20 movies like The War of the Worlds, ordered by similarity : Phantom From Space(1953), The Hidden(1987), Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956), Alien Hunter(2003), Attraction(2017), Strange Invaders(1983), The Troops & Aliens(1979), Trail of the Screaming Forehead(2007), The Man From Planet X(1951), The Atomic Submarine(1959), The Quatermass Xperiment(1955), The Man With the X-Ray Eyes(1963) ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
85 Minutes
Gene Barry Ann Robinson Les Tremayne Lewis Martin Robert Cornthwaite Sandro Giglio Bill Phipps Jack Kruschen Vernon Rich Paul Birch
scientist pastor sheriff alien marine suspenseful creepy los angeles farmhouse church laboratory alien invasion showdown survival discovery revenge 1950s
A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
72 Minutes
Ted Cooper Rudolph Anders Noreen Nash James Seay Harry Landers Jack Daly Dick Sands Lela Nelson Michael Mark
alien invisible man creature humanoid investigator engaging thrilling emotional suspenseful gripping los angeles observatory laboratory danger alien abduction alien/human relationship alien landing relationships adventure discovery
An alien being with the power of invisibility lands in Santa Monica. Killing two people who attacked him due to the menacing appearance of his spacesuit, the creature takes it off while ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
1987
96 Minutes
Michael Nouri Kyle MacLachlan Ed O'Ross Clu Gulager Claudia Christian Clarence Felder William Boyett Richard Brooks
everyman aaron burr serial killer alien police chief fbi agent engaging thrilling suspenseful melodramatic gripping fascinating apartment hospital science fiction aliens alien attack murder investigation alien invasion
An FBI agent (Kyle MacLachlan) and a homicide detective (Michael Nouri) hunt the current human host of an orally exchanged alien life-form.
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Kevin McCarthy Dana Wynter Carolyn Jones Larry Gates King Donovan Jean Willes Ralph Dumke Virginia Christine Tom Fadden Kenneth Patterson Guy Way
alien doctor patient ex-girlfriend psychiatrist townsperson creepy gripping suspenseful thrilling small town california aliens epidemic conformity unusual behavior invasion pursuit metamorphosis discovery
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Sci-Fi
USA|Bulgaria
2003
100 Minutes
James Spader Janine Eser John Lynch Leslie Stefanson Aimee Graham Stuart Charno Carl Lewis Roy Dotrice
scientist alien government agent expert thrilling tense suspenseful gripping frightening antarctica laboratory discovery alien life-forms aliens mystery discovery 21st century
An alien black box is found in the South Pole, where a government agency is conducting botanical experiments.
Sci-Fi, Drama
Russia
2017
137 Minutes
Oleg Menshikov Aleksandr Petrov Irina Starshenbaum Rinal Mukhametov
alien russian everyman politician military officer neighbor engaging thrilling suspenseful gripping intense emotional russia moscow spaceship alien invasion alien landing alien life-forms aliens fear
An alien ship crash lands onto a Russian city, many who saw it and the occupants start to question their own existence, while there are those who demand the aliens leave Earth.
Sci-Fi
USA
1983
94 Minutes
Paul Le Mat Nancy Allen Diana Scarwid Michael Lerner Louise Fletcher Wallace Shawn Fiona Lewis Kenneth Tobey June Lockhart Charles Lane
professor wife alien newspaper reporter campy unrestrained outlandish suspenseful centerville, ill. new york city small town alien abduction aliens tabloid journalism invasion missing persons marriage discovery metamorphosis mystery
Charlie's ex-wife disappears, and he travels to where she grew up--a rural town in the Midwest--to look for her. But, surprisingly, nobody knows about her or any of her many relatives, the ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Comedy
France
1979
96 Minutes
Louis De Funès Michel Galabru Maurice Risch Jean-Pierre Rambal Guy Grosso Maria Mauban
police officer police detective alien neighbor everyman frenchman amusing hilarious engaging charming witty playful st. tropez france comedy fun alien/human relationship alien invasion friendly aliens aliens
In St. Tropez, French gendarme Cruchot and his men battle petroleum-drinking, human-looking, metallic aliens.
Sci-Fi, Comedy
USA
2007
88 Minutes
Brian Howe Dan Conroy Andrew Parks Fay Masterson Alison Martin Jennifer Blaire Larry Blamire Betty Garrett Dick Miller Daniel Roebuck Susan McConnell
scientist alien priest colleague sailor townsperson creepy campy hilarious laboratory small town alien invasion research experimental medicine science gone awry mass hysteria metamorphosis escape pursuit 1950s
A small town infestation of crawling alien foreheads that begin attaching to people and taking them over collides with a scientist's experiments to extract foreheadazine and things go horribly horribly wrong.
