What are you favorite Extraterrestrial/Space travel movies???

Taken (based it seemd on the montauk story and roswell)
V the series class 80's show.

Originally posted by snowen20
Hmmmm
Ill say I actually liked a movie from the 80s called Enemy mine.
Maybe not exactly what this thread is about but I enjoyed none the less.
However I also liked Contact but the book was far better.
Close encounters of the 3rd kind was not bad, but I think they should do a remake. Steven spielberg just annoys me with his signature films.

EnemyMine that's the one where they are both stranded and the alien has a baby, right?

I like The Thing and that one where the saucers plug themselves into the wall and save the apartment building.

Close Encounters
Fire in the sky
K-pax
Event Horizon
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Star Wars (most anyway)
Screamers

Just some right off the top of my head. I'm sure there's others.


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I can't believe the lack of support for Star Wars! Go Boba!

Just remembered one that I saw recently.

"Altered" is a straight to DVD low budget Alien abduction film starring on of the main guys from "Taken" -- They guy that plays the Dakota Fannings Dad. For a low budget movie, this was actually pretty darn good. I think many here would enjoy it based on other movie selections.

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some crazy kid who thinks he's from mars.

Real live kid.
Real life story (by David Gerrold).
Makes your heart bleed it’s so touching.
Oh, and not ONE CRAZY KID in the movie.
Just a child who needed *more* and thank God he got it in his adopted father.
Read the book - might help with your compassion issues.




...hummmming the theme song...
That or learn to do the *Martian Dance* to the song by Guster: You’re my Satellite.



OH! My fave movie?

Close Encounters...

What no mention of "Mac & Me"?

I believe it was the only movie McDonalds partially financed.

An alien dancing at McDonalds, can't beat that.

close encounters of the 3rd kind

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Starman

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND BLU RAY 30th anniversary collectors edition!!!! "do,do do,do, dooooo"

M KNIGHT SHAMALANS "SIGNS" with Mel Gibson! "Swing away!"

CONTACT with jody foster.."Why have one, when you can have two at twice the price!" - s.r. Hadden

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Batteries Not Included...

i loved that movie when i was a kid

Taken was outstanding. Aliens, for the action "Somebody wake up hicks", Contact is very good as well.

Not sure if Cloverfield counts or not, since it's never really established that the monster is an alien or not. Sure looks like one though

Where do I start 44OO was real good, to bad the show got taken off for some reason. That being a series.k

Invasion, w/ nicole kidman was, good just a remake of invasion of the body snatchers.

The Forgotten.

Xfiles Super Soldiers mythology series, that was good.

E.T.

Critters

TommyKnockers Steven King

War of the Worlds remake with Tom Cruise was good.

Kevin Spacey, K-PAX.

A good kids movie W.A.L.L.E

Cocoon.

Batteries not included.

Andromeda Strain. More scientific of microbiology affecting a town. Very good movie.

Mission to Mars, Enjoyed that one.

Space odessy was alright.

EnemyMine

The Cube or Cube can't remember.

The Day The Earth Stood Still, Old but a briilliant piece of work.

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I had to dig out my old VHS copy of 'The Aurora Encounter'. I'm watching it now.

This is a great clip:

Am I the only one who thinks the old 1850s and 60s movies are better than the new, totally reliant on computer generated effects, modern day movies?
My favourites are-
First Men In The Moon.
Invasion Of The Body Snatches.
Star Wars.
Quatermass And The Pit.
And my all time favourite... The Thing From Another World. John Carpenter remade it as "The Thing". Does anyone remember it?

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Contact
The Abyss
War of the Worlds w/Tom Cruise
Fire in the Sky
Close Encounters
The Taken series
Sphere
When Mars Attacks
Invasion
The Faculty
Invasion of the Body snatchers
Predator
Alien
Aliens
Alien3
Alien Vs. Predator
Alien Vs. predator requiem
E.T.

I think that's it

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Right on! 'The Thing From Another World' was a fantastic movie. The old black & white films have a style that is very cool.

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Thanks for posting that. Brilliant. Do you remember the geiger counter which clicked faster as the Thing drew closer? I always thought that Aliens nicked the idea with the movement sensor whatsits that they carried.
Glad someone agrees with me about Thing From Another World. Cheers.

Fifth Element
Dune
First Contact
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back

Fifth Element was awesome just because it was so different...kind of in a hysterical over the top way. Some good movies here that I forgot about, I'm gonna have to make a run to the movie store later

Day the earth stood still - can't wait for the 2008 version out this december.

Forbidden planet

This island earth

War of the Worlds - both releases

The Thing - both releases

They live

Lifeforce

Close Encounters of 3rd Kind

Startrek nemesis, wrath of, voyage home, final frontier, undiscovered country, generations

Men in black - all

Alien 1, 2, 3

Alien V predator - 1

Hitchikers guide to the universe

2001, 2010

Outer limits - all releases

Starship troopers 1, 2, 3

Independence Day

Event Horizont

Dark city

Lexx - series, all

I forgot to add my all time fav, stargate sg1, ark of truth and continuum. I have all 10 seasons and both movies along with the original stargate movie.

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ET
Enemy Mine
Dune
Alien
Outland
Galaxy Quest
Flash
The Black Hole (1979)

and
I cannot forget
Ice Pirates (1984) and Space Balls