Movies like Alien
If Alien's mix of android, spacecraft and space marine stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Alien's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Prometheus
2012 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 124 min6.6
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Ridley Scott · Shares: android, alien, space · Also science fiction and horror
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
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Alien³
1992 · Directed by David Fincher · 114 min6.4
Why you'll like itWith Sigourney Weaver · Shares: android, spacecraft, dystopia · Also science fiction and horror
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility.
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Aliens
1986 · Directed by James Cameron · 137 min8.0
Why you'll like itWith Sigourney Weaver · Shares: android, space marine, space travel
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years.
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The Martian
2015 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 141 min7.7
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Ridley Scott · Shares: spacecraft, space
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet.
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The Thing
1982 · Directed by John Carpenter · 109 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft, space marine, alien · Also horror and science fiction
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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WALL·E
2008 · Directed by Andrew Stanton · 98 min8.1
Why you'll like itWith Sigourney Weaver · Shares: dystopia, space travel, space
After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE.
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Serenity
2005 · Directed by Joss Whedon · 119 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft, dystopia, space opera
A group of rebels travel the outskirts of space evading the sinister Alliance regime. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours a dangerous secret.
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Sunshine
2007 · Directed by Danny Boyle · 108 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: space marine, space suit, space travel
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails.
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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft, dystopia, space travel
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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Star Wars
1977 · Directed by George Lucas · 121 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: android, space, space opera · From the same decade (1970s)
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo…
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Pandorum
2009 · Directed by Christian Alvart · 108 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft, dystopia · Also horror and science fiction
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is.
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Event Horizon
1997 · Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson · 96 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: space marine, space travel · Also horror and science fiction
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage.