Alien Invasion Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 17 films about an alien invasion, spanning 1977–2025. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 2021

  A Quiet Place Part II

  New York State — 2020s
  Rural · Islanddir. John Krasinski
• 2016

  Arrival

  Montana — Near Future
  Ruraldir. Denis Villeneuve
• 2011

  Attack the Block

  London — 2010s
  Urbandir. Joe Cornish
• 2025

  Bugonia

  2020s
  Rural · Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos
• 1977

  Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  Indiana · Wyoming — 1970s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Steven Spielberg
• 1982

  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

  California — 1980s
  Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 2014

  Edge of Tomorrow

  London · Paris — 2020s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Doug Liman
• 1996

  Independence Day

  Los Angeles · Washington, D.C. · Nevada — 1990s
  Urban · Desertdir. Roland Emmerich
• 1978

  Invasion of the Body Snatchers

  San Francisco — 1970s
  Urbandir. Philip Kaufman
• 1996

  Mars Attacks!

  Washington, D.C. · Las Vegas — 1990s
  Urban · Desertdir. Tim Burton
• 2002

  Signs

  Pennsylvania — 2000s
  Ruraldir. M. Night Shyamalan
• 1997

  Starship Troopers

  Buenos Aires · Space — Far Future
  Off Worlddir. Paul Verhoeven
• 2012

  The Avengers

  New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Joss Whedon
• 2021

  The Tomorrow War

  Miami · Dominican Republic · Russia — 2020s · Near Future
  Urban · Coastal Sea · Wildernessdir. Chris McKay
• 1988

  They Live

  Los Angeles — 1980s
  Urbandir. John Carpenter
• 2014

  Under the Skin

  Glasgow — 2010s
  Urban · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Jonathan Glazer
• 2005

  War of the Worlds

  New York City · Boston — 2000s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg