Best Alien Invasion Movies
The best alien invasion movies ever made, ranked by audience score. Avengers: Endgame takes it at 8.2, and the 20 films below prove how much range the premise has — The Avengers, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance and Edge of Tomorrow pull it in completely different directions.
20 titles · average score 7.5 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
★ 8.2 · 28,350 ratingsAfter the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo…
- 2
The Avengers (2012)
★ 8.1 · 39,277 ratingsWhen an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from…
- 3
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
★ 7.8 · 1,030 ratingsUnder constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious Makinami Mari…
- 4
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
★ 7.6 · 15,361 ratingsMajor Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back…
- 5
Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons (2022)
★ 7.6 · 363 ratingsAfter discovering he has powers, 11-year-old Jonathan Kent and assassin-turned-Boy-Wonder Damian Wayne must join forces to rescue their fathers (Superman & Batman) and save the planet from the malevolent alien force…
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How this list is ranked
Nothing on this page is hand-picked to hit a word count. We pull films matching this list's criteria from TMDB, require a real audience behind each score, and rank by that score — 20 titles averaging 7.5. The page rebuilds daily, so new releases appear here as soon as enough people have rated them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best alien invasion movie?
Avengers: Endgame (2019) at 8.2, ahead of The Avengers and Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. All 20 films on this page average 7.5.
How do you find alien invasion movies?
Through TMDB's keyword tagging, which is maintained by its community and goes far deeper than genre labels — it catches films that share a premise even when they belong to completely different genres.
Is this list updated?
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