Is there life on other planets too? And again, are we alone in the universe? We have all asked ourselves these questions. Even the cinema has been fascinated by alien worlds: from science fiction to horror, up to comedies, there are many films that have extraterrestrial protagonists. One of the milestones of the genre is certainly “Ultimatum alla Terra”: dated 1951 and signed by Scott Derrickson, the film tells the story of the alien invasion of Klaatu and his robot, who threaten to destroy the Earth if the world powers do not find an agreement (Credits: WebPhoto)
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Another timeless alien invasion classic is Invasion of the Body Snatchers from 1956, directed by Don Siegel. Strange extraterrestrial bodies arrive on the earth in the form of pods that perfectly copy the inhabitants of the Earth, which they replace during sleep. These creatures replicate themselves by creating copies without feelings and eliminating the originals (Credits: WebPhoto)
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“Invasion of the Body Snatchers” has had several remakes. The most famous is certainly “Terror from deep space”. Dated 1978, directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Donald Sutherland (Credits: WebPhoto)
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The Village of the Damned (1960) An inexplicable phenomenon occurs in a village: all the inhabitants suddenly lose consciousness, waking up after a few hours. After a few weeks, the 12 women of the village discover they are pregnant, including those without a mate and virgins. The children are all born within a few hours and growing up they have the same somatic characteristics and extraordinary intellectual abilities. It turns out that the children are an alien race capable of reading minds and influencing the will
Impossible not to count among the cult films of the genre “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” of 1977, directed by Steven Spielberg. Awarded with two Academy Awards and a David di Donatello, it tells of the first hypothetical encounter between human beings and alien intelligence. Among the protagonists Richard Dreyfuss and François Truffaut (Credits: WebPhoto)
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Two years later, another film was released that made history. “Alien”, a 1979 film directed by director Ridley Scott, is set in the year 2122 and tells the story of the spaceship Nostromo’s return journey to Earth. Landed on an unknown planet, she will have to deal with a disturbing parasite (Credits: WebPhoto)
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“Alien” is the first chapter of a successful series of films: “Aliens – The Final Show”, “Alien 3” and “Alien: The Cloning” (Credits: WebPhoto)
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It’s a real sci-fi fairy tale “ET”. Released in 1982, directed by Steven Spielberg, it tells of the encounter and subsequent friendship between a boy and a funny extraterrestrial: however, they will have to deal with the malice of government scientists (Credits: WebPhoto)
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From the same year, but of a completely different kind, is “The Thing” by John Carpenter. Sci-fi horror, tells the story of a group of researchers from an American scientific base in Antarctica, dealing with a form of parasitic extraterrestrial life, which has crashed on Earth, with the ability to take on the appearance of the beings it comes into contact with, changing I continually wait (Credits: WebPhoto)
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Another sci-fi horror is “Predator”, the first chapter of a quadrilogy that includes “Predator 2”, “Predators” and “The Predator”. Directed by John McTiernan, released in 1987, the film tells the story of an alien, belonging to the yautja race, who arrived on Earth with the aim of hunting human beings (Credits: WebPhoto)
In 2004 here is another cult. “Alien vs. Predator,” directed by Paul WS Anderson, is a crossover of the 20th Century Fox film sagas “Alien” and “Predator,” as well as a prequel to the “Alien” saga. In the centre, the clash between the two alien races (Credits: WebPhoto)
Another prequel to “Alien”, directed by Ridley Scott, is “Prometheus” of 2012. The screenplay focuses on the crew of the spaceship Prometheus who, following a star map found among the artifacts of various terrestrial cultures, discovers LV- 223 what may be the key to the origin of life on Earth. In his research, however, he comes across a threat that could cause the extinction of the human species (Credits: WebPhoto)
In 1996 it was the turn of a Tim Burton masterpiece. “Mars Attack!”, with a stellar cast (Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito and Martin Short), tells of the landing of some flying saucers on our planet. The purpose? That of destroying human beings (Credits: WebPhoto)
Also in 1996, “Independence Day” was released, a science fiction film about aliens that tells the story of the arrival of a gigantic spaceship in the sky over the United States. Earth’s Counterattack stars actor Will Smith. Thanks to the incredible special effects, the film won an Oscar (Credits: WebPhoto)
A year later, we are in 1997, Robert Zemeckis directs Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey in “Contact”. Scientist Ellie Arroway finds instructions to build a machine capable of carrying a passenger on an interstellar journey to Vega, in search of alien presence (Credits: WebPhoto)
In the same year, we find Will Smith starring, together with Tommy Lee Jones, in an amusing comedy, “Men in Black”. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, the film follows the adventures of agents J and K, who are busy monitoring alien activity on Earth and protecting the secrecy of the extraterrestrial presence. The film is only the first chapter of a successful film saga that includes “Men in Black 2”, “Men in Black 3” and “Men in Black International” (Credits: WebPhoto)
“The X-Files – The Movie” is a 1998 film directed by Rob S. Bowman, based on the television series of the same name, which has become a real cult among fans of the science fiction genre. The film marks the big screen debut of the characters of the series and narratively takes place between the fifth and sixth seasons (Credits: WebPhoto)
In 2001 “Signs” was released. The protagonist is the Protestant pastor Graham Hess (Mel Gibson), who discovers mysterious crop circles that begin to appear, first on his farm, then all over the world. Strange symbols that herald an imminent alien invasion (Credits: WebPhoto)
In 2005 Steven Spielberg returns with a film about aliens. “War of the Worlds” is about some cruel extraterrestrial machines that feed on human beings. Leading the resistance to the invasion is Ray Ferrier, played by Tom Cruise (Credits: WebPhoto)
Four years later, in 2009, “District 9” was released, directed by Neill Blomkamp. A film unlike any other, in which the aliens are for once the victims, forced into forced labor in a slum on the outskirts of Johannesburg (Credits: WebPhoto)
Also from 2009 is “Segnali dal futuro”, a science fiction blockbuster starring Nicolas Cage in the role of astrophysics professor John Koesteler, grappling with an encrypted code written by a little girl 50 years earlier (Credits: WebPhoto)
“Edge of Tomorrow”, a 2014 film directed by Doug Liman, is the film adaptation of the Japanese story by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. We find Tom Cruise again, this time in the role of Major Cage, imprisoned in a time loop while a war between humans and aliens is underway (Credits: WebPhoto)
In 2016 “Arrival” was released, a film directed by Denis Villeneuve starring the internationally renowned linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams), contacted by the army following the arrival of an alien spacecraft. Her purpose will be to establish contact with the extraterrestrial species (Credits: WebPhoto)
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In 2023 it will arrive Nope by Academy Award winner Jordan Peele. Aqua Dulce, California, brothers OJ Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald Haywood (Keke Palmer), inherited a horse ranch from their father. Near the Haywood ranch is Jupiter’s Claim, an Old West-inspired theme park owned and operated by Ricky “Jupe” Park (Steven Yeun). The Haywood brothers begin to notice mysterious phenomena on their property. The group will then find themselves facing a threat from the sky that loves to hide in the clouds.
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