20 best movies like Alien Origin (2012)

List of the best movies like Alien Origin (2012): Area 51, Arachnid, Tank 432, The Rig, Frankenfish, Snakehead Swamp, Poseidon Rex, 20 Million Miles to Earth, Blood Monkey, A Sound of Thunder.

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Markimdb: 4.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:38

Three young conspiracy theorists attempt to uncover the mysteries of Area 51, the government's secret location rumored to have hosted encounters with alien beings. What they find at this hidden facility exposes unimaginable secrets.

Markimdb: 3.9
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountrySpain, USA, Mexico
Duration01:41

Arachnid is a 2001 film directed by Jack Sholder. In this movie, giant killer spiders menace survivors of a plane crash.

Markimdb: 3.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, detective, military
CountryUnited Kingdom

With nowhere else to hide, a group of mercenaries and their prisoners take cover inside a long abandoned Bulldog tank. But, while they try to keep the forces outside at bay, the real enemy is already among them, locked inside the 'Belly of the Bulldog'. After collaborating closely with Ben Wheatley on FREE FIRE, HIGH-RISE, A FIELD IN ENGLAND and KILL LIST, director Nick Gillespie makes his feature debut.

Markimdb: 3.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

In the midst of a tropical storm, the crew of an offshore oil rig must survive the rampage of a creature after invading its undersea habitat.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA

When the body of a man is found completely destroyed in the swamps in Louisiana, the medical investigator Sam Rivers is assigned to investigate the murder. He travels with the biologist Mary Callahan to the location where the victim lived in a floating house and he meets his family and friends. They find that Chinese snake-heads genetically engineered that belong to a wealthy hunter are attacking and killing the locals. While the group fights to survive, the hunter Jeff arrives with his team to hunt the predators.

Markimdb: 3.1
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:26

A horrifying hybrid of genetic science and nature has taken over the Louisiana bayou, leaving terror in its wake! In the heat of the summer, what began as an day of boating and bikinis changes drastically when a school of genetically enhanced snakehead fish finds their way into Black Briar Swamp.

Markimdb: 2.6
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:21

Jackson Slate, famous treasure hunter, is out to find the legendary Lost Gold Of Cortez in the open waters off a secluded island in the Caribbean Sea. Using dynamite to blast his way through centuries of silt, new chasms are created reaching miles below the ancient ocean floor. From here, an ancient evil is released, that quickly, savagely, and without warning, destroys Jackson s boat and kills his crew. The sole survivor of the carnage, Jackson teams up with marine biologist, Sarah, to venture back to the site and investigate the horrific events. They extract an egg from the darkest depths of the ocean and take it back to the lab to investigate. But when it hatches, they realise they have awaken a deadly prehistoric monster, the P-Rex, which will stop at nothing until the entire island is destroyed...

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:22

When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.

Markimdb: 3.1
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryThailand

Six American grad students have arrived in Africa to study apes with a renowned professor. But after setting up camp in a jungle clearing, they soon become witness to the carnage inflicted by the strange and remote species.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Germany
Duration01:41

    When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
    CountryChina
    Duration01:55

    A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by mysterious figures.

    Markimdb: 2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA

    Two women, aspiring documentary filmmakers, find themselves trapped in a monster-plagued Toyko in 2003.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA, Singapore
    Duration01:28

    Following a deadly viral outbreak, private military soldier Max Gatling leads a handful of survivors and a ragtag band of robots against an army of the infected.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:22

    When plans for a weekend vacation hit a dead end, a group of close-knit friends find themselves stranded in unfamiliar territory, pursued by a menacing predator. Holed up in an isolated cabin, tensions mount as long-buried secrets are revealed. As the body count rises, the group must put their differences aside and fight for survival.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:33

    Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly bear.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller
    CountryUnited Kingdom, South Africa
    Duration01:30

    A documentary crew follows an elite unit of soldiers in the wake of an alien invasion.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:30

    16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:45

    A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.

    Markimdb: 3.4
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:30

    When Earth is attacked by a hostile alien force, a small town firefighter and a rogue SETI scientist team up to activate the only technology capable of defeating the invaders.

    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: 5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

      Aliens in human disguise commandeer a rural airport during a snowstorm. To survive, the people trapped inside must determine which of their own is not of this Earth.

