Aliens are now deemed as actual creatures flying around in outer space. Earth at the moment feels as if there is a lot going on with all the doom and gloom, so escaping in these other worldly movies feels like the best move.Netflixhas put together quite the array of movies that will take any viewer into the galaxy and beyond. If shape-shifting aliens likeThe Thingor aliens that resemble insects like inEnders Gamearen’t your thing, then don’t worry because there is a Martian movie for any and all alien-loving movie watchers.
No matter what form the aliens decide to make their appearance in, there are plenty of movies showing off these other worldly creatures. Netflix has given viewers plenty of different scenarios and storylines that these Martians may fall prey to if they ever decide to make an appearance.Some alien moviesdo fall prey to the typical tropes of what happens to creatures who decide to come down from space, but it’s hard for viewers to not get sucked in. These are Netflix’s 10 best alien films that are able to bring the action, drama, romance, and adventure that everyone will enjoy.
10After Earth
Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith star inAfter Earth. The movie follows humankind who were forced to leave Earth and make a new home on Nova Prime. Kitai feels the enormous pressure to follow in his father’s footsteps which isn’t so easy when his father is a legend. The two set out on a trip to mend their relationship, but everything goes south when they crash-land on Earth. If they want to survive Earth’s hostile environment, they must trust each other or die.
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9We Can Be Heroes
Alien movies aren’t always meant to be watched with the whole family, but that isn’t true with Robert Rodriguez’sWe Can Be Heroes.Den of Geekcalls the film an unexpected sequel toSharkboy and Lavagirl,with a new group of kids with superhero parents. They quickly become the last line of defense against an alien invasion after their parents get kidnapped by other life forms. The kids have some unusual powers, but each one gets to show off their special skill throughout the movie. There are also plenty of plot twists to keep the whole family invested until the end.
8Annihilation
Annihilationstars Natalie Portman as Lena who’s a biologist and former soldier. She joins a mission to go into Area X, where a mysterious phenomenon continues to expand across the American coastline. Lena also hopes to uncover what happened to her husband, but once she’s inside, the expedition turns deadly. The land had mutated, and dangerous yet beautiful creatures have taken over that threaten their lives and their sanity.
7The Thing
The Thingis aremake of the 1982 movieof the same name. Norwegian researchers discover an alien ship buried deep in the snow. Kate Lloyd is a paleontologist that joins the Arctic outpost to investigate the organisms. She figures that these creatures have been here for eons but looks as if they are about to wake up. Now since it is freed from its cage, the insidious life-form attacks. The creature seems to take on the form of its victims which quickly spreads paranoia through the crew as they try to survive.
6Star Trek
Alien movies aren’t always horror films, and forStar Trek, it’s more of a space adventure. The crew of the USS Enterprise has the best starship ever built with a novice crew. They go out on their first voyage where they collide with Nero, a Romulan commander who threatens all of humanity. James Kirk is a young officer who’s accompanied by a level-headed and logical Vulcan named Spock who must put aside their differences and find a way to defeat Nero before it’s too late.
5Time Trap
A creepy cave in the middle of nowhere is the site of two disappearances. A group of friends decides to go on a camping trip and investigate what’s really going on in the cave. They become trapped inside the cave and soon discover that time passes differently underground than it does on the surface. As they continue to explore, the group experiences a series of dangerous events that are related to time and space distortion.Austin ChronicledescribesTime TrapasRip Van WinklemeetsBack to the Futurewith a plot that’s fascinating.
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4Rim of the World
Rim of the Worldis entertaining and incorporatesearly-80s Steven Spielbergvibes. A group of summer camp kids get left behind after an alien invasion. The rest of the camp evacuates without them, and four campers are left with a key that may be the secret to stopping the invaders. With no adults or electronics to help them, the kids must band together if they want to save the world.
Dwayne Johnson stars inDoom, which is loosely based on a video game series. Johnson leads a group of Marines through a portal that takes them to a research facility on Mars. They learn that a test subject who was injected with alien DNA broke out and began killing people. Dr. Grimm says the alien chromosome that was injected can mutate humans into monsters and is highly infectious. It is up to Johnson and his team to stop the monster before it can hurt anybody else.
2Beyond Skyline
During the middle of an alien invasion inBeyond Skyline, a Los Angeles police officer makes it his mission to rescue as many people as he can from alien abductions. He must first get his son out of jail before he can save anyone. The officer than forms a team with other citizens of Los Angeles to evade the incoming attack and defeat the extraterrestrial life-forms. However, they fall victim to being abducted, and the officer and his son must band together with the others on board if they want to make it off the ship and save their planet from the invaders.
1Extinction
InExtinction, a father’s life suddenly starts to decimate when he has recurring dreams of a destructive and unknown force coming down on Earth. He needs to find the courage and strength to save his wife and two daughters when his nightmares suddenly become a reality. Aliens launch a devastating attack on Earth where this family needs to fight if they want to survive. However, not everything is as it seems, and the movie throws in a twist that most viewers won’t see coming.
