Wonderful movies about aliens

Arrival

Release Date 2016

Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: 21 Laps Entertainment, Lava Bear Director: Denis Villeneuve, Donald Sparks, Isabelle Faivre-Duboz Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker

Summary: Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

Independence Day

Release Date 1996

Rating : 7 Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Centropolis Entertainment Director: Dean Devlin, Susan Bierbaum, Annie Welles Stars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum

Summary: On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated counterattack that fails. On July 4, a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space, in order to plant a nuclear missile.

Prometheus

Release Date 2012

Rating : 7 Production Companies: Dune Entertainment, Scott Free Productions Director: Amal Baggar, Annie Penn, Louise Wade Stars: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron

Summary: 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.

Avatar

Release Date 2009

Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: 20th Century Fox, Ingenious Film Partners Director: Ana Maria Quintana, Luca Kouimelis, Sarah Hinch Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver

Summary: In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.

Alien: Covenant

Release Date 2017

Rating : 6.4 Production Companies: 20th Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Director: Merran Elliot, Melina Burns, Raymond Kirk Stars: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup

Summary: The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

Alien Resurrection

Release Date 1997

Rating : 6.2 Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Brandywine Productions Director: Shannon Kenny, Mark Oppenheimer, Susan Walter Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon

Summary: Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.

Aliens

Release Date 1986

Rating : 8.4 Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, SLM Production Group Director: Melvin Lind, Derek Cracknell, Diana Dill Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen

Summary: 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. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

Alien

Release Date 1979

Rating : 8.5 Production Companies: Twentieth Century-Fox Productions, Brandywine Productions Director: Raymond Becket, Paul Ibbetson, Kay Fenton Stars: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright

Summary: During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

District 9

Release Date 2009

Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: WingNut Films, TriStar Pictures Director: Jacques Terblanche, Neill Blomkamp, David Norris Stars: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt

Summary: Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Release Date 1982

Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment Director: Glenn Randall Jr., Daniel Attias, Esther Vivante Stars: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Robert MacNaughton

Summary: An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliot who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliot, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.