# Movies like Alien

> Films most similar to Alien (1979) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/alien-1979/>

## 12 films in this list

- **[Alien: Covenant](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/alien-covenant-2017/)** (2017) — ★ 6.2 · 9,375 votes · dread, raw
- **[Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/mission-galactica-the-cylon-attack-1979/)** (1979) — ★ 7.0 · 65 votes
- **[It! The Terror from Beyond Space](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/it-the-terror-from-beyond-space-1958/)** (1958) — ★ 5.9 · 114 votes · 3am-cult
- **[Prometheus](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/prometheus-2012/)** (2012) — ★ 6.6 · 13,207 votes · dread, epic, slow-burn
- **[The Thing](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-thing-1982/)** (1982) — ★ 8.1 · 7,878 votes · body-horror, dread, paranoid
- **[The Terminal Man](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-terminal-man-1974/)** (1974) — ★ 5.4 · 59 votes · dread, paranoid
- **[This Island Earth](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/this-island-earth-1955/)** (1955) — ★ 6.0 · 235 votes
- **[The Angry Red Planet](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-angry-red-planet-1959/)** (1959) — ★ 5.6 · 79 votes
- **[Aliens](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/aliens-1986/)** (1986) — ★ 8.0 · 10,801 votes · neon-soaked, paranoid, unhinged
- **[Dawn of the Dead](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dawn-of-the-dead-1978/)** (1978) — ★ 7.5 · 2,286 votes · dread, raw, unhinged
- **[Invasion of the Body Snatchers](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1978/)** (1978) — ★ 7.2 · 1,312 votes · dread, paranoid, slow-burn
- **[The Martian](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-martian-2015/)** (2015) — ★ 7.7 · 21,124 votes · cerebral, uplifting

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