The Man from Planet X

Movies Like

The Man from Planet X (1951)

Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror

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Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars

1953 ★ 5.9

A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.

Quatermass 2

Quatermass 2

1957 ★ 6.4

In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.

The Arrival

The Arrival

1996 ★ 6.0

Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956 ★ 7.5

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

Stargate: Continuum

Stargate: Continuum

2008 ★ 7.1

Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.

The Astronaut

The Astronaut

2025 ★ 6.1

After returning from her first space mission, astronaut Sam Walker is placed under NASA’s care at a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing. However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, she fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth

Occupation: Rainfall

Occupation: Rainfall

2020 ★ 6.2

Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies, uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end. With the Alien invaders hell-bent on making earth their new home, the race is on to save mankind.

This Island Earth

This Island Earth

1955 ★ 6.0

Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.

Quatermass and the Pit

Quatermass and the Pit

1967 ★ 6.6

A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.

Self/less

Self/less

2015 ★ 6.4

An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets.

Babylon 5: The Gathering

Babylon 5: The Gathering

1993 ★ 6.4

The feature-length pilot for this Emmy award-winning show. Babylon 5 is the latest in a series of space stations built by humans. The Vorlon ambassador, Kosh, has been poisoned. It is the new commanding officer, Jeffrey Sinclair, who has the responsibility of finding the culprit. Otherwise, the space station will fail in its role of bringing many alien races together.

Ben 10: Alien Swarm

Ben 10: Alien Swarm

2009 ★ 6.2

Ben and a mysterious girl from his past must prevent an alien threat from destroying the world.

The Asphyx

The Asphyx

1972 ★ 6.0

Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?

Star Trek: Insurrection

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998 ★ 6.4

When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.

Automata

Automata

2014 ★ 5.9

Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.

The Host

The Host

2013 ★ 6.3

A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.

Earth to Echo

Earth to Echo

2014 ★ 5.9

After a construction project begins digging in their neighbourhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. The three embark on a secret adventure to crack the code and follow it to its source, and discover a mysterious being from another world who desperately needs their help. The journey that follows will change all their lives forever.

I Am Number Four

I Am Number Four

2011 ★ 6.2

A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him in this sci-fi action thriller. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly normal teen John Smith never gets too comfortable in the same identity, and along with his guardian, Henri, he is constantly moving from town to town. With each passing day, John gains a stronger grasp on his extraordinary new powers, and his bond to the beings that share his fantastic fate grows stronger.

Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet

1956 ★ 7.2

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.

Ben 10 vs. the Universe: The Movie

Ben 10 vs. the Universe: The Movie

2020 ★ 7.5

A blast from Ben's past returns to do double the damage on Team Tennyson and planet Earth itself, forcing Ben to go interstellar to save the day. Based on the 2016 reboot.

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