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Cocoon: The Return (1988)
, 1h56Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Charles Lampkin, Jack Gilford, Maureen Stapleton
Five years after they left, the Antareans return to Earth to rescue the cocoons that were left behind. Before they can be retrieved, one of the cocoons is discovered by a science research team and taken to a secure laboratory for testing. The aliens and their human allies must find a way to retrieve the cocoon in time for their rendezvous with the rescue ship, while the humans travelling with them must decide whether to return to Antarea or stay on Earth and become mortal again.
Code 8 (2020)
, 1h38Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films
Actors Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell, Sung Kang, Kari Matchett, Greg Bryk, Aaron Abrams
Conner Reed (Robbie Amell), un jeune ouvrier possédant des pouvoirs surnaturels, se défend contre la force de police militarisée après avoir commis un petit délit…
Communion (1989)
, 1h46Directed by Philippe Mora
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Biography, Horror
Themes Psychologie, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen, Andreas Katsulas, Basil Hoffman, John Dennis Johnston
L'écrivain Whitley Strieber part passer quelques jours dans une maison en forêt avec sa famille et ses amis Alex et Sara. Une nuit, il est réveillé par une forte lueur et sort voir ce qu'il en est. Le lendemain, il a tout oublié de ce qui s'est passé mais commence peu après à avoir des hallucinations. Il consulte la psychiatre Janet Duffy qui utilise la régression hypnotique afin de découvrir ce qui s'est passé cette nuit.
Contact (1997)
, 2h33Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Seafaring films, Radio, Transport films, Dans l'espace, Films based on science fiction novels, Space opera, Satellite, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, John Hurt
Encouraged to explore as a child by her late father, Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway works for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. She listens to radio transmissions hoping to find signals sent by extraterrestrial life. Science Advisor to the President David Drumlin pulls the funding from SETI because he believes the endeavor is futile. Arroway gains backing from secretive billionaire industrialist S. R. Hadden, who has followed her career and allows her to continue her studies at the Very Large Array (VLA) in Socorro County, New Mexico.
Contamination (1980)
, 1h35Directed by Luigi Cozzi
Origin Italie
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Horror, Romance
Themes Space adventure films, Medical-themed films, Mars in film, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about viral outbreaks, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino Masè, Gisela Hahn, Siegfried Rauch, Carlo Monni
A large ship drifts into New York Harbor, seemingly abandoned. The ship is discovered to be carrying large containers of coffee, hidden inside of which are a series of football-sized green eggs. The crew sent in to explore the ghost ship find the mutilated remains of the former crew gathered in one place, and they soon discover the reason why: when disturbed, the green eggs explode, spraying a viscous liquid over everything. The liquid is toxic to living creatures, and causes the body to immediately explode.
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
, 1h58Directed by Jon Favreau
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Western
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Abigail Spencer, Sam Rockwell, Clancy Brown
In 1873, New Mexico Territory, an unnamed loner (Daniel Craig) wakes up in the desert being injured with no memory and with a strange metal object on his wrist. After killing three drifters who think he might be worth bounty money, he takes their clothes, weapons and a horse. He wanders into the small town of Absolution where the local preacher Meacham (Clancy Brown) treats his wound. After the stranger subdues Percy Dolarhyde (Paul Dano), a volatile drunk who has been terrorizing the town, Sheriff Taggart (Keith Carradine) recognizes the stranger as Jake Lonergan, a wanted outlaw, and attempts to arrest him. Jake beats up the posse sent to take him in and nearly escapes, but a mysterious woman named Ella Swenson (Olivia Wilde) knocks him out. Taggart prepares to transport both Jake and Percy to Santa Fe for trial.
Crazy Watto (1999)
, 2minutesDirected by John E. Hudgens
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Themes Space adventure films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Critters (1986)
, 1h22Directed by Stephen Herek
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Comedy science fiction films, Comedy horror films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy "Green" Bush, Scott Grimes, Billy Zane, Nadine van der Velde
The film begins on a prison set on an asteroid, from which a group of 'Crites' are set to be transported to another station. When the Crites kill two guards and injure three, hijack a ship from the station, and escape, the commander of the station hires two shape-changing bounty hunters to pursue them.
