The best alien & first-contact films, series, games & books

A taut thriller that asks whether proof of alien life would liberate or terrify us.

A science teacher wakes alone in deep space, memory gone, tasked with solving a mystery threatening Earth.

Jake Sully's family faces a ruthless Na'vi tribe, the Ash People, in a new war for Pandora.

A computer scientist joins a billionaire's island facility to investigate extraterrestrial matter — chaos follows contact.

A news anchorwoman stumbles into stopping an alien invasion — played entirely for laughs.

Elite commandos in a Central American jungle discover they are the prey of an extraterrestrial warrior.

A commercial spaceship crew follows a distress signal to a planet hiding thousands of alien eggs.

A lonely Hawaiian girl and a fugitive alien help each other mend what is broken.

A genius drags his inherently timid grandson on chaotic, universe-spanning alien adventures.

A Krypton refugee grows into Earth's greatest hero across his turbulent teenage years.

An eccentric CIA household gains an alien housemate, mining the culture clash for comedy.

A military team uses an ancient alien Stargate to explore — and defend — a galaxy of planets.

A teenager's father is the world's most powerful superhero — and now Mark is developing powers too.

A 900-year-old alien Time Lord travels the universe, saving planets — more of a hobby, really.

Two FBI agents chase paranormal cases: one believes in aliens, the other is a determined skeptic.

Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew explore new worlds, making alien contact the heart of every voyage.

The trilogy's finale: an action RPG where your choices determine how every species survives an extinction threat.

Master Chief fights for humanity against the Covenant, an alien alliance wiping out colony after colony.

Hunters and hunted swap roles as alien monsters evolve in real time during the chase.

Colonial Marines return to fight the Alien franchise's iconic extraterrestrial in a story-driven shooter.

Four ninja turtles fight their way through Shredder and his goons in classic side-scrolling arcade action.

Play as Alien, Predator, or Marine on LV1201, where three species battle for survival.

The XL edition adds a playable Alien fighter to Mortal Kombat X's roster alongside Leatherface and Triborg.

Place towers strategically to stop waves of alien enemies from stealing your power cores.

Twelve years of hypnosis cases push alien-contact study beyond sightings into missing time and spacecraft encounters.

The official prequel to the Xbox game, set as humanity expands its colonies beyond the Sol System.