Fascination with alien contact was partly kick-started by theH.G.

UFO films can vary between peaceful or violent interactions depending on whether the visitors are benevolent or malevolent.

Some UFO movies focus on making contact with aliens, while others see humanity fleeing for their lives.

Men in Black, Arrival, and The Thing

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The film is based on H.G.

Wells' novel, and uses cutting-edge visuals and sound effects to bring it to life.

The menacing towering tripod-like aliens heavily influenced creature design in the genre.

An alien inside a human standing in front of an Obey sign in They Live

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Inside, they discover a beautiful, bizarre, and dangerous alien world.

11’Mars Attacks!'

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Michele up against a door that John Goodman as Howard Stambler is peeking out of in 10 Cloverfield Lane.

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Tom Cruise as William Cage, wearing a mecha-suit with a gun pointed from his shoulder in Edge of Tomorrow.

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Dutch, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, holds a rifle in the jungle in ‘Predator’.

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A huge tripod alien roams the streets of New Jersey as onlookers stare in horror

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Lilo and Stitch dancing the Hula in Lilo & Stitch

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Scientists including Natalie Portman walking into the Shimmer from ‘Annihilation’

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Jodie Foster wears a techno-suit and looks anxious in Contact.

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Martians have skull-like faces with exposed brains wearing clear helmets and space suits in Mars Attacks.

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Arrival