The '80s were filled with classics, so it's no surprise that outright perfect movies like Top Secret! and The Right Stuff ...

When Ridley Scott gave movie fans 1979's Alien, he kickstarted the craze for extraterrestrials on the big screen. Indeed, the '80s marked the decade when we began seeing way more aliens in movies.

The best alien movies of all time challenge audience expectations about extraterrestrial life. These are the movies where the aliens' role and creature design prompts introspective thoughts or makes ...