До появления темы пришельцев в кинематографе люди interested in her as long as they remember. This is not surprising, since, contemplating the sky, it is impossible to imagine that humankind of the Earth is alone in all this space.
The article contains information about the movie and aboutaliens. Films (the list of the best is included in the review) are selected subjectively. In fact, thousands of films on this subject have been filmed in cinema history. Some of them failed at the box office, others made a lot of noise, but were quickly forgotten. The article will present those paintings that remain on the ear after decades, as well as those for which remakes are made, and even more than once.
What is the popularity of films about aliens
As mentioned above, man is difficultimagine that his appearance as a rational being can be alone in the whole immense cosmos. Partly because of this, people think about the possible existence of other “residential” planets and those developed beings who can live there. To this all adds a good imagination and imagination. As a result, works of science fiction about aliens and other worlds are born.
By virtue of their militant nature,humanity more often thinks about the negative consequences of meeting with extraterrestrial intelligence, so frightening pictures about aliens appear. Films (the best list proves it) show situations of enslavement of people, their extermination. It scares and at the same time attracts viewers.
The appearance of aliens through the eyes of directors
Human fantasy can come up with an interesting plot, but does not cope well with the embodiment of the appearance of an alien intelligent creature.
Directors are not particularly original in the choice of appearance, when they remove the tape about aliens. Films, the list of which will be published below, are more fascinated by their plot than the appearance of extraterrestrial beings.
Most often they are portrayed as humanoids withgrayish-greenish cover and large almond-shaped eyes or make it look like a reptile. In some cases, they are represented as bunches of energy or robots.
Top 10 films about the seizure of the Earth by aliens
Because people tend to tickle their nervesfrightening pictures, it is not surprising that mostly films about aliens, a list of which will be presented below, reveal the theme of the seizure of the Earth and the enslavement of its inhabitants or their complete extermination. What are the fantastic pictures most remembered and struck by its plot and its embodiment on the screen?
The best movies about aliens (a list with a brief description):
- "War of the Worlds" - a free version of the novelHG Wells, which was shot by Steven Spielberg in 2005. It tells that people were so busy with their everyday problems that they did not even notice the beginning of the invasion.
- "The Battlefield Earth" - the film adaptation of the novel by RonHubbard, directed by John Travolta. The film was released in 2000 and is considered one of the worst works, for which he received many awards "Golden Raspberry". Because of this, the second part was not filmed.
- “The Day the Earth Has Stopped” is a remakethe 1951 film. He was directed by Scott Derikson in 2008. The film tells about the landing of aliens, who decided to destroy people, because there are not so many residential planets, and people behave like parasites.
- "Aliens among us" - filmed by John Carpenterthe story of Ray Nelson in 1988. In the story, a man accidentally finds glasses through which you can see newcomers living among ordinary people. At first, he is frightened, but after that he starts looking for like-minded people. By the end of the film, he was able to destroy the satellite, and people saw their real life with representatives of extraterrestrial intelligence. After this plot was used in several video clips, and the idea was used in the computer game “Patriot” and the trilogy “The Matrix”.
- "Signs" - the film was released in 2002 by the directorKnight Shyamalan. It tells about the appearance of strange crop circles across the planet, and their creators soon appear. The work, in addition to the fantastic plot, is complemented by dramatic and comedic elements, as well as Mel Gibson's beautiful play.
- «Вторжение похитителей тел» – картина 1978 года has an earlier version of the novel by Jack Finney. Aliens grow duplicates of people in buds, and the main characters are not able to resist the resulting conspiracy.
- "Faculty" - the picture belongs to the genrefiction and horror, since its director was Robert Rodriguez. The tape was released in 1998 and tells how aliens implant into larvae teachers in the school of teachers and manage them. This is noticed by the students whom no one believes. At the end, the students manage to kill the queen, which destroys all the larvae.
- “Independence Day” - listing films aboutalien invasion of Earth, a list of which is presented here, not to mention this tape Roland Emmerich, released in 1996. On July 2, an alien ship flies to the planet, and in the evening the largest cities of the Earth are destroyed. July 3, the United States Air Force is trying to resist the aggressor, but to no avail. By July 4, the protagonists manage to load a computer virus onto the main alien ship and destroy it with a nuclear charge. Earth gets its independence.
- «Люди в черном» – фантастическая комедия, первая part of which came out in 1997. The plot is based on the work of a secret super-government agency that controls the presence of extraterrestrial beings on the planet.
- "Mars Attacks" - fiction film from 1996elements of satire and black humor directed by Tim Burton. There are several lines in the plot (the family of the President of the USA, the activities of television reporters, the former boxer, the family from Norris), but by the end they all come together. The essence of the work is that the Martians flew to Earth in order to destroy humanity. For people, everything ends well due to the fact that all the newcomers managed to destroy the melody in the style of yodelya.
20th century movies
Everyone can have their favorite movie about aliens (fiction).
List of equally famous tapes of the last century:
- "Earth is dying shouting" - Terence Fisher.
- "Invasion of star creatures" - Bruno We Sota.
- "It! Horror from space "- Edward L. Kan.
- "Predator" - John McTirnan.
- "Astronaut's Wife" - Rand Ravich.
- "The Fifth Element" - Luc Besson.
- "Individual" - Roger Donaldson.
- Stargate - Roland Emmerich.
Model film about aliens
The film “Something from Another World” was filmed in 1951.The basis was the story of John Campbell "Who is going?". He tells about an unknown form of life, which was found by representatives of the US Air Force at the north polar station.
A creature resembling a humanoid, runs away andbegins to turn into a giant vegetable, feeding itself with blood. Scientists decide that the creature is a scout of a hostile extraterrestrial civilization that can capture humans and feed on their blood. The task of the military is to destroy the alien who is not taken by the bullets. An electric current comes to the rescue, and Something perishes. The key phrase was “Watch the sky!”. Films about aliens, a list of which is presented in the article, for the most part specifically about alien invaders.
21st Century Films
The beginning of the new century was marked by a large number of disaster films. Among them were films about the invasion of aliens.
List of some of them:
- "Skyline" - the Strauss brothers.
- "UFO" - Dominic Burns.
- "Alien Invasion" - Jonathan Libesman.
- “Cowboys vs. Aliens” - John Favreau.
- "Absolute Invasion" - Christopher Tabori.
- "The Sign" - Alex Prois.
- “Aliens vs. Predator” - Strause brothers.
Filmed comics about aliens
Comics company "Marvel" could not ignore the topic of extraterrestrial intelligence. For their reasons, there is more than one movie about aliens on Earth.
List:
- "Guardians of the Galaxy" - James Gunn.
- "The Avengers" - Joss Whedon.
Films about good aliens
It is not always the aliens represented in the film industry want the death of all mankind. For lovers of good fantastic plots, you can offer some good options.
First of all - this is "Cocoon", a film about aliens (fiction). The list can be supplemented with the pictures “Alien”, “Superman”.
In these plots extraterrestrial intelligent beings are notwish evil to others. In the work “Cocoon”, representatives of other worlds even, on the contrary, treat elderly people from a shelter, prolonging their life. About aliens films (listed above) do not always belong to the category of thrillers, horror, action films, sometimes they are peace-loving comedies or melodramas.
