What's your favorite movie involving aliens?

[Chris_Keaton]

When I think of alien movies I don't think of Star Wars or Star Trek or any movie that is set in space. It doesn't seem 'alien' when you are in space. My mind gravitates to films like 'Encounter of the Third Kind', 'ET', or 'Paul' where everything happens on Earth.

So what are your favorite 'alien' movies?

 

[CallaghanFilms]

E.T.
The Thing
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Day the Earth Stood Still

 

[kyle.presley]

Alien.

 

[DarrenJSeeley]

Brother From Another Planet
The Thing '82
They Live
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (all of them!)
Predator
Aliens
The Arrival
Night Of The Creeps
Dark City


note: The Avengers is this weekend and has an Alien invasion in it somewhere I hear, so...

 

[CallaghanFilms]

You don't havta specify '82...the original was "The Thing From Another World"

 

[Egg Born Son]

Agree with all of the above.

Some of these are really good, others just really fun:

Alien Raiders, awesome indie film. Check it out, not just good for the budget but good in its own right.
The first half of Enemy Mine was good enough to forgive the second half (which wasn't really that bad)
Quatermass and the Pit (or was that a mini-series?)
A bunch of bad ones after the MST3K treatment not worth mentioning individually
The Last Starfighter (space I know but it was very earth-centric)
Evolution
Earth Girls are Easy
Outlander (spaceman vs alien AND vikings, what's not to like?!)
District 9
Flight of the Navigator...."compliance!"
Repo Man
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.....bwahahaha, no.

 

[swopiv]

No, that was The Thing From Another World (1951). I think what was meant was The Thing (1982). Saying that, if someone said 'The Thing', I would naturally assume they are talking about the 1982 version, unless they said 'The new Thing film' or 'The Thing '11'

D.

 

[swopiv]

But yeah, Alien.

 

[daihard]

Dude! Alien!
Predator
The Last Starfighter & Flight of the Navigator (Both epic childhood movies)
District 9
Enemy Mine

Plenty of others, but these i dont mind watching again..and again.

 

[ZazaCast]

The Visitor

.... a different kind of alien. :smile:

 

[CallaghanFilms]

That's right... I forgot about the new The Thing reboot/prequel.

 

[Chris_Keaton]

...
The Last Starfighter & Flight of the Navigator (Both epic childhood movies)
....

Then you should check out my kids sci-fi script, 'Grand Theft UFO'. Not sure why I'm plugging a script.

 

[dtroop506]

I was wondering how long it would take Keaton to plug his script. I think I had Post # 11 in the pool.

Back on topic:

ET
Close Encounters
Signs
The Thing
Alien & Aliens
Predator
too many to mention...

 

[richg101]

The Thing.

 

[mburkefilms]

Alien(s)
HHGttG (sure the books are way better, but there's still some pretty hilarious movie alien species)
Galaxy Quest (guilty pleasure)

 

[Eric Boellner]

Prometheus. :happy:

Nah, Alien tops my list. Probably followed by District 9. I think Prometheus is gonna replace D9, though, for a tight second to Alien. I thought Aliens was a pretty good movie, but I saw it before Alien, and frankly it just doesn't compare. Maybe #6 or 7 on my list, idk.

-JMT

 

[scottmd80]

MIB

 

[Rustom Irani]

Some great ones mentioned already.

I'd add:

Critters

The Abyss

and my absolute favorite, The Iron Giant.

 

[fde101]

Everyone seems to be missing The Cat from Outer Space.


+1 on both of these, too:

The Last Starfighter & Flight of the Navigator (Both epic childhood movies)

 

[Mark Stevens]

Dang I need to go back and watch some of these. I can't blieve how many classics I missed somehow.