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

Otherworldly aliens are as important to the "Star Wars" saga as a rousing score or elaborate outer space fights between cool spaceships. From the very first entry in this narrative, "Star Wars" has ...

Brian Johnson, who has died aged 86, was an Oscar-winning visual effects maestro and modelling specialist who contributed ...

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

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

Ridley Scott's near-perfect sci-fi horror masterpiece is surging on streaming before the franchise's next release.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was a global phenomenon that spawned many knockoffs, with films like Purple People Eater, Badi, ...

Disney's nostalgic, space fantasy treasure-hunting adventure series is the perfect weekend binge. All eight episodes are ...

Spielberg returns to one of his favorite subjects with a fun and goofy popcorn movie that shows how far he's come in the last 50 years.

Milly Alcock, Eve Ridley, and David Corenswet star in the second DCU movie since James Gunn's takeover, an adaptation of ...