Critters 2 (1988)
, 1h33Directed by Mick Garris
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Comedy science fiction films, Comedy horror films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Terrence Mann, Don Keith Opper, Scott Grimes, Cynthia Garris, Roxanne Kernohan, Samuel Anderson
The film starts out in space on a desolate planet where human Charlie McFadden and the shapeshifting bounty hunters Ug and Lee are searching for a vicious, worm-like creature. After successfully killing the beast, they depart the planet. Soon afterwards, they receive a new assignment by Zanti, head of the High Council. He tells them that Crites (Critters or Krites) are still on Earth and must be destroyed. With that, they set a course for Earth. Noticing Charlie brooding, Ug inquires what's wrong. Charlie states his reluctance to going back after two years and asks, concerned, whether they would leave him there. Ug reassures him they had no such intentions.
The Blob (1958)
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Giant monster films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Steve McQueen, Aneta Louise Corsaut, Olin Howland, Robert Fields
During one long night in a small rural Pennsylvania town in July 1957, teenager Steve Andrews (Steve McQueen) and his girlfriend, Jane Martin (Aneta Corsaut), are kissing on a lovers' lane when they see a meteor crash beyond the next hill. Steve decides to look for it. An old man (Olin Howland) living nearby finds it first. When he pokes the meteorite with a stick, it breaks open, and the small jelly-like blob inside attaches itself to his hand. In pain and unable to scrape or shake it loose, the old man runs onto the road, where he is nearly struck by Steve's car. Steve and Jane take him to Doctor Hallen (Stephen Chase).
, 1h41Directed by Robert Parrish
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure, Spy
Themes Space adventure films, Spy films, Monde imaginaire, Films about sexuality, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Lynn Loring, George Sewell, Patrick Wymark, Philip Madoc
In 2069, the unmanned Sun Probe locates a planet lying on the same orbital path as Earth on the opposite side of the Sun. Dr Kurt Hassler (Herbert Lom) of the European Space Exploration Council (EUROSEC) has been relaying the spacecraft's flight data to a rival power in the East; after tracing the transmissions to Hassler's laboratory, Security Chief Mark Neuman (George Sewell) catches the scientist in the act and kills him. EUROSEC director Jason Webb (Patrick Wymark) convinces NASA representative David Poulson (Ed Bishop) that the West must be the first to send a mission to investigate the planet. With EUROSEC member states France and Germany unwilling to provide financial support, Webb obtains majority funding from NASA; American astronaut Colonel Glenn Ross (Roy Thinnes) and British astrophysicist Dr John Kane (Ian Hendry), the head of the Sun Probe project, are assigned to the mission.
Dark Angel (1990)
, 1h31Directed by Craig R. Baxley
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Road movies, Chase films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley, Matthias Hues, David Ackroyd, Michael J. Pollard
Houston cop Jack Caine won't let police procedure prevent him pursuing his mission to wipe out the White Boys, a gang of white collar drug dealers who killed his partner while Caine was stopping a convenience store robbery.
Dark Breed (1997)
, 1h44Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Jack Scalia, Cindy Ambuehl, Jonathan Banks, Carlos Carrasco, Josh Clark, Robin Curtis
Des astronautes en mission se crachent sur Terre après un long séjour dans l'espace. Malheureusement, certains sont contaminés par un virus extraterrestre.
Dark City (1998)
, 1h40Directed by Alex Proyas
Origin Australie
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic
Themes Films about altered memories, Medical-themed films, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Richard O'Brien, Bruce Spence
John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) awakens in a hotel bathtub, suffering from amnesia. He receives a phone call from Dr. Daniel Schreber (Kiefer Sutherland), who urges him to flee the hotel to evade a group of men who are after him. During the phone talk, Murdoch discovers the corpse of a brutalized, ritualistically murdered woman, along with a bloody knife. He flees the scene, just as the group of men (known as the Strangers) show up to investigate the room.
Dark Resurrection Volume 1 (2007)
, 1h1Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Space adventure films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Fabrizio Rizzolo, Giorgia Würth
The story begins a few centuries after Episode VI, telling the story of a young Jedi apprentice, Hope, who lives during a period of great change in the balance between the force and the galaxy.