English movies about aliens

List of the best English movies about aliens selected by visitors to our site: Knowing, The Aliens, Predator: Dark Ages, Robot Overlords, Beyond Skyline, Paul, The World's End, The Darkest Dawn, Alien Autopsy, Lifeforce.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, action
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia, China
Duration02:01

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:34

Nearly 40 years ago aliens crash-landed in the UK. They look like us, but are forced to live in a ghetto. Border control officer Lewis falls in love with one.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantastic, action, short
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:07

Follows a group of war-torn Templar knights who are put to the test against a strange beast that stalks the lands of England. This battle is what Myths and Legends are made of. An independent fan film.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
Duration01:30

Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, action
CountryUSA, Canada, Indonesia, United Kingdom, China, Singapore
Duration02:09

Detective Mark Corley storms his way onto an alien spaceship to rescue his estranged son. When the ship crashes in Southeast Asia, he forges an alliance with a band of survivors to take back the planet once and for all.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:44

For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, action, comedy
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Japan
Duration01:49

Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

Markimdb: 4
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUnited Kingdom

Evacuated from their home, two teenage sisters unite with fellow survivors and escape London by river to embark on an odyssey across the badlands of Britain.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantastic, comedy, biography
CountryGermany, United Kingdom
Duration01:35

Humouristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal when two British lads were accused of having faked a documentary from the Roswell incident in 1947.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:41

A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London's population into zombies. The only survivor of the expedition and British authorities attempt to capture a mysterious but beautiful alien woman who appears responsible.

Markimdb: 5
Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
CountryFinland, Germany, Australia, France, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom
Duration02:23

Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear war, but buried deep under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of humanity - or destroy it once and for all. The truth behind the creation of mankind will be revealed when an old enemy leads our heroes on an adventure into the Hollow Earth. To save humanity they must fight the Vril, an ancient shapeshifting reptilian race and their army of dinosaurs.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Luxembourg
Duration01:48

    A seductive alien prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantastic
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Three astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    The sensationalist reporter Michelle Fox presents the TV show Weird World, with phony matters about UFOS and aliens. When she hears about Cat, a young woman that claims that have been abducted with her boyfriend and become pregnant by aliens, she convinces her chief to travel with a team to the remote Welsh island of Scalled to interview Cat. She invites the cameraman Ricky Anderson with his sound technician partner; the nerd expert in "ufology" and "ley lines" Gavin Gorman; the actress Candy Vixen and an obscure gay actor to prepare the matter. They get a van and wait for the low tide to reach the island, and when they find evidences that aliens are really landed in the location, the ambitious Michelle decides to film her way to fame and wealth.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:28

      A teen gang in a grim South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrefantastic, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:46

      Set in 2019, The Beyond chronicles the groundbreaking mission which sent astronauts - modified with advanced robotics, through a newly discovered wormhole known as the Void. When the mission returns unexpectedly, the space agency races to discover what the astronauts encountered on their first of its kind interstellar space journey.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrefantastic, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:43

      Based on the HG Wells story. The world is delighted when a space craft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, they think for the first time. But the delight turns to shock when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrefantastic
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      With Earth virtually destroyed, Bran Marshall flees to Rhea, a nearby planet now hostile towards "Earthers". Escaping onto a Rhean supply ship, he finds the crew slaughtered, with the only survivor a female warrior named Ohsha. As the two try to kill one another, the ship is damaged by meteorites. Bran and Ohsha must join forces to salvage the craft before it impacts the planet below — and the humans that live there.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, China, Japan, Mexico
      Duration02:33

      It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

      Markimdb: 3.6
      Genrefantastic, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      The adventures of 3 young astronomers and their fight to survive a deadly Martian Invasion.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:27

      Something nasty is lurking inside a secure storage unit. When a group of people get trapped inside, they need to find a way to get out of a building that's designed to keep things in...

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:29

        The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:34

        Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico was quarantined as an infected zone. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain "the creatures," while a journalist agrees to escort a shaken tourist through the infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrefantastic, action
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:19

        The story of humankind's last stand against a cataclysmic alien invasion. Set in the war-ravaged African countryside, a U.S. soldier and a French foreign aid worker team up to survive the alien onslaught. Their bond will be tested as they search for refuge across a crumbling world.

        Markimdb: 2.6
        Genrecomedy
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:34

        John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately, for John, he's a taxi driver which involves varying shift work! Simple? Well, when John unwittingly becomes a have-a-go hero and the Finsbury and Stockwell police forces discover something suspicious in their paperwork, John's happy bubble is about to be burst. The action of the movie takes place during the next hectic 24 hours as John, with the assistance of his gullible neighbor Gary, rush between North and South London attempting to thwart the police and prevent the two loving wives coming face to face!

