As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, and Vivica A. Fox star in the iconic film, which hit theaters July 3 1996.

These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial life.

This month’s recommendations include a dreamscape space opera, a dark time-travel diner comedy and an existential alien thriller.

The third entry in the horror sci-fi franchise almost went in a completely different direction.

Renny Harlin revealed why he walked away from directing Alien 3 after 20th Century Fox rejected his radically different ideas ...

Left to Right: Steven Yeun in "Nope," the alien in Steven Spielberg's "E.T." and Scarlett Johansson in "Under the Skin" (Universal Pictures / A24) It didn’t take long for stories about ...

The makers of the blockbusting sci-fi thriller reveal how they made a hit, why Kevin Spacey was almost involved and what went wrong with the sequel ...

Noah Hawley has brought the sci-fi/horror series to television. Many filmmakers have taken on the "Alien" franchise: James Cameron, David Fincher, Fede Álvarez. Ridley Scott even returned to the well ...

Fassbender and Katherine Waterston are back on screen in season 2 of The Agency – having previously starred together in the ...

In fact, polls in Australia, the US and elsewhere indicate around a third of the public believes aliens are here. However, while what we know about the universe suggests aliens may exist, there are ...