can anyone recommend a good alien movie?

ive seen night skies and that scared the shet outta me (had my eyes covered half of the time)

I can tell you that I didn't care for Communion....

I didn't know Communion was a movie. The Fourth Kind was worth watching at least once. Signs was pretty good. Uhm...Fire is the Sky was supposed to be spooky, I think, but I've never actually watched that one.

That recent one with Nicholas Cage was disappointing. I don't remember the title.

The Alien series
Communion
Fire in the Sky
District Nine
ET
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
The Fourth Kind
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Signs
MIB
Independance Day
Pitch Black

theres a few to keep you going

Slightly off topic but has anyone listened to the original War of the Worlds? very good musical representation!

fire in the sky (really creepy movie to be watching late at night)


Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind (overall one of the best ever Alien movie's ever,something about it really stick's to me about it,saw it when it first premiered on cable tv & it was pretty memorizing with the whole effects it had going back in the 80's,still good today!.)


Independance Day (i'll be surprised if you haven't saw this movie,overall it's a good action popcorn flick But i've watched at least 50 times already)


Signs (okay alien movie,wish the ending was better,overall another good late night movie,worth a watch)

Was that The Knowing?? Saw it, thought is was okay.

Last night my hubby and I watched Pandorum. Dennis Quaid is in it.
The previews made this movie look like some kind of sleeper type flick. The way it was presented made me think it would be similar to Solaris with George Clooney. But, NOPE! Holy crap!!

It was actually like Alien and 28 Days Later rolled into a few other sci fi movies.
It was surprisingly good! I was tense and on the edge of my seat the whole time. You never know what's going to happen. Recommend it to anyone that likes freaky scifi/alien movies with gore and scare factors.

Some good films listed there. Yeah I have the original war of the worlds on cd, would have preferred it if they had made a film like it rather than the contemporary versions they have made of the same name.

FreyrWishmaster get a copy of Fire in the sky and watch it at night alone. It's actually a really good film.

I would say every movie about space and aliens is worth a watch at least once.
Also, note the differences from the theater release and the directors cut later on DVD.
A great example would be The Abyss.

That was an excellent movie, highly recommended! I was only half-surprised by the ending though. I didn't see that exact situation coming but I knew it was going to be something like that. (sorry, no spoilers! )

That's a fair analogy, I'd say. I actually thought it was going to be an 'Alien' prequel when I first started watching it. The first time I got a glimpse at one of the 'creatures' it looked like there were spikes on it's back, plus they were walking on all fours.

Man, I was really ticked off when I saw that for the first time. I watched it when they first aired it on Sci-Fi channel. They played the version with no aliens! Without the aliens it's not 'sci-fi', it's just 'fi'!!!

"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is one of the few movies where I actually like the remake better. ("The Invasion") The only other one I can think of is "I am Legend" (with Will Smith), which is actually a remake of a remake of a remake. (Ya, it's been done 4 times...) That's the only thing I've ever liked with Will Smith in it, so I personally can't recommend MIB or ID4...

The other movies listed are all pretty good though, with the possible exception of Signs. I'm sorry, that movie just made no sense at all. I think Carter said it best in an episode of SG-1. I can't remember exactly what she said, so I'm paraphrasing here:

'If water hurts them, why would they travel light-years through space to take over a planet that's 70% water?! Not to mention all the rain!'

If you can get past the enormous gap in logic though, I suppose it's a decent movie.

I almost forgot the Indie films...

"Homeworld" is a bit of a mind-bender, and extremely low budget. Despite the lack of special effects and big name actors, I thought it was brilliant. The first half hour or so is pretty slow, but if you can keep with it it gets better.

"The Nines" is one of the best Indie films I've ever seen. If you end up watching it you might find yourself asking 'What does this have to do with aliens?'. Just keep watching, it will make sense in the end. It's a really weird movie and it's intentionally confusing. I think this quote says it all:

"If I'm a 'nine' and humans are 'sevens', then what are 'eights'?"
"Koala's are eights. They're telepathic and they also control the weather."

Ya, and if that doesn't get your attention, the movie starts with the main character going on a crack binge. Funny stuff.

This next film isn't about aliens, per say, but it's possible they had something to do with it. Alien intervention is one possible theory, but personally I think Santa Claus just got tired of delivering presents. () In "The Signal" a mysterious signal is being broadcast through all TV's and radios. This signal causes anyone who hears it to lose touch with reality and chaos ensues. If you're a fan of zombie movies, this is a must see! There's no zombies in it, but it certainly has the feel of one of those movies. A word of warning though, there are some very graphic scenes. This is definitely one of the best movies I've ever seen, Indie film or not.