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, USA, Germany
        Duration02:22

        On a bleak future Earth, a soldier endures a radical genetic transformation to save humanity. But his wife fears he's becoming more creature than man.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:43

        As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:46

        The film is a semi-biographical story based on the experiences of former prison guard Ronnie Thompson who spent seven years working in some of the UK's most dangerous prisons. Based on Thompson's book of the same name, the project stars James D'Arcy (Master & Commander), Noel Clarke (Kidulthood), Frank Harper (The Football Factory), Jamie Foreman (Layer Cake), Andrew Shim (This Is England) and Kate Magowan (Stardust). The story revolves around former soldier Sam Norwood who takes a job as a prison officer when he returns from Iraq and becomes exposed to the underworld of prison culture - including corrupt guards and drug trafficking.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
        Duration02:45

        Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

        Markimdb: 3.7
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        In a rambling, isolated house, Emily’s first night-shift as carer to an elderly dementia patient turns into a nightmare as she is tormented by a vengeful spirit and uncovers the house's dark secrets.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:41

        Sam & Fordy run a credit card fraud scheme, but when they steal from the wrong man, they find themselves threatened by sadistic gangster. They need to raise £5m and pull off a daring diamond heist to clear their debt.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        In the mean streets of London's East End, a former Serbian commando and a fourteen-year old boy plot revenge against a powerful crime lord and his ruthless lieutenants. As our heroes prepare to take on their enemies, the boy is mentored in the dark arts of assassination and learns the true meaning of friendship, honor and respect.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredrama, family, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:40

        Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:32

          Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the 'synthetic', David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom

          Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the conflict will pass or leave everything they know behind for a new life.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
          CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
          Duration01:30

          Something sinister has come to the shores of Erin Island, unbeknownst to the quaint population of this sleepy fishing village resting somewhere off Ireland’s coast. First, some fishermen go missing. Then there is the rash of whale carcasses suddenly washing up on the beach. When the murders start, it’s up to two mismatched cops – an irresponsible alcoholic and his new partner, a by-the-book woman from the mainland – to protect the townsfolk from the giant, bloodsucking, tentacled aliens that prey upon them. Their only weapon, they discover, is booze. If they want to survive the creatures’ onslaught, everyone will have to get very, very drunk!

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration02:05

          Mr Wickers and his class go on one final school trip after they finish their GCSEs.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrecomedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:39

          By day, Richard Haig is a successful and well-respected English professor at renowned Trinity College in Cambridge. By night, Richard indulges his own romantic fantasies with a steady stream of beautiful undergraduates. But Richard has grown tired of the game and is looking for something more meaningful and lasting. So when Kate, Richard’s tanned, athletic, 25-year-old American girlfriend tells him that she is pregnant, Richard is thrilled. He looks forward to having a family of his own, being a father his children could be proud of, not some sex-fueled bobcat. There is only one problem. Richard’s not in love with Kate. Richard is in love with Kate’s sister, Olivia. He had been in love with her ever since he first saw her.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
          Duration01:52

            Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genremelodrama, drama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:44

            BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing. Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for an idealistic young vicar's son bent on change who, with her help, shapes Lord Mansfield's role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrecomedy, music
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:33

            Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They are young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, Dixie heads out onto the streets of London…

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
            Duration01:55

            England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genredrama, crime, music
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration02:01

            Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban poverty.

            Markimdb: 4.5
            Genrefantastic, adventure
            CountryUnited Kingdom

            A group of scientists are possessed by an alien force when they investigate a meteor shower in a rural field.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrethriller, musical, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:47

            London Road is a musical drama that documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerb-crawling on their street. When a local resident was charged and then convicted of the murders, the community grappled with what it meant to be at the epicentre of this tragedy.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genremelodrama, drama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:40

            The Newlyn School of artists flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century and the film focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group, which included Alfred Munnings and Laura and Harold Knight. The incendiary anti-Modernist Munnings, now regarded as one of Britain's most sought-after artists, is at the centre of the complex love triangle, involving aspiring artist Florence Carter-Wood and Gilbert Evans, the land agent in charge of the Lamorna Valley estate. True - and deeply moving - the story is played out against the timeless beauty of the Cornish coast, in the approaching shadow of The Great War.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
            Duration02:16

            A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday on Antigua. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's intelligence establishment, to Paris and the Alps.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrecomedy, drama, biography, sport
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
            Duration02:30

            Inspired by true events, Eddie the Eagle is a feel-good story about Michael "Eddie" Edwards (Taron Egerton), an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself - even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach (played by Hugh Jackman), Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
            CountryAustralia, USA, United Kingdom
            Duration02:32

            A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration01:43

            This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.




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