Five Steven Spielberg movies have been about aliens, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Disclosure Day, but which of them is the best?

War of the Worlds is a vicious alien-invasion movie from Steven Spielberg that's worlds away from his most recent release, ...

So if you’re needing your alien fix this week, here are the five best alien movies worth adding to your Netflix watchlist. It ...

We've ranked five alien movies that the award-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg has ever directed. The rankings are based on each film's Tomatometer ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. This comes ahead of ...

These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial ...

Spielberg and ET looking at each other - Aaron Rapoport/Getty Images Steven Spielberg might be best known for "Jaws" and "Jurassic Park", but it's aliens where Spielberg seems to keep returning.

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Aliens have been a staple of cinema for decades. The 1950s brought with it movies such as "It Came from Outer Space" (which is overdue for a ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

Humanity has a long history and fascination with aliens. In many cases, it's curiosity and wondering whether or not we're truly alone in the universe. In other cases, it's about humanity versus ...

2005’s sci-fi action drama War of the Worlds is taking the fifth spot with a current 76% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie starred Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Lisa ...