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
70 Minutes
Robert Clarke Margaret Field Raymond Bond William Schallert Roy Engel Charles Davis Gilbert Fallman David Ormont
alien scientist professor doctor reporter eerie thrilling suspenseful scotland island observatory tower moor village saving the planet alien landing alien/human relationship mind control deception race against time
As a mysterious planet hurls itself toward Earth, an enigmatic extraterrestrial scout arrives on a remote Scottish island with unknown intentions.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
1959
72 Minutes
Arthur Franz Dick Foran Brett Halsey Tom Conway Paul Dubov Bob Steele Victor Varconi Joi Lansing Selmer Jackson Jack Mulhall Jean Moorhead
captain lieutenant inventor scientist alien wild spirited crafty engaging north pole submarine alien invasion submarine disappearance world domination heroism rescue discovery 1960s
Ships mysteriously disappear on route across the Arctic Sea, and a specially-equipped submarine is sent to investigate.
Sci-Fi
UK|Japan
1955
78 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Jack Warner Margia Dean Richard Wordsworth David King-Wood Thora Hird Gordon Jackson Harold Lang Lionel Jeffries Maurice Kaufman Frank Phillips
astronaut mutant monster construction worker scientist shocking thrilling gory raw suspenseful brooding space center space shuttle space laboratory space exploration crash mutation monsters alien life-forms
Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1963
79 Minutes
Ray Milland Diana Van der Vlis Harold J. Stone John Hoyt Don Rickles Morris Ankrum Lorie Summers Dick Miller Kathryn Hart Jonathan Haze John Dierkes
scientist friend colleague pastor murderer creepy dark laboratory carnival church casino science experiments alienation madness sight discovery transformation fall 1960s
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
78 Minutes
Tom Tryon Gloria Talbott Chuck Wassil Peter Baldwin Robert Ivers Valerie Allen Ty Hungerford Ken Lynch John Eldredge Alan Dexter James Anderson
alien wife police officer campy tense creepy small town bar alien invasion marriage pregnancy deception discovery mystery transformation 1950s
Aliens arrive on Earth to possess the bodies of humans. One of their first victims is a young man, whose new wife soon realizes something is wrong with him.
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
1988
93 Minutes
Roddy Piper Keith David Meg Foster George "Buck" Flower Peter Jason Raymond St. Jacques Jason Robards III Larry Franco
drifter politician police officer alien media personality dark amusing wild los angeles shantytown tv station church conspiracy alien invasion cover-up media political corruption discovery underdog 1980s
They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
2009
155 Minutes
Sam Worthington Sigourney Weaver Stephen Lang Michelle Rodriguez Giovanni Ribisi Joel David Moore Dileep Rao Matt Gerald Sean Anthony Moran Jason Whyte Scott Lawrence
marines native soldier alien love interest scientist thrilling creative crafty outer space spaceship jungle pandora aliens greed nature showdown love redemption rise
A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Helena Carter Arthur Franz Jimmy Hunt Morris Ankrum Leif Erickson Hillary Brooke Max Wagner Milburn Stone Walter Sande Janine Perreau John Eldredge
young boy astronomer doctor alien father police officer suspenseful campy house woods small town office alien invasion family science escape mystery 1950s
A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
81 Minutes
Richard Carlson Barbara Rush Charles Drake Russell Johnson Kathleen Hughes Joe Sawyer Dave Willock Alan Dexter George Eldredge Brad Jackson Edgar Dearing
alien writer fiancée sheriff impostor schoolteacher creepy eerie tense arizona desert spacecraft aliens investigation kidnapping search disappearance identity theft rescue underdog
A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.
Sci-Fi, Drama
2003
172 Minutes
Hrithik Roshan Preity Zinta Rekha Rajat Bedi Mukesh Rishi Prem Chopra Rakesh Roshan
scientist mother mentally challenged boy alien young woman childhood friend amusing moving touching heartwarming inspiring thrilling india valley village house school basketball court alien landing alien/human relationship
Sci-Fi
USA
1957
82 Minutes
William Hopper Joan Taylor Frank Puglia John Zaremba Thomas B. Henry Tito Vuolo Jan Arvan Arthur Space Bart Braverman George Pelling George Khoury
alien zoologist medical student colonel major scientist campy rousing outlandish incredible mediterranean coast sicily colosseum rome tiber river alien invasion extraterrestrial life moral dilemma playing god monsters
The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
USA
1996
145 Minutes
Will Smith Bill Pullman Jeff Goldblum Mary McDonnell Judd Hirsch Margaret Colin Randy Quaid Robert Loggia James Rebhorn Harvey Fierstein Adam Baldwin
alien president pilot scientist soldier stripper thrilling intense amusing inspiring desert spacecraft new york city washington, d.c. los angeles area 51 survival death government aliens
The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.