      Markimdb: 2.2
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA

      When an energy experiment goes haywire, a rash of massive hurricanes rips across North America. A high school science teacher must get his family to safety before the hurricanes merge, creating a "hypercane" with the power to wipe the US off the map.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:21

      A group of friends who venture into the remote Texas woods for a party weekend find themselves stalked by Bigfoot.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:10

      Could you trust a jury of your peers with your life? The contestants of a mysterious death game must make harrowing decisions as they strategize for survival in this psychological sci-fi thriller.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      A group of oddball high school students find themselves trapped in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      Lovely and resourceful Daria and Tisa escape a space gulag only to crash land on a nearby world where a guy in tight pants named Zed is playing The Most Dangerous Game. Zed turns the girls and another guest loose in his jungle preserve to serve as the prey in a mad hunt. Armed only with knives and their wits, the girls must battle their way across the jungle to a hidden arms cache before Zed catches and kills them.

      Markimdb: 4.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
      CountrySouth Africa, USA

      In the quiet waters of the Mississippi, body parts are being discovered. No one knows what is behind it all, until a huge man eating bull shark turns up. This bull shark is different, as it can breath in fresh water, making a deadly encounter between anyone who comes before it. John Sanders must now try and reach the surface, with his ex-wife and whilst being held hostage.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      Three college students on a road trip across the Southwest experience a detour – the tracking of a computer genius who has already hacked into MIT and exposed security faults. When the trio find themselves drawn to an eerily isolated area, suddenly everything goes dark. When one of the students regains consciousness, he finds himself in a waking nightmare.

      Markimdb: 4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:26

      Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.

      Markimdb: 3.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Romania

      When most of the population of Earth is infected by a virus and transformed into flesh eaters and blood drinking creatures, a group of hunters lead by Tao and his sword chase the vampire zombies to eliminate them. Six non-infected survivors try to find the exit of an abandoned hospital crowded of the infected creatures. Meanwhile, the military is ready to bomb the whole area.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Canada, Germany
      Duration01:33

      A sequel to 2004's Alien vs. Predator, the iconic creatures from two of the scariest film franchises in movie history wage their most brutal battle ever - in our own backyard. The small town of Gunnison, Colorado becomes a war zone between two of the deadliest extra-terrestrial life forms - the Alien and the Predator. When a Predator scout ship crash-lands in the hills outside the town, Alien Facehuggers and a hybrid Alien/Predator are released and begin to terrorize the town.

      Markimdb: 3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:21

      A scientist enlists the help of the US army to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father, deep in the Belizean jungle. Caught in the crossfire between a brutal guerrilla army controlled by a mystical warlord, they are also confronted by an even bigger terror giant mutated wasps that are, for some reason, thirsty for blood.

      Markimdb: 4.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, Lithuania, Italy
      Duration01:26

      Captain Martin Stone is leading a finely-trained, elite platoon of Allied soldiers as they attack an enemy bunker. Underestimating their enemy's strength, they are quickly beaten back into the forest. As they try to regroup, they are suddenly attacked by the same soldiers they had just killed a few minutes earlier. Forced to flee deeper into Russian territory, they discover one of war's most terrifying secrets and realize they have woken up a far more deadlier enemy.

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA

      Passengers on a murder mystery train that crashes into a river must decide whether to risk waiting for help in the wreckage or take their chances in the murky depths below.

      Markimdb: 3.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure, detective, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:26

      A group of researchers in Antarctica are abducted by a platoon of masked soldiers and dragged into a hidden continent in the center of the Earth. There, they discover that surviving Nazi soldiers are plotting an invasion of Earth to revive the Third Reich.

      Markimdb: 3.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA

      A Marine Biologist is assigned to investigate the mysterious deaths of some marine life in an inland salt water lake that has been attributed to a creature thought to have been the stuff of a legend.

      Markimdb: 4.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, detective
      CountryCanada

      When five friends vacation at a remote lake house, they expect nothing less then a good time, unaware that Earth is under attack by an alien invasion and mass-abductions.

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:30

      Doom: Annihilation follows a group of space marines as they respond to a distress call from a base on a Martian moon, only to discover it’s been overrun by demonic creatures who threaten to create Hell on Earth.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
      CountrySpain, USA
      Duration01:22

      An experimental submarine, the "Siren II", with a very experienced crew is sent to find out what happened to the "Siren I" after it mysteriously dissapeared in a submarine rift. Things go awry when they begin to find things that shouldn't be there...

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada
      Duration02:06

      When a kid accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled female scientist can prevent the end of the human race.

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