Films about extraterrestrial life

Avatar is a 2009 epic science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron. It features an ensemble cast including Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. It is the first in the Avatar film series. It is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon, in order to mine the valuable mineral unobtanium. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the existence of a local tribe of Na'vi, a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The title of the film refers to an "avatar", which is a genetically engineered Na'vi body remotely operated from the brain of a human, and which is used to interact with the Na'vi.

1979 film by Ridley Scott

2013 film directed by Zack Snyder

2007 American film directed by Sam Raimi

2007 film directed by Michael Bay

Avatar: The Way of Water is a 2022 American epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It is the second installment in the Avatar film series and the sequel to Avatar (2009). Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña and Stephen Lang reprise their roles from the first film, with Sigourney Weaver returning in an additional role and Kate Winslet joining the cast. The plot follows Jake Sully, a human-Na'vi hybrid, and his family on the habitable moon Pandora. Hunted by RDA forces, they flee to an oceanic region to seek refuge with the Metkayina clan.

1997 film directed by Luc Besson

1997 science fiction film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

2012 film directed by Ridley Scott

2019 film directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck

2020 film directed by Jeff Fowler

2018 American film directed by Ruben Fleischer

1994 film directed by Roland Emmerich

2017 film directed by Zack Snyder

1982 film directed by John Carpenter

2002 film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

Avatar: Fire and Ash is a 2025 American epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron from a screenplay he co-wrote with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. Produced by Lightstorm Entertainment, it is the third installment in the Avatar film series and the sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). The film features Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, and Kate Winslet reprising their roles from previous films. The story follows the human-turned-Na'vi Jake Sully and his family on the habitable moon Pandora, as they face the combined threat of the human RDA forces and the Mangkwan, a ruthless Na'vi clan.

2021 film directed by Andy Serkis

2019 film directed by Simon Kinberg

2007 film by Tim Story

2012 film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

1997 film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

2024 film directed by Jeff Fowler

1997 film directed by Paul Verhoeven

2012 film directed by Andrew Stanton

2017 film by Ridley Scott

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a 2025 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Fantastic Four. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 37th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the second reboot of the Fantastic Four film series. The film was directed by Matt Shakman from a screenplay by Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, and the team of Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer. It features an ensemble cast including Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn as the titular team, alongside Julia Garner, Sarah Niles, Mark Gatiss, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, and Ralph Ineson. The film is set in the 1960s of a retro-futuristic world which the Fantastic Four must protect from the planet-devouring cosmic being Galactus (Ineson).

2009 film directed by Alex Proyas

2023 film directed by Nia DaCosta

2024 film directed by Kelly Marcel

2019 film directed by Michael Dougherty

2004 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

1998 film directed by Jonathan Frakes

2019 film directed by F. Gary Gray

2005 film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak

1956 film directed by Don Siegel

Lilo & Stitch is a 2025 American live-action animated science fiction comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Rideback. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, it is a live-action animated remake of Disney's 2002 traditionally animated film Lilo & Stitch. The film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Hannah Waddingham, Courtney B. Vance, Zach Galifianakis, and Maia Kealoha in her film debut, with original Lilo & Stitch writer-director Chris Sanders reprising his voice role as Stitch.

2005 film directed by Garth Jennings

2007 film directed by Colin Strause and Greg Strause

2013 film by Andrew Niccol

2022 film directed by Roland Emmerich

2007 film by Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue

2011 film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.

1924 film by Yakov Protazanov

American film series

1991 film by Russell Mulcahy

upcoming film directed by Jeff Fowler

2004 film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura

1972 film by Eugenio Martín

1978 US film by Philip Kaufman

2010 film by Greg and Colin Strause

1965 film by Ishirō Honda

1987 film by Peter Jackson

V/H/S is a 2012 American found footage horror anthology film and the first installment in the V/H/S franchise created by Brad Miska and Bloody Disgusting, and produced by Miska and Roxanne Benjamin. It features a series of six found footage shorts written and directed by Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, and the filmmaking collective Radio Silence.

Avatar is an American epic science fiction media franchise created by James Cameron, which began with the 2009 film Avatar. Produced by Lightstorm Entertainment and distributed by 20th Century Studios, it consists of associated merchandise, video games, and theme park attractions.

1993 American film by Abel Ferrara

2008 American film by Howard McCain

1962 film by Pavel Klushantsev

2017 American horror/sci-fi film directed by Liam O'Donnell

2013 film directed by Ruairí Robinson