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

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial life.

New SETI protocols outline how scientists should verify, share, and respond to potential evidence of alien intelligence in the modern information age. Reading time 4 minutes The moment of first ...

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 ...

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Disney is an entertainment behemoth that has been making its mark on pop culture for decades. Today, its wings spread wide to ...

Independence Day didn’t invent or perfect the summer movie, but it arguably understood it better than anything since.

What happens if scientists find evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence? That question was at the center of a recent SETI Live discussion about newly updated post-detection protocols and how ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. Days before the film was released worldwide, the White House co-opted the imagery of 'aliens' to further its rhetoric and anti-immigration policy.

Supergirl has always been a tricky character to adapt; the latest movie threads the needle between pluck and alienation.

The makers of the blockbusting sci-fi thriller reveal how they made a hit, why Kevin Spacey was almost involved and what went wrong with the sequel ...