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

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ever since H.G. Wells released "War of the Worlds" in 1898, popular culture has been fascinated by alien invasion stories. For over a century, ...

All the talk in Hollywood right now is the release of Steven Spielberg's new alien movie, Disclosure Day. Although Spielberg has certainly never lost his touch, the film feels like a return to his ...

Steven Spielberg knows aliens. Though he hasn't made as many UFO-centric movies as you might assume (he's made more movies about WWII than he has about extraterrestrials), the director behind Close ...

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 ...