Steven Spielberg once again made a movie that focuses on aliens coming to Earth, so it's probably worth watching some other great alien invasion films.

For your extraterrestrial viewing needs, Stacker ranked the top 30 alien movies, according to their IMDb user rating.

So if you’re needing your alien fix this week, here are the five best alien movies worth adding to your Netflix watchlist. It only makes sense to start off this list with an actual alien invasion ...

Left to Right: Steven Yeun in "Nope," the alien in Steven Spielberg's "E.T." and Scarlett Johansson in "Under the Skin" (Universal Pictures / A24) It didn’t take long for stories about ...

Netflix has officially confirmed that one of its most anticipated films of 2026 will be making a comeback. War Machine ...

For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has been one of cinema's most influential storytellers when it comes to life beyond Earth. Across his career, he has explored alien encounters through wonder, ...

In one of the most memorable moments — and my personal favorite scene — from M. Night Shyamalan’s 2002 sci-fi thriller “Signs ...

The Alien franchise's canon was completely rewritten by its best installment since 1986's Aliens, dropping existing lore for ...

The pleasures of Netflix’s sci-fi action movie War Machine are simple, straightforward, and gut-level. It’s a movie about tough people enduring rough stuff against long odds, building camaraderie and ...

War of the Worlds is a vicious alien-invasion movie from Steven Spielberg that's worlds away from his most recent release, ...

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.