20 best movies like Invaders from Mars (1986)

List of the best movies like Invaders from Mars (1986): Creature, Stargate: Continuum, Crawl or Die, Apollo 18, Not of This Earth, Space Battleship Yamato, Age of Tomorrow, Battle of Los Angeles, Gatchaman, Invasion Roswell.

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Markimdb: 4.3
Genrehorror, fantastic
CountryUSA

A crew of scientists arrives on a far, cold planet to examine archaic artifacts of unknown origin. They discover that their German enemies already have a ship there. When they seek their help after a failed landing, they only find the Germans’ bodies, obviously slaughtered by one of the archaic creatures, awoken to new life. Now the alien is after them.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:38

Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.

Markimdb: 4
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

Earth as we know it is gone. A virus has destroyed the planet and rendered all its women infertile, all but one. An elite team of soldiers are tasked with bringing the woman to safety on the newly habitable Earth Two. But when they are forced underground they find themselves fighting for survival from an bloodthirsty creature in a maze of ever shrinking tunnels. As the team's ranks start to dwindle, the tunnels shrink and the ammunition run out, the crawl for survival becomes more and more desperate.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:29

    Officially, Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later in 1973, three American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies it's authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
    CountryUSA

    A science fiction vampire movie. The Vampire is an emissary from an embattled world near destruction who teleports to Earth to see if they can live here. He finds that our blood is nourishing and that at least one source of it is a steady stream of transfusions. He hypnotizes a Dr. to provide them and has his blond nurse move in to administer them.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryJapan
    Duration02:18

    In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.

    Markimdb: 2.1
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Mankind must fight to survive as Earth is invaded by hostile UFOs bent on destroying the planet. As the epic battle wages on, astronauts sneak aboard the mothership where they discover a portal to the aliens' home world. They manage to alert Earth before they are brutally murdered. Left with no other choice, Earth sends an elite military team of science and combat specialists through the portal where they attempt to stop the invasion from the inside out.

    Markimdb: 1.9
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    In February 1942 Us forces engaged an unidentified flying object above Los Angeles. Now almost 70 years later, the alien invaders have returned.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:53

    By the year 2050 AD, a mysterious organization called Galactor has occupied half of the Earth and threatens to exterminate the human race. Around the same time, the International Science Organization had uncovered mysterious stones that bear unusual powers. It is said that one person out of approximately eight million is able to harness the power of the stones; they are known as a "Receptor". Dr. Kozaburo Nambu gathers a team of these five lucky Receptors together. Known as the "Gatchaman" team, it is their mission to defeat Galactor.

    Markimdb: 3.1
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:24

    After the American Army shot down a UFO in 1947, generations of elite commandos were secretly trained to deal with the aliens' feared return. However, the extra-terrestrials never came back and the elite force was disbanded. Sixty-six years after the Roswell crash, the aliens are invading Earth and only the over-the-hill retired commandos can stop them.

    Markimdb: 3.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic
    CountryUSA

    A long forgotten ancient spacecraft discovered on Earth. Investigations carried out by Scout transport her to the moon whereupon she meets the impressive machines preserving the wisdom of that long lost civilization.

    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: 4.2
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
    Duration02:40

    Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:53

      Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration02:10

      An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

      Markimdb: 2.1
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA

      Aliens invade, this time delivering a clear ultimatum. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance as the U.S. President and citizens decide if these aliens are to be trusted… or feared.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA, Luxembourg
      Duration01:40

      The Hollywood version of the popular video game series "Wing Commander". Unlike other video games to feature film transitions, series creator Chris Roberts was heavily involved in the film's creation. This is the story of Christopher Blair and Todd "Maniac" Marshall as they arrive at the Tiger Claw and are soon forced to stop a Kilrathi fleet heading towards Earth.

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genrehorror, action, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration01:25

      A multinational expedition discovers a lost city beneath a pyramid, where they must stop the reawakened gods of ancient Egypt from initiating the apocalypse

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family.

      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: 6.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy, detective
      CountryUSA, Mexico
      Duration01:44

      When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin spreading from the faculty to the students' bodies, it's ultimately up to the few who are left – an unlikely collection of loners, leaders, nerds and jocks – to save the world from alien domination.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrefantastic, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      An astronaut doctor Ivan Hood and his fellow astronaut Kelly return from their mission in space to find the world has been taken over by aliens. Now Dr. Ivan Hood and Kelly must lead a revolution to free the human slaves from their alien masters.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:10

      The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime, the only other inhabitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find themselves hurtling through uncharted space.

      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: 4.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:24

      A band finally gets the opportunity for that breakthrough gig if they can make it to an "in" club on another planet in time.

