikita | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira, Brian J. Smith, Elyse Levesque
Votes: 691
34.
Conspiracy Clearinghouse (2020– )
Signs, Grudges & Blue Books - Early UFOlogy
(2021 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
The Mantell Incident, the Gorman Dogfight, Maury Island; Projects Sign, Grudge and Blue Book, and other early UFO stuff.
Director: Derek DeWitt | Star: Derek DeWitt
35.
Conspiracy Clearinghouse (2020– )
Magic Carpet Ride - UFOs & the New Age
(2021 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Aliens just want to make love, not war, man. UFOs are at the heart of much New Age philosophy.
Director: Derek DeWitt | Star: Derek DeWitt
36.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Amended (2022– )
Episode:
Amended, Part II
(2022)
14 min | Short, Sci-Fi
Claude Lacombe reviews connections of "encounters" with Barry, Minh and Jillian.
Director: Dennis Trombly | Stars: Jay Disney, Debby Gerber, Nimo Pinchart
37.
Phineas and Ferb (2007–2024)
Episode:
Sleepwalk Surprise/Sci-Fi Pie Fly
(2008)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Short, Action
Phineas and Ferb invent a new game: jet-pack volleyball. / Phineas and Ferb create a flying saucer to help solve the mystery of crop circles.
Directors: Robert Hughes, Jay Lender | Stars: Vincent Martella, Ashley Tisdale, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Caroline Rhea
Votes: 188
38.
Phineas and Ferb (2007–2024)
Episode:
Meapless in Seattle
(2012)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Short, Action
The boys are attacked by an alien robot!
Directors: Robert Hughes, George Elliott, Keith Oliver | Stars: Vincent Martella, Ashley Tisdale, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Caroline Rhea
Votes: 319
39.
Phineas and Ferb (2007–2024)
Episode:
When Worlds Collide/Road to Danville
(2012)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Short, Action
Phineas and Ferb discover that a planet is hurtling directly toward Earth. Perry gets stuck in the desert with Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
Directors: George Elliott, Robert Hughes, Jay Lender, Keith Oliver | Stars: Vincent Martella, Ashley Tisdale, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Caroline Rhea
Votes: 191
40.
Conspiracy Clearinghouse (2020– )
Red Alert - UFOs as Threat!
(2022 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Are UFOs a "threat"? Maybe.
Director: Derek DeWitt | Star: Derek DeWitt
41.
Gilligan's Planet (1982–1983)
Episode:
Turnabout Is Fair Play
(1982)
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Skipper refuses to do "women's work," preferring instead to do the "man's job" of defending the camp from aliens. But when aliens capture the Skipper, it's the women who rescue him.
Director: Hal Sutherland | Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Natalie Schafer, Jim Backus
Votes: 8
42.
RichPlanet TV (2009– )
Episode:
The Gateshead Grey
(2009)
47 min | Documentary, History, News
Richard investigates the incredible case of Robert Hall who witnessed the death of a grey alien in 1940 in Gateshead.
Director: Richard D. Hall | Stars: Thomas Dawson, Oliver Draffan, Richard D. Hall, Robert Hall
Votes: 7
43.
Storie vere (2011–2016)
Episode:
Rapiti dagli alieni?
(2013)
40 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Maurizio Baiata, Armando De Vincentiis, Erika Galli, Pier Fortunato Zanfretta
44.
Kentucky Life (2011– )
Episode:
Episode #15.6
(2011)
27 min | History
Stars: David Shuffet, Geraldine Sutton Stith, William T. Turner