Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "friendly-alien"

1. The Orville (2017–2022)

TV-14 | 44 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Set 400 years in the future, the crew of the U.S.S. Orville continue their mission of exploration, navigating both the mysteries of the universe, and the complexities of their own interpersonal relationships.

Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes

Votes: 99,660

2. E.T. (1982)

PG | 115 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace

Votes: 437,276 | Gross: $435.11M

3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

PG-13 | 149 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson

Votes: 428,240 | Gross: $402.11M

4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel

Votes: 431,867 | Gross: $352.39M

5. 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

A group of aliens is sent to Earth, disguised as a human family, to experience and report life on the third planet from the sun.

Stars: John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart

Votes: 55,677

6. Out of This World (1987–1991)

30 min | Comedy, Family

A teenager discovers that her birth father is an alien and that she has supernatural powers.

Stars: Donna Pescow, Maureen Flannigan, Burt Reynolds, Doug McClure

Votes: 2,209

7. Earth to Echo (2014)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

After receiving a bizarre series of encrypted messages, a group of kids embark on an adventure with an alien who needs their help.

Director: Dave Green | Stars: Teo Halm, Astro, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt

Votes: 19,775 | Gross: $38.92M

8. Muppets from Space (1999)

G | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Gonzo is contacted by his alien family through his breakfast cereal. But when the men in black kidnap him, it's up to Kermit and the gang to rescue Gonzo and help him reunite with his long-lost family.

Director: Tim Hill | Stars: Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Bill Barretta, Jerry Nelson

Votes: 20,606 | Gross: $16.63M

9. Alien Nation (1989–1990)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

In the near future, a human cop and his alien partner fight crime and discrimination in Los Angeles.

Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland

Votes: 5,504

10. Meatballs Part II (1984)

PG | 87 min | Comedy

Second in the series of Meatball movies. A group of kids attempt to save a summer camp that's a financial failure.

Director: Ken Wiederhorn | Stars: Richard Mulligan, Hamilton Camp, John Mengatti, Kim Richards

Votes: 2,834 | Gross: $5.41M

11. The Martian Chronicles (1980)

360 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In the 21st century, Earth begins the colonization of Mars. However, things do not go as planned, at first due to the hostile Martian natives and later because of the self-destructive Earthmen.

Stars: Rock Hudson, Gayle Hunnicutt, Bernie Casey, Christopher Connelly

Votes: 2,509

12. Jetsons: The Movie (1990)

G | 82 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

George Jetson is forced to uproot his family when Mr. Spacely promotes him to take charge of a new factory on a distant planet.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Iwao Takamoto | Stars: George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Mel Blanc, Tiffany

Votes: 5,695 | Gross: $10.90M

13. Half-Life: Alyx (2020 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Horror

A VR game of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Play as Alyx Vance, humanity's only chance for survival.

Stars: Ozioma Akagha, James Moses Black, Rhys Darby, Tony Todd

Votes: 1,051

14. Flight to Mars (1951)

Passed | 72 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Five astronauts successfully fly to Mars where they encounter seemingly friendly and advanced inhabitants who harbor covert plans to use their ship to invade Earth.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Marguerite Chapman, Cameron Mitchell, Arthur Franz, Virginia Huston

Votes: 1,336

15. Aliens in the Family (1996)

30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Doug Brody (John Bedford Lloyd), is kidnapped by an alien mom named Cookie (Margaret Trigg). They marry and hilariously try to blend their blended family into everyday life. The aliens were puppets designed by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

Stars: John Bedford Lloyd, Margaret Trigg, Paige Tiffany, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette

Votes: 137

16. The Head (1994–1996)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Jim and Roy, a friendly violet demonic-looking alien that inhabits Jim's giant head, must stop an alien invasion. Misguided FBI agents and a manipulated mad doctor stand in their way, but Jim finds allies.

Stars: Jason Candler, Eric Fogel, Dick Rodstein, Russ Hexter

Votes: 1,340

17. Extra Terrestrial Visitors (1983)

84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A young boy in the woods discovers a lovable alien...or is it?

Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Ian Serra, Nina Ferrer, Susana Bequer, Sara Palmer

Votes: 4,760

18. Alien Nation (1989 TV Movie)

Unrated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

A bigoted human policeman in the L.A. of the future and his alien partner learn to live with each other's differences while attempting to solve a drug conspiracy hidden in the subculture of... See full summary »

Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland

Votes: 1,263

19. Mission Stardust (1967)

PG | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A team of astronauts is sent to the moon to rescue an alien who is seeking help to save her dying race. They are attacked by a force of bandit robots and discover that enemy spies are out to kill the alien.

Director: Primo Zeglio | Stars: Lang Jeffries, Essy Persson, Luis Dávila, Pinkas Braun

Votes: 877

20. Starcrossed (1985 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Romance, Sci-Fi

An alien woman is running from a deadly enemy and tries to hide on Earth where she meets a young mechanic, who helps her to get back home and to fight for the freedom of her people.

Director: Jeffrey Bloom | Stars: James Spader, Belinda Bauer, Peter Kowanko, Clark Johnson

Votes: 606

21. The Glitterball (1977)

56 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Two teenage boys try to help a tiny spherical alien get back to its mothership, while the army and a devious petty crook pursue the creature for its wonderful powers.

Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Ben Buckton, Keith Jayne, Ron Pember, Marjorie Yates

Votes: 278

22. Cosmic Princess (1982 TV Movie)

91 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

_Space: 1999_ (1975) season 2 episodes The Metamorph and Space Ward were edited together to create this movie about the adrift in space crew of Moonbase Alpha that meets shape-shifting alien Maya and her father who wants their brains.

Directors: Charles Crichton, Peter Medak | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 373

23. Thorp (2020)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After fleeing Earth in the late 80s, an alien returns to his childhood home in search of his best friend. As he gets closer to finding her, his mysterious past gets closer to catching him.

Director: Dennis Donovan | Stars: Walker Hare, Otoja Abit, Kim Blanck, Alice Callahan

Votes: 171

24. Los extraterrestres (1983)

90 min | Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi

Alberto and Jorge are two friends who work as waiters and during a trip they meet an alien with extraordinary powers. He himself is wanted by a Russian organization, and the friends will have to hide him from it.

Director: Enrique Carreras | Stars: Alberto Olmedo, Jorge Porcel, Luisa Albinoni, Susana Traverso

Votes: 160

25. Supersonic Saucer (1956)

50 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

A group of schoolchildren come upon an alien from Venus, and help him against a gang of criminals who are trying to kidnap him.

Director: Guy Fergusson | Stars: Marcia Manolescue, Gillian Harrison, Fella Edmonds, Andrew Motte-Harrison

Votes: 189

26. Fish Out of Water (II) (2019)

16 min | Short, Drama, Family

Anxious about a new school and his relationship to his brother, a boy with Cerebral Palsy meets an alien who helps him cope with his fears.

Director: Alyssa Asaro | Stars: Christian Humphries, Nathan Bellinger, Kristina Agosti, Vincent Marciano

27. Welcome to the Planet Earth (1993)

14 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Matilda and Ignac are simple pig farmers. One day, a plant-based alien spaceship with two friendly plant-spacemen exploring Earth arrives on their farm. Terrified, the peasant couple attacks the aliens and something unexpected happens.

Director: Dusan Vukotic | Stars: Veronika Kovacic, Angel Palasev, Krunoslav Saric

Votes: 23

28. Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals (2008 Video Game)

T | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In this follow up to Immortal (2004) set in cyberpunk 2023, artist Alcide Nikopol goes on the run from the fascist Parisian puppet state controlled by the reemerged mysterious alien gods of Egypt. Horus is his only ally.

Stars: Damien Boisseau, Patrice Melennec, Pierre-Alain de Garrigues, Matthew Géczy

Votes: 37

29. Maabus (1995 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Mystery

You're in control of a weaponized probe sent to a remote tropical island where strange dangerous radiation has been detected. Fight off giant creatures, solve puzzles and find it's source. The game can't be saved during its final third.

Star: James Loxley

30. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: The Human Interest Story (1985)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man claiming to be from another solar system warns of an imminent alien invasion via television. A female journalist tracks him down and agrees to go with him on a car ride to see the proof that he's telling the truth.

Director: Larry Gross | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, John Shea, Barbara Williams, James T. Callahan

Votes: 114

31. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: Samantha's Secret Saucer (1968)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

While trying to retrieve Tabitha's toy flying saucer, Aunt Clara summons a real flying saucer complete with alien crew.

Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy

Votes: 306

32. The Chronicle (2001–2002)
Episode: Pilot (2001)

Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Tucker Burns, a good journalist with a blemish on his record that makes him unemployable, is hired by The World Chronicle, a paranormal tabloid. Although a skeptic, Tucker agrees to investigate the case of a monster attack for the paper.

Director: Marc Buckland | Stars: Chad Willett, Rena Sofer, Reno Wilson, Jon Polito

Votes: 16

33. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Parents from Space (1989)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Abusive elderly foster parents of a nice little orphan girl have their bodies taken over by friendly aliens, whose spaceship broke down.

Director: Gerald Cotts | Stars: Frank Gorshin, Peggy Cass, Mary Griffin, Ann Hillary

Votes: 142

34. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Sarcophagus (1998)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An amber-like cocoon mass found in an ancient burial chamber begins to affect a man, imprinting him with the last memories of a long suspended alien and begins to affect his life and decisions.

Director: Jeff Woolnough | Stars: Lisa Zane, David Cubitt, Peter Wilds, Eli Gabay

Votes: 246

35. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: Inertia (1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Peter and Lindsay join a team of military scientists who are secretly transporting a female alien. A survivalist group of cultists who believe that the alien is their messiah ambush the convoy. Peter and the alien escape into the woods.

Director: Randy Bradshaw | Stars: Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Joanne Vannicola, Colin Fox

Votes: 12

36. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: Tribunal (1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

In this clip-show, the team is put on trial before an ad hoc tribunal. The prosecutor reexamines some of their cases involving aliens in order to debunk them and prove that aliens don't exist. Peter is poisoned before his testimony.

Director: John Bell | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 14

37. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Thanksgiving of Horror (2019)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy

The Simpsons face various Thanksgiving nightmares, including the first Thanksgiving, an A.I. mishap and a dangerous space mission complicated by a sentient cranberry sauce.

Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Rob Oliver | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,196

38. Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014–2020)
Episode: Landon's End (2020)

TV-14 | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A grieving widower asks the team to help him confront his teenage son about his secret opioid addiction. However, the team discovers that the man's young daughter is the one hiding something. Also, Marquess remembers his late friend.

Stars: Mike Tyson, Norm MacDonald, Rachel Ramras, Jim Rash

Votes: 55

39. Professor Balthazar (1967–1977)
Episode: Lutke bez kose (1971)

10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Friendly aliens from a distant planet arrive in professor Balthazar's city, fascinated by the fact that humans have hair on top of their heads. Discreetly they take hair from people's dolls... See full summary »

Director: Ante Zaninovic | Stars: Zlatko Crnkovic, Erik Schumann

Votes: 16

40. Professor Balthazar (1967–1977)
Episode: Viktorov jajomat (1970)

10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

On the square of professor Balthazar's town, Victor is selling boiled eggs, eggs à la Victor, with the help of his amazing Eggomat. When the machine breaks down the customers are desperate ... See full summary »

Directors: Zlatko Grgic, Boris Kolar, Ante Zaninovic | Stars: Zlatko Crnkovic, Erik Schumann

Votes: 12

41. Professor Balthazar (1967–1977)
Episode: Zvjezdani kvartet (1968)

11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Three of the little town's inhabitants are music lovers. The tailor likes to play on his scissors, the street sweeper loves playing on the garbage bin and the glass blower play music with ... See full summary »

Directors: Zlatko Grgic, Boris Kolar, Ante Zaninovic | Stars: Zlatko Crnkovic, Erik Schumann

Votes: 17

42. Conspiracy Clearinghouse (2020– )
Magic Carpet Ride - UFOs & the New Age (2021 Podcast Episode)

Talk-Show

Aliens just want to make love, not war, man. UFOs are at the heart of much New Age philosophy.

Director: Derek DeWitt | Star: Derek DeWitt

43. Conspiracy Clearinghouse (2020– )
A Field Guide to Aliens (2021 Podcast Episode)

Talk-Show

A training manual for KBG agents is "found" that details 58 species of aliens that hang out around our planet, their cultures and maybe what they want.

Director: Derek DeWitt | Star: Derek DeWitt