| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | The Thing | 1982 | John Carpenter | USA | Body Horror | Psychological Horror, Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, Cosmic Horror, Mystery, Splatter, Survival, Thriller | 576 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 49 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | 1978 | Philip Kaufman | USA | Science Fiction | Psychological Horror, New Hollywood, Alien Invasion, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror | 193 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 50 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | 1956 | Don Siegel | USA | Science Fiction | Thriller, Alien Invasion, Satire, Survival, Film noir | 185 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 149 | The Thing from Another World | 1951 | Christian Nyby | USA | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion, Cosmic Horror | 78 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 174 | Village of the Damned | 1960 | Wolf Rilla | UK | Science Fiction | Mystery, Alien Invasion | 107 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 204 | Night of the Creeps | 1986 | Fred Dekker | USA | Zombie | Teen Movie, Comedy, Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, Horror Comedy, Body Horror, Black Comedy, Splatter | 98 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 240 | The Blob | 1988 | Chuck Russell | USA | Body Horror | Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, Splatter, Teen Movie, Black Comedy, Giant Monster | 78 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 243 | A Quiet Place | 2018 | John Krasinski | USA | Science Fiction | Post-Apocalyptic, Thriller, Survival, Alien Invasion, Drama, Family Drama, Home Invasion | 150 | IMDb ↗ |
| 9 | 249 | Under the Skin | 2013 | Jonathan Glazer | UK | Science Fiction | Psychological Drama, Extraterrestrial, Psychological Horror, Surrealism, Slow Cinema, Cosmic Horror, Alien Invasion, Erotic Thriller | 142 | IMDb ↗ |
| 10 | 260 | They Live | 1988 | John Carpenter | USA | Science Fiction | Dystopian, Satire, Action, Alien Invasion, Black Comedy, Buddy, Postmodernism, Political Thriller | 77 | IMDb ↗ |
| 11 | 284 | The Faculty | 1998 | Robert Rodriguez | USA | Science Fiction | Teen Movie, Alien Invasion, Horror Comedy, Body Horror, Satire, Live-Action Animation, Computer Animation | 66 | IMDb ↗ |
| 12 | 314 | Killer Klowns from Outer Space | 1988 | Stephen Chiodo | USA | Comedy | Black Comedy, Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, Horror Comedy, Absurdist Comedy, Teen Movie, Evil Clown | 65 | IMDb ↗ |
| 13 | 322 | Little Shop of Horrors | 1986 | Frank Oz | USA | Musical | Horror Comedy, Natural Horror, Romance, Giant Monster, Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, Black Comedy, Puppetry, Rock Opera, Absurdist Comedy, Pets | 50 | IMDb ↗ |
| 14 | 326 | The Quatermass Xperiment | 1955 | Val Guest | UK | Science Fiction | Mystery, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Alien Invasion | 31 | IMDb ↗ |
| 15 | 339 | The Blob | 1958 | Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. | USA | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion, Teen Movie, Giant Monster, Cosmic Horror | 57 | IMDb ↗ |
| 16 | 380 | Slither | 2006 | James Gunn | USA | Body Horror | Zombie, Alien Invasion, Comedy, Horror Comedy, Science Fiction, Splatter, Black Comedy | 142 | IMDb ↗ |
| 17 | 388 | Bad Taste | 1987 | Peter Jackson | New Zealand | Splatter | Black Comedy, Science Fiction, Gross-Out Comedy, Alien Invasion, Slapstick, Satire, Action | 56 | IMDb ↗ |
| 18 | 390 | Cloverfield | 2008 | Matt Reeves | USA | Found Footage | Giant Monster, Disaster, Thriller, Alien Invasion, Action, Cosmic Horror | 125 | IMDb ↗ |
| 19 | 400 | Attack the Block | 2011 | Joe Cornish | UK | Science Fiction | Hood Film, Action, Alien Invasion, Horror Comedy, Black Comedy, Teen Movie, Crime | 69 | IMDb ↗ |
| 20 | 419 | Quatermass and the Pit | 1967 | Roy Ward Baker | UK | Science Fiction | Mystery, Extraterrestrial, Cosmic Horror, Alien Invasion | 31 | IMDb ↗ |
| 21 | 453 | The War of the Worlds | 1953 | Byron Haskin | USA | Science Fiction | Disaster, Alien Invasion | 16 | IMDb ↗ |
| 22 | 480 | 10 Cloverfield Lane | 2016 | Dan Trachtenberg | USA | Thriller | Post-Apocalyptic, Mystery, Chamber Film, Psychological Thriller, Alien Invasion, Psychological Drama, Survival, Science Fiction, Drama | 67 | IMDb ↗ |
| 23 | 508 | Lifeforce | 1985 | Tobe Hooper | UK | Science Fiction | Vampire, Cosmic Horror, Alien Invasion, Zombie, Disaster, Body Horror, Erotic Thriller, Police Procedural, Space Exploration, Gothic | 49 | IMDb ↗ |
