Come in peace. 7 alien invasion movies

7. "Men in Black"

• 1997
• USA
• Fantasy, action, comedy, adventure
• Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
• Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn
• IMDb Rating: 7.3

Police officer James Edwards (Will Smith) undergoes a series of tests and is asked to work for a mysterious organization called the Men in Black, which controls aliens who have arrived on Earth. Some of them come on a business trip or as tourists, and some of them are up to no good, for example, like the ruthless Bug, who is going to destroy the Earthlings. It's up to the new agent Jay to stop him. It's good that his partner K (Tommy Lee Jones) is a veteran of dealing with aliens.

The movie was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Film (Comedy or Musical) category, and it also won an Oscar for Best Makeup. The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, which presents the Saturn Awards, recognized it as the best science fiction film of 1997.

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6. "Contact"

• 1997
• USA
• Fantasy, thriller, drama, detective
• Director: Robert Zemeckis
• Starring: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, Jena Malone, David Morse
• IMDb Rating: 7.4

Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) has been trying for years to catch a signal from extraterrestrial civilizations. She finally receives the long-awaited information, which, among other things, contains instructions for building an unusual machine. Thus Ellie comes into contact with aliens. But the trouble is that everyone on Earth considers her success a hoax. Only her fellow scientist Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey) believes Ellie.

"To me, this is one of the best movies in the genre. Very good original script, that people from an alien message decided to create a machine, very interesting, I don't think I've seen anything like that before. Great acting from the actors and great music from Alan Silvestri. Although the movie is not short, but it is watched in one breath, you don't notice just how time flies by", — Mj23.

"Great sci-fi movie, Zemeckis knows how to shoot", — _CHASER_.

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5. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

• 1977
• USA
• Fantasy, adventure
• Director: Steven Spielberg
• Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban
• IMDb Rating: 7.6

Anomalous phenomena occur in different parts of the Earth: empty airplanes that disappeared back in the forties reappear on radar, and ships find themselves in the desert. Scientists suspect that aliens are to blame for everything. Soon many people come into accidental contact with UFOs, including electrician Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss), who then begins to have visions. From now on, Roy strives at all costs to get to the place the aliens showed him.

The movie has eight Oscar nominations, including Best Director. With a budget of $20 million, the film grossed $306 million at the box office.

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4. "Edge of Tomorrow" 

• 2014
• USA, Canada
• Fantasy, action, adventure
• Director: Doug Liman
• Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Paxton, Jonas Armstrong
• IMDb Rating: 7.9

In the future, humanity has to fight an aggressive race of aliens. People are defeated in numerous skirmishes, humanity is on the brink. During one of them, the dead Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) gets alien blood before he dies. From that moment on, he keeps going back to the day he died in battle. As time goes on, he realizes that he needs to somehow survive this battle with the support of experienced fighter Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt). At the same time, William will be able to use his new knowledge and skills to help humanity win.

"Re-watched individual moments many times. Great sci-fi movie", — gkalian.

"Another great sci-fi action movie with Tom Cruise!!! Watched it with great pleasure!!!" — id386471659.

"Good movie, good sci-fi in its genre. Cruise is good and peppy in it too)", — MouseJerry.

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3. "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" 

• 1982
• USA
• Fantastic, family, drama
• Director: Steven Spielberg
• Starring: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace-Stone, Peter Coyote, Robert McNaughton
• IMDb Rating: 7.9

A group of aliens come to Earth on a peaceful research mission. American secret service agents spot a flying saucer and head to its landing site to capture the aliens. The terrified aliens fly away in a hurry, but one of them fails to make it to the ship and remains on Earth. A boy named Elliot (Henry Thomas) finds the alien and helps him get home.

Filmed for a relatively modest $10.5 million, Steven Spielberg's film grossed a record $359 million at the worldwide box office, becoming the highest-grossing movie in history for an entire decade.

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2. "Arrival" 

• 2016
• USA, Canada
• Fantasy, drama, detective
• Director: Denis Villeneuve
• Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Michael Stuhlbarg, Forest Whitaker, Mark O'Brien
• IMDb Rating: 7.9

Unidentified flying objects — presumably of alien origin — suddenly appear in 12 different locations on Earth. In an attempt to establish contact with the aliens and find out why they came to the planet, the U.S. government enlists the help of multidisciplinary specialists, including talented linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams). Gradually mastering the language of the aliens, she realizes that they not only think differently, but also perceive time in a completely different way.

The picture is based on the story "Story of Your Life" by American writer Ted Chiang. Out of eight Oscar nominations, the movie won the award for Best Sound Editing.

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1. "District 9" 

• 2009
• South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada
• Fantasy, thriller, action, drama
• Director: Neill Blomkamp
• Starring: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Eugene Khumbanyiwa
• IMDb Rating: 7.9

In the early 1980s, a huge spaceship appears over Johannesburg. Earth scientists discover a colony of exhausted aliens on a long flight. The South African government relocates them to a ghetto and establishes strict control over them.

It is difficult for the alien refugees to get along with people, especially since the earthlings are getting more and more tired of uninvited guests. A special international commission is in charge of relocating the aliens from the overcrowded District 9 to the new District 10, which is even more like a concentration camp. Suddenly, one of the commission members stumbles upon a strange alien artifact.

"This is probably the best movie I've ever seen. It's so well filmed that you start to believe it's happening. Timeless themes are revealed exactly as they exist in this world: racism, corruption, discrimination - everything that needs to be fought. I recommend to watch it for sure, it makes you reconsider your attitude and think about a lot of things", — Angelgirl93.

"One of the best movies in its genre. I'm still waiting for the sequel", — Octo.

"Still consider this movie some of the best I've ever been able to watch", — HoldenWisdom.

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