      Markimdb: 3.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      After Air Force One goes down during a storm over the Bermuda Triangle, the United States Navy is dispatched to find the escape pod holding the President. A giant monster beneath the ocean awakens and attacks the fleet.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic
      CountryUSA, New Zealand

      A buried UFO slowly turns local inhabitants into gizmo-building alien mutants.

      Markimdb: 2.5
      Genrehorror
      CountryUSA, Venezuela
      Duration01:20

      Welcome to Egypt, land of the Pharaohs. A place steeped in history and legend; Gods and spiritual guides; untold wealth – and the bone-cracking, blood-spilling guardians of its riches. Jack Wells has arrived in Egypt in search of the famous diamond known as The Codex Stone. His journey leads him to the tomb of the cursed King Neferu, cursed not by name but by nature. With his centuries-old slumber disturbed by timeless human greed, the King rises from the dead with a blood-lust that cannot be quenched and a raging fury that will shred flesh from bone, bringing terrible and tormented death to all who dare witness the Day of the Mummy.

      Markimdb: 2.5
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, United Kingdom
      Duration01:25

        The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrefantastic, action, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

        During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

        Markimdb: 4.1
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
        CountryCanada, USA

        Charlie Price, a former scientist turned science fiction author, starts living one of his novels when the Federal Science Foundation's weather experiments escape control and turn disastrous.

        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: 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: 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: 5.9
          Genrefantastic, adventure, family
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:24

          Doctor Who and his companions are hurled into the future and make a horrifying discovery: the Daleks have conquered Earth! The metal fiends have devastated entire continents and turned the survivors into Robomen.

          Markimdb: 1.9
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:28

          A movie created from "found footage" of a lost military expedition that exposes the origins of life on earth.

          Markimdb: 3.6
          Genrehorror, fantastic
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:23

          From deep within the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, Professor Douglas McCadden ships the coffin of Ankh-Vanharis to the California Institute of Sciences where X-rays reveal five diamond-like crystals hidden within the coffin. Technician Peter Sharpe steals the crystals but doesn't notice that the powerful X-ray has revived a green fungus. When the coffin is opened at a university press conference, the reporters uncover more than they bargained for. The mummy has disappeared... and the Time Walker is alive again!

          Markimdb: 3.7
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
          CountryCanada

          The world watches in awe as the Roebling Clipper is launched into space. Using state-of-the-art scalar engines to fly around the Moon and back in just hours, the maiden voyage of the first-ever trans-lunar passenger ship is about to make history. Among those on board: First Lady Simone Mathany, space-exploration entrepreneur Steve Roebling, Dr. Denise Balaban, pilot Fiona Henslaw, and a very lucky lottery winner. But while en route, a massive solar flare sparks a cosmic-ray burst that accelerates Aurora’s engine and blows the ship away from Earth’s orbit. Now out of control, it’s hurtling straight for the sun.

          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: 5.2
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          Chaos consumes a small town when a chemical facility explodes releasing a deadly toxin. Moments after the leak, the town's residents show signs of mutation, causing the military to quarantine the area leaving any survivors helpless and trapped inside. The story follows Jim, a young man isolated within the red zone, as he eludes flesh eating zombies in an attempt to win back his freedom.

          Markimdb: 8.4
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:36

          After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.

          Markimdb: 4.9
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, detective
          CountryUSA

          It is the year 2022. A mysterious systems failure causes the crew of a spaceship to be stranded on the dark side of the moon, while rapidly running out of fuel and oxygen. They are surprised to discover a NASA space shuttle floating in space, and board it in the hope of salvaging some supplies. One by one, the crew is possessed and killed, and it is up to Paxton Warner to find the links between the dark side of the moon, the Bermuda Triangle, and the Devil himself.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:54

            For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
            CountryUSA, China, Brazil
            Duration02:36

            An astronaut travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. He uncovers secrets which challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrehorror, fantastic
            CountryRussia, USA
            Duration01:40

            Five young filmmakers retrace the steps of a doomed group of hikers in pursuit of an unsolvable mystery.

            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: 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: 7.2
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:33

            Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No Imagination", "Submit to Authority". Even scarier is that he is able to see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued.

            Markimdb: 3.2
            Genrefantastic, thriller
            CountryUSA

            Set in the aftermath of an oppressive class war, a pregnant officer aboard an escape pod must struggle to survive with her remaining crew when a mysterious and vicious life form attacks, determined to become the dominant species.

            Markimdb: 2.8
            Genrefantastic, action
            CountryMalaysia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Russia
            Duration01:57

            About a boy, Azman who stumbles upon a nano-tech glove which can transform his motorbike into body armor. The technology was designed by Dr.Natasya Irina Pushkin, a scientist at the Western Tech. Corporation. However, when she realizes that her creation will be used by a man with the power to destroy the world, she is determined to sabotage it.




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