🎬 Movies Like Alien

Loved Alien (1979)? During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. Here are 20 films with the same DNA — matched on shared themes, tone, people and story elements by CinePick's similarity engine, with the reasons each one made the list. Or explore Alien itself.

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   Alien: Covenant2017

   6.4 IMDb65% RT critics55% RT audience62% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Shared talent: director Ridley Scott, writer Ronald Shusett

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   Aliens1986

   8.4 IMDb93% RT critics94% RT audience80% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim93·94

   Often recommended together; Shared talent: writer Ronald Shusett, writer Dan O'Bannon

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   Alien³1992

   6.4 IMDb44% RT critics46% RT audience64% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Shared talent: writer Ronald Shusett, writer Dan O'Bannon

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   Prometheus2012

   7.0 IMDb73% RT critics68% RT audience66% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Shared talent: director Ridley Scott, writer Ronald Shusett

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   The Duellists1977

   7.4 IMDb75% RT critics83% RT audience72% TMDB

   Shared talent: director Ridley Scott; Matching emotional, intense tone

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   The Thing1982

   8.2 IMDb85% RT critics92% RT audience81% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim85·92

   Shared themes: space marine, spacecraft, alien; Both are sci-fi/horror films

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   The Silence of the Lambs1991

   8.6 IMDb95% RT critics86% Metacritic95% RT audience84% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim95·95

   Both are horror films; Matching dark, tense tone

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   A Clockwork Orange1971

   8.2 IMDb86% RT critics93% RT audience82% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim86·93

   Both are sci-fi films; Matching dark, cerebral tone

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   Sunshine2007

   7.2 IMDb77% RT critics73% RT audience70% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: space suit, space marine, space travel

10. 10
    Serenity2005

    7.8 IMDb82% RT critics91% RT audience74% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: space opera, spacecraft, dystopia

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    Screamers1995

    6.3 IMDb29% RT critics45% RT audience62% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared talent: writer Dan O'Bannon

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    Alien: Romulus2024

    7.1 IMDb80% RT critics85% RT audience72% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared talent: writer Ronald Shusett, writer Dan O'Bannon

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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers1978

    7.4 IMDb93% RT critics82% RT audience72% TMDB

    Both are sci-fi/horror films; Matching dark, tense tone

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    The Return of the Living Dead1985

    7.3 IMDb71% RT critics80% RT audience72% TMDB

    Shared talent: director Dan O'Bannon; Both are sci-fi/horror films

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    Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977

    7.6 IMDb91% RT critics85% RT audience74% TMDB

    Both are sci-fi films; Same era (1970s)

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    Pitch Black2000

    7.0 IMDb58% RT critics77% RT audience69% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser58·77

    Often recommended together; Both are sci-fi/horror films

17. 17
    Pandorum2009

    6.7 IMDb26% RT critics49% RT audience66% TMDB⚡ Polarizing26·49

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: spacecraft, dystopia

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    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back1980

    8.7 IMDb93% RT critics82% Metacritic97% RT audience84% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim93·97

    Shared themes: space opera, android, spacecraft; Both are sci-fi films

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    The Fly1986

    7.6 IMDb93% RT critics83% RT audience74% TMDB

    Both are sci-fi/horror films; Matching dark, tense tone

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    The Exorcist1973

    8.1 IMDb78% RT critics87% RT audience77% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim78·87

    Both are horror films; Matching dark, tense tone