From the Greys to the Nordics, these aliens appear frequently across abduction stories and science fiction tales.

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

The Alien franchise is one of the most iconic and enduring in all of sci-fi cinema, even if not every entry is a classic. The original Ridley Scott movie was essentially greenlit only because the ...

David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton in 'The Man Who Fell to Earth'; a Xenomorph in 'Aliens'; Scarlett Johansson as the Female in 'Under the Skin' A casual viewer might assume that if you've seen one ...

Spielberg has graced the silver screen with countless creative alien species in his career, and some have shown to be more ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Hughes is an entertainment writer covering cinema and genre TV. Filmmaker Fede Álvarez’s anxiously awaited legacy sequel ...

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

Last week’s episode of Alien: Earth took us all the way back to when it all went wrong aboard the USCSS Maginot. Now, the FX show returns to the main narrative, to explore the fallout of that ...

Warning: Spoilers for Alien: Romulus may lie ahead. With Alien: Romulus set to receive a sequel after convincing most critics and fans, co-writer and director Fede Álvarez has been spending a lot of ...

Noah Hawley gets a lot of things right in his latest Alien spin-off series, Alien: Earth, and the songs are a big part of it. If you’ve paid close attention, you’ll know that the show is utilizing ...