| 24 | 527 | V/H/S/2 | 2013 | Gregg Hale, Jason Eisener, Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Gareth Evans, Eduardo Sánchez, Timo Tjahjanto | USA | Anthology | Found Footage, Supernatural, Zombie, Science Fiction, Splatter, Sadistic Horror, Alien Invasion, Digital Horror, Analog Horror, Pets | 68 | IMDb ↗ |
| 25 | 538 | Invaders from Mars | 1953 | William Cameron Menzies | USA | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion | 16 | IMDb ↗ |
| 26 | 576 | Quatermass 2 | 1957 | Val Guest | UK | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion, Mystery | 14 | IMDb ↗ |
| 27 | 661 | Xtro | 1982 | Harry Bromley Davenport | UK | Science Fiction | Body Horror, Exploitation, Alien Invasion, Low Fantasy, Splatter | 12 | IMDb ↗ |
| 28 | 663 | Critters | 1986 | Stephen Herek | USA | Comedy | Black Comedy, Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, Horror Comedy, Siege Film, Home Invasion | 32 | IMDb ↗ |
| 29 | 681 | Nope | 2022 | Jordan Peele | USA | Science Fiction | Giant Monster, Alien Invasion, Mystery, Cosmic Horror, Thriller, Neo-Western, Satire, Comedy | 48 | IMDb ↗ |
| 30 | 704 | Predator 2 | 1990 | Stephen Hopkins | USA | Action | Science Fiction, Extraterrestrial, Police Procedural, Slasher, Crime, Satire, Alien Invasion | 10 | IMDb ↗ |
| 31 | 725 | Plan 9 from Outer Space | 1957 | Edward D. Wood Jr. | USA | Science Fiction | Zombie, Alien Invasion, Police Procedural | 27 | IMDb ↗ |
| 32 | 778 | It Came from Outer Space | 1953 | Jack Arnold | USA | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion, Cosmic Horror, Romance | 15 | IMDb ↗ |
| 33 | 784 | Wild Zero | 1999 | Tetsuro Takeuchi | Japan | Zombie | Music, Action, Black Comedy, Splatter, Bikersploitation, Horror Comedy, Romance, Absurdist Comedy, Alien Invasion, LGBTQ, Science Fiction | 27 | IMDb ↗ |
| 34 | 835 | Grabbers | 2012 | Jon Wright | Ireland | Monster | Giant Monster, Black Comedy, Alien Invasion, Horror Comedy, Cosmic Horror | 32 | IMDb ↗ |
| 35 | 846 | The Day of the Triffids | 1963 | Steve Sekely | UK | Science Fiction | Disaster, Natural Horror, Alien Invasion, Post-Apocalyptic | 19 | IMDb ↗ |
| 36 | 980 | No One Will Save You | 2023 | Brian Duffield | USA | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion, Thriller, Home Invasion, Psychological Drama | 21 | IMDb ↗ |
| 37 | 1107 | Jigureul jikyeora! | 2003 | Joon-Hwan Jang | South Korea | Comedy | Black Comedy, Science Fiction, New Korean Cinema, Satire, Crime, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Police Procedural, Sadistic Horror, Psychological Drama, Alien Invasion, Absurdist Comedy, Extraterrestrial | 14 | IMDb ↗ |
| 38 | 1187 | A Quiet Place: Day One | 2024 | Michael Sarnoski | USA | Monster | Alien Invasion, Disaster, Thriller, Drama | 14 | IMDb ↗ |
| 39 | 1225 | A Quiet Place Part II | 2020 | John Krasinski | USA | Monster | Post-Apocalyptic, Alien Invasion, Survival, Thriller, Action | 20 | IMDb ↗ |
| 40 | 1274 | Village of the Damned | 1995 | John Carpenter | USA | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion, Evil Children | 12 | IMDb ↗ |
| 41 | 1295 | Undead | 2003 | Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Australia | Zombie | Black Comedy, Science Fiction, Alien Invasion | 18 | IMDb ↗ |
| 42 | 1338 | Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro | 1968 | Hajime Satô | Japan | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion, Vampire, Body Horror, Supernatural | 11 | IMDb ↗ |
| 43 | 1453 | Monsters | 2010 | Gareth Edwards | UK | Science Fiction | Giant Monster, Drama, Alien Invasion, Road Movie, Romance, Disaster, Dystopian | 19 | IMDb ↗ |
| 44 | 2499 | Vlci bouda | 1987 | Vera Chytilová | Czechia | Mystery | Science Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Psychological Horror, Alien Invasion, Teen Movie, Survival, Black Comedy | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 45 | 2814 | V/H/S/Beyond | 2024 | Jay Cheel, Jordan Downey, Christian Long, Justin Long, Justin Martinez, Virat Pal, Kate Siegel | USA | Anthology | Science Fiction, Found Footage, Body Horror, Mockumentary, Alien Invasion, Techno-Horror, Cosmic Horror, Splatter, Mystery, Sadistic Horror | 4 | IMDb ↗ |
| 46 | 4060 | Slash/Back | 2022 | Nyla Innuksuk | Canada | Science Fiction | Teen Movie, Alien Invasion, Slasher, Body Horror | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 47 | 4362 | Fried Barry | 2020 | Ryan Kruger | South Africa | Science Fiction | Black Comedy, Alien Invasion, Horror Comedy, Body Horror, Sex Comedy, Splatter, Drugsploitation | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
Keyword data is still being added, so some films have incomplete or missing keywords.