# The best alien invasion movies

Ships over cities, body snatchers and visitors who don't come in peace: cinema's best alien invasions according to critics (El Español, Vandal, Cultture, Univision).

- 649 votes · 15 items
- Apr 15, 2024 · Mariangel Medina
- https://even.best/en/l/2080/the-best-alien-invasion-movies

## Top 13

1. **Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)** (70 · ▲73 ▼3) — Pods that replace a town's residents.
2. **Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)** (48 · ▲55 ▼7) — The remake with Donald Sutherland and that final scream.
3. **The Thing (1982)** (42 · ▲46 ▼4) — A being that imitates anyone at an Antarctic base; John Carpenter.
4. **Arrival (2016)** (37 · ▲40 ▼3) — A linguist tries to talk to the visitors.
5. **Independence Day (1996)** (35 · ▲40 ▼5) — Giant ships over cities on the Fourth of July.
6. **Edge of Tomorrow (2014)** (35 · ▲39 ▼4) — Tom Cruise dies and relives every battle.
7. **Attack the Block (2011)** (32 · ▲40 ▼8) — Kids from a London estate against aliens.
8. **The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)** (30 · ▲34 ▼4) — Klaatu, the robot Gort and a warning to humanity.
9. **The War of the Worlds (1953)** (25 · ▲36 ▼11) — H. G. Wells's Martians in Technicolor.
10. **Mars Attacks! (1996)** (21 · ▲26 ▼5) — Tim Burton and some very ill-intentioned Martians.
11. **War of the Worlds (2005)** (17 · ▲30 ▼13) — Tom Cruise flees with his kids; Steven Spielberg.
12. **They Live (1988)** (13 · ▲23 ▼10) — Sunglasses that reveal who's really in charge; John Carpenter.
13. **Signs (2002)** (11 · ▲22 ▼11) — Crop circles and Mel Gibson; M. Night Shyamalan.
14. **District 9 (2009)** (11 · ▲20 ▼9) — Alien refugees in Johannesburg.
15. **Nope (2022)** (10 · ▲19 ▼9) — Something in the sky over a horse ranch; Jordan Peele.

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