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 ...

Not Alone 's first teaser trailer highlights the budding romance between the two, complete with flirting, blushing, and the ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

Discover six hard sci-fi films where science shapes story and emotion, like Europa Report and The Martian. Brainy, emotional, ...