Independence Day
Although its belated sequel failed to live up to its legacy ( mainly because it was so idly write that Will Smith chose to doSuicide Squadinstead),Independence Dayremains a classic of blockbuster picture palace . Roland Emmerich ’s tawdry , bombastic , action at law - pile , effects - ladened , unashamedly cheesy sci - fi juggernaut is still the alien invasion movie to beat . There ’s only one that has Will Smith punching an alien in the font and saying , “ Welcome to Earth ! , ” but there have been plenty of great movies about the unlikely prospect of outlander invade our humble little satellite . Here are 10 Alien Invasion Movies To see if You LikeIndependence Day .
Pacific Rim (2013)
The invading force inPacific Rimare technically elephantine Lovecraftian monsters issue from a portal site in the ocean bottom , not extraterrestrials arriving from outer space . But they ’re still alien to humans and they ’re bent on taking over our existence , so it still counts as an alien intrusion pic .
Guillermo del Toro directedPacific Rimas a monument to the works of H.P. Lovecraft , one of the greatest influences onhis own storied career . As a movie that exists strictly for the spectacle of some the great unwashed in gargantuan golem courtship scramble up a bunch of every bit giant monsters , it succeeds praiseworthily .
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Aliens have already arrive on Earth and the human race is at war with them when Doug Liman’sEdge of Tomorrowbegins . Tom Cruise plays a soldier who is thrust onto the battlefield and forced to battle aliens he ’s not prepared to fight . Within second , he ’s killed . But then , like Phil Connors inGroundhog Day , he wakes up at the beginning of the twenty-four hours again .
As he finds himself stuck in this fourth dimension loop , he enlists the service of Emily Blunt to figure out what ’s going on — and how to use it to their advantage in humans ’s state of war against the exotic invaders .
Attack the Block (2011)
Although it underperformed at the box part , Joe Cornish ’s directorial debutAttack the Blockhas quickly become a cult classic . pose on a council landed estate in South London , Attack the Blockviews an alien invasion from a British perspective in the face of countless Hollywood blockbusters go down in New York or Los Angeles .
As a trainee nanny ( played by the current Doctor , Jodie Whittaker ) joins forces with the street gang that mug her in the orifice picture , the movie posit that in the face of “ the other ” ( i.e. foreign encroacher ) , we ’re all just human being with the primaeval desire to remain live . This movie made John Boyega known to British moviegoers before there was even aStar Warssequel trilogy in development .
A Quiet Place (2018)
John Krasinski ’s critically acclaimed , vastly popular directorial effortA Quiet Placetakes the “ alien intrusion ” trope and puts it into a repugnance movie . It ’s not the first movie to do this —The Thing , Signs , andCloverfieldall did something similar — but this subgenre has never been done quite like this .
The exotic creatures quickly wiping out the human airstream inA Quiet Placecan’t see a thing , but they ’re extremely sensible to sound . If you do n’t outride totally silent , you ’re as good as bushed . Krasinski star alongside his real - life married woman Emily Blunt and a brace of gifted minor actors ( Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe ) as a family just trying to subsist .
The Avengers (2012)
One of the last MCU motion-picture show that you could reasonably watch without having seen all the others , Joss Whedon’sThe Avengersbrought Earth ’s mightiest Cuban sandwich together on the big screen for the first clock time ever . Iron Man , Captain America , Thor , Black Widow , Hawkeye , and the Hulk all have to acquire to work together after Loki steals the Space Stone from S.H.I.E.L.D. and be after to use it to open a portal in the sky above New York City and have in his alien army , the Chitauri .
In the moving-picture show ’s final act , as the invasion begin , the Avengers join forces to stop it . It ’s primarily a superhero movie , butThe Avengersis a great alien intrusion movie , too .
Annihilation (2018)
Paramount got inhuman metrical foot aboutAnnihilation , Alex Garland ’s directorial follow - up to his masterfully crafted debutEx Machina , and decline to give it a world theatrical dismission . Instead , the studio apartment sell the picture show ’s distribution rights in most territories to Netflix . It ’s a shame , because it ’s the kind of film that would be mesmerizing on the bad screen .
Earth has been visit by stranger , and they ’re a lifeform that we ca n’t even cover . The aliens are slowly consuming Earth with a cosmic blanket called “ the Shimmer . ” Natalie Portman precede an all - star cast into the Shimmer , where they find legions of unexpected horrors .
They Live (1988)
John Carpenter does n’t take any movie lightly . If he directs a police thriller , it ’s the Alamo transplant into a contemporary setting . If he direct a horror moving-picture show , it sets the benchmark for all modern repulsion film . And if he directs an exotic invasion movie , it ’s a satirical indictment of consumer culture .
InThey Live , when he stumble upon an eye - opening duo of sunglass , Roddy Piper discovers that Earth ’s fellowship has already been infiltrate by aliens that have brainwashed man into stay in line through corporate ad . The movie is gloriously ridiculous , with slapstick - tinged action at law scenes , quippy one - liners , and an anti - consumerist content .
The World’s End (2013)
To crest off their “ Three Flavorrs Cornetto Trilogy ” — a circle of three pic connect by recur actors , musical genre parodies , a unique optic mode , and of class , Cornettoes — Edgar Wright , Simon Pegg , and Nick Frost delivered an alien invasion pic . Pegg plays Gary King , who reassemble his friendly relationship group from gamey schoolhouse to recreate a pub crawl they never finished as teenagers , only to find that their hometown has been taken over by body - snatching E.T.s .
The exotic invader are in reality the last thing on the story ’s mind . The World ’s Endis a speculation on nostalgia , alcoholism , and the dangers of trying to recapture your lost young person . It ’s also a wildly entertaining , tightly script , rivet cinematic ride .
Arrival (2016)
The great matter aboutIndependence Day — the thing that elevate it from being your average workaday Hollywood VFX - fest — is that it ’s not about the invading extraterrestrial force-out ; it ’s about the hoi polloi who have to confront them . reaching , too , is an alien invasion movie ( although the aliens invade nothing more than quad above some random emplacement across the world , as they come in peace ) that ’s more focused on the human characters than the foreign ones .
Amy Adams anchor the moving-picture show as Louise , a linguistic expert who is recruited to board the exotic pods that have arrived on Earth and communicate with the unknown inwardly .
War of the Worlds (2005)
H.G. Wells’The War of the Worldshad been adapted for the big screen a few times before Steven Spielberg tackled it , but the director made it feel relevant by ground its visual dash on mental imagery of the 9/11 attacks . The book is determine in the south of England , but the movie take that setting to America ’s East Coast , for reasons besides merely appealing to American hearing .
Spielberg made the film in 2005 , at a time when America was fearing an invasion by a foreign militant strength , as an artistic response to those fearfulness . As a result , it ’s one of Hollywood ’s most interesting post-9/11 cinematic statement , and an foreign intrusion picture show that brook with the greats .
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