TOP 20 Best Alien Invasion Movies Of All Time | Greatest Sci-Fi Invasions Ranked

They came from the sky. Some brought warships and fire, some just a whisper in a cornfield. Either way, humanity looked up and realized it was no longer at the top of the food chain. We're counting down our picks for the 20 greatest alien invasion films ever made — from paranoid Cold War classics to modern first-contact masterpieces, from popcorn spectacle to quiet cosmic dread. You'll disagree with the order. That's the point. 🛸 The full countdown: 20. Battle: Los Angeles (2011) 19. Nope (2022) 18. Mars Attacks! (1996) 17. The Faculty (1998) 16. Attack the Block (2011) 15. Cloverfield (2008) 14. They Live (1988) 13. Under the Skin (2013) 12. Signs (2002) 11. The Blob (1988) 10. Starship Troopers (1997) 9. War of the Worlds (2005) 8. Independence Day (1996) 7. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 6. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 4. Edge of Tomorrow (2014) 3. District 9 (2009) 2. Arrival (2016) 1. The Thing (1982) 💬 Which invasion did we rank too high — and which one did we leave stranded? 👍 Subscribe to Movie Blanket Club for a new movie countdown every week. #AlienInvasion #BestMovies #MovieBlanketClub