Rank your top 5 alien movies

[Hawgdriver]

Go ahead, I'm too lazy.

Although I will say that Alien would be on that list for me.

[Magnificent Seven]

E.T.

Meatballs II

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Predator

Independence Day

JUST KIDDING!

[Hawgdriver]

Any man who puts Killer Klowns on his top 5--my kind of man!

[Timmy!]

Aliens
Alien
Arrival
E.T.
Batteries Not Included (bonus points if you remember this one)

[Hawgdriver]

Bonus points are the only points.

[MOtorboat]

So I need a frame of reference here. Define "alien movies."

[Hawgdriver]

I'd say

Aliens
Alien
2001
Arrival
...idk. Maybe The Last Starfighter? Or if it's more of a scary/unsettling thing, then The Thing.

[Hawgdriver]

So I need a frame of reference here. Define "alien movies."

OP gave up on it, make it your own.

[MOtorboat]

OK, I am interpreting it as human/Earth interaction.

1. Independence Day
2. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. Event Horizon
5. Starship Troopers

[Hawgdriver]

I really enjoyed Star Trek IV when it was released.

[Timmy!]

OK, I am interpreting it as human/Earth interaction.

1. Independence Day
2. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. Event Horizon
5. Starship Troopers

Solid effort. Event Horizon is a masterpiece. I threw out all star trek/war movies. Lol@id4. Come on. ++ starship troopers.

[aberdien]

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. E.T.
3. Under the Skin
4. Men In Black
5. Super 8

[Hawgdriver]

I'll have to check out Under the Skin.

[Northman]

1. Aliens
2. The Thing (1982)
3. Predator
4. Independence Day
5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[Hawgdriver]

This is awesome guys! We all like the same movies so we must be on to something. Except abe has some obscure ones, but that's his role. Good job abe.

Let's wrap this up and get some beers.

[DenBronx]

Oh man this is such a good one. This is going to be very hard for me.

Signs

War of Worlds

Pandorum

A Quiet Place

Prometheus


Star Wars, Star Trek, Predator and Alien series I can’t put on this list because I feel like they aren’t stand alone movies. The only one I feel like was a stand alone was Prometheus even though it’s tied to Aliens.


Idk..I might have to update this at a later time. SciFi in general are my favorite movies so there is too much to choose from.

[Valar Morghulis]

Mars attacks
Galaxy Quest
Space Balls
Starship Troopers
Thor

[Hawgdriver]

Oh man, A Quiet Place...forgot about that one. That's a solid #5 for me.

[Poet]

Alien

Starship Troopers (Brilliant satire)

The Faculty

Men in Black

Invasion of the Bodysnatchers.

[atwater27]

1. Close Encounters of the 3rd kind
2. Signs
3. War of the worlds
4. Aliens franchise
5. Starship Troopers
6. Contact
7. District 9
8. The Arrival
9. Communion (Christopher Walken)
10. Tha thang

[Devilspawn]

I will also exclude Star Wars and Star Trek movies but for the sake of the conversation, Treks II, IV and VI are the best. I also eliminated superhero movies, otherwise Superman II would be #1 on this list. And I eliminated Godzilla movies because I'm embarrassed to put them on my list. So with that said, here is my unconventional list. These are not in order.

Starship Troopers
The Fifth Element
Men in Black
Arrival
Independence Day

Special mention of my favorite alien film as a kid, Explorers.

[atwater27]

I couldn’t include the 5th element because it is more of a space epic and not an alien movie.

[Hawgdriver]

Special mention of my favorite alien film as a kid, Explorers.

Thought about putting that one at the back too.

[MOtorboat]

I couldn’t include the 5th element because it is more of a space epic and not an alien movie.

That's where I struggled with this one.

Spaceballs is one of my favorites. But is that an alien movie? No, it's really just a parody of Star Wars, which itself isn't really an alien movie but what you just said, a space epic.

[Hawgdriver]

OP really dropped the ball here.

[MOtorboat]

OP really dropped the ball here.

Yeah. Like, I mean, we needed some direction.

[Hawgdriver]

Yeah. Like, I mean, we needed some direction.

All he had to say was something like "the alien is mysterious and novel" or something like that. Or "scary alien flicks". But decisions like these are made way above my pay grade.

[olathebroncofan]

Not a movie, but The Newer Battlestar Galactica was great. I'd put it as #1 regardless of tv show or movie.

Starship troopers
Netflix Lost in space
Aliens
Indy day.

[DenBronx]

Like I said alien movies list are kind of hard to make. It’s just too broad compared to vampires, werewolves and mummies etc. Plus wayyy more movies have been made about aliens.

But I kind of am drawn to the horror/suspenseful alien type of movies more than anything. Most of your guys list is too cheery/kiddy for me. ��. I don’t enjoy alien comedies, I like a mankind versus some evil s*** that is trying to destroy the planet type movie. Otherwise it’s just kinda meh.

[Al Wilson 4 Mayor]

Mars Attacks is a cinematic masterpiece Scorsese could only dream of creating.

[chanesaw]

Independence Day
Alien franchise
E.T.
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
Predator