1960s:

The Cape Canaveral Monsters (1960)--Aliens attempt to sabotage U.S. air space.
The Time Travelers (1964)--Time travelers encounter human aliens and android slaves.
Gigantor (1965) Gigantor robot built to combat aliens.
Harald (1966)--An alien travels to Germany. Film made in Germany.
Retik, the Moon Menace (1966)--(TV) Scientist encounters aliens from the moon intent on taking over Earth.
Bomb Voyage (1967)--The Commissioner is abducted by aliens, taken to their planet, and placed in a specimen jar. Two Inspectors follow in a monkey-piloted rocket and are chased around the tiny planet by one of the aliens.
They Came From Beyond Space (1967)--Aliens take over the bodies of Earthlings and transport them to the moon to be used as slave labor. Hero is immune to the aliens' influence.
The Incredible Invasion (1968)--Aliens invade human bodies, become radioactive and start killing flowers. What horror!
The Monitors (1969)--Earth is taken over by the Monitors, and the film follows the progress of the human underground rebellion.

1970s:

The Clangers (1970)--British children's animation. Knitted aliens live below surface of planet.
The Love War (1970)--(TV) Two different alien races at war with each other.
Destination Moonbase Alpha (1976)--(TV) Aliens have telepathic talents.
Aliens From Spaceship Earth (1977)--Tries to prove all great men of the past were actually aliens.
End of the World (1977)--Aliens take over the occupants of a convent and plot to destroy Earth.
Laserblast (1978)--Aliens kill other aliens with high-tech laser guns.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)--Remake of the 1956 sci-fi classic.
Warlords of Atlantis (1978)--Advanced alien race who wants to rule the world live under ocean and make slaves of ship-wrecked sailors.
The Alien Encounters (1979)--Investigator searches for a probe sent to Earth by aliens.
Spaced Out (1979)--Low-budget aliens crash-land in England and abduct four earthlings. Film made in England.

1980s:

The Day Time Ended (1980)--Aliens visit house that travels back to prehistoric times.
The Gates of Hell (1981)--Opens doors of hell where corpses take over the world.
The Greatest American Hero (1981)--Man visited by aliens and bestowed with superhuman powers to fight the battle against injustice and crime.
E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)--With Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore. E.T. and young moron build relationship.
Liquid Sky (1982)--Invisible aliens in a flying saucer come to Earth looking for heroin. Film includes drugs, bisexual lovers, and fashion models.
Mysterious Two (1982)--(TV) Two Aliens visit the Earth in an effort to enlist human converts to travel the universe with them.
Strange Invaders (1983)--Man meets aliens, sells his story to a tabloid (the FBI doesn't believe him), and finds himself chased by the aliens.
Return of the Aliens: The Deadly Spawn (1984)--Aliens invade small town and a group of teenagers try to escape from them.
Robotech (1985)--Alien battle-fortress crashes on Earth.
Cocoon (1985)--A group of aliens return to earth to take back some cocoons of their people.
Explorers (1985)--Alien-obsessed young boy finds aliens.
Aliens (1986)--With Sigourney Weaver.
Galaxy Rangers (1986)--Animation. In the future, two peaceful aliens journey to Earth seeking help from mankind.
Invaders from Mars (1986)--Aliens from Mars invades town to take over minds of citizens.
Alarming Trends (1987)--Aliens are disguised as sandwiches. Man-eating trout float in sky.
Remote Control (1987)--Video store clerk stumbles into alien plot to take over Earth by brainwashing people.
War of the Worlds (1988)--Aliens from the 1953 invasion are brought out of suspended animation and start a genocidal war.
Alien Nation (1988)--Aliens integrated in human society become victims of discrimination.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)--Aliens (who look like circus clowns) invade a small town, and capture and kill the townspeople.
They Live (1988)--Many important members of large city are actually aliens disguised as humans.
Aliens Next Door (1989)--Children's animation comedy.

1990s:

Peacemaker (1990)--A doctor gets caught up in a war between two aliens.
Spaced Invaders (1990)--On Halloween, 4-feet-tall aliens wander around the countryside and cause mischief like children.
Alien Space Avenger (1991)--Aliens who are escaped prisoners crash-land and take over the bodies of four locals.
The Borrower (1991)--Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to Earth. Borrows a body.
Alien 3 (1992)--With Sigourney Weaver again.
Intruders (1992)--(TV) People report they've been visited by aliens, taken aboard spaceships and medically examined. The authorities won't acknowledge alien visits publicly.
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992)--In the future, aliens flee their dying planet and take refuge under the Earth's surface. Disturbed by 1950s American atomic testing, the aliens strike back at the USA.
Coneheads (1993)--Comedy about family of aliens first seen on Saturday Night Live.
Doorways (1993)--(TV) Fugitive from a parallel Earth ruled by aliens, lands on "our" Earth.
Fire in the Sky (1993)--Friend abducted by aliens in a UFO. How original!
The Hidden II (1994)--Good alien works with humans to stop the new generation of bad aliens.
Cosmic Slop (1994)--Like twilight zone.
Official Denial (1994)--Man who claims to have been abducted by aliens is also abducted by a top secret government agency.
Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters (1994)--With Donald Sutherland and Eric Thal. A government must stop the aliens who have landed in a small town and are taking over people's minds in order to spread their dominion.
Alien Terminator (1995)--DNA experiment creates a deadly man-eating organism capable of regenerating itself.
Backlash: Oblivion 2 (1995)--Woman bargains with an alien warlord to control a valuable mineral and rule the galaxy.
The Invaders (1995)--Hero learns his mind is being controlled by human-looking alien infiltrators intent on taking over the Earth.
Mortal Kombat: The Animated Series (1995)--Mortal Kombat elite fighters must fight off alien intrusion before Earth is wasted.
The Arrival (1996)--With Charlie Sheen. Man must prove there are aliens all over the world.
Bureau of Alien Detectors (1996)--Top-secret agency must find and destroy dangerous aliens.
Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys (1996)--Animation. NASA's space chimp captured by super-intelligent aliens and given a super-IQ boost.
Dark Breed (1996)--Astronaut investigating the crash of a top-secret space flight discovers the crew is infected with reptilian parasites.
Femalien (1996)--Female alien sent to Earth to experience sensual experiences.
Independence Day (1996)--Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum save the world from aliens on July 4^th. World comes together to fight for humanity.
Forbidden Zone: Alien Abduction (1996)--Women discover they were the subjects in an unearthly experiment.
Future Fantastic (1996)--Stories about aliens, planet, technology, and UFOs.
It Came from Outer Space II (1996)--Aliens crash-land in small desert town.
Mars Attacks! (1996)--With Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Danny Devito. Short, big-brained aliens from Mars launch an all-out war against Earth.
Night Visitors (1996)--(TV) Scientists work like secret agents to remove alien body from a lab.
Not of This Earth (1996)--Alien in sunglasses from another galaxy seeks human blood to survive.
The Silencers (1996)--Human-looking alien killers sent on mission to take over the Earth.
Specimen (1996)--Man's late mother was impregnated by aliens, and now they've sent someone down to bring back their specimen, dead or alive.
Zarkorr! The Invader (1996)--Zarkorr monster sent by aliens to destroy planet.
Alien: Resurrection (1997)--With Sigourney Weaver once again. Will she ever go away?
Contact (1997)--With Jodie Foster. Aliens send message to earth describing how to build a machine so that humans can communicate with the aliens.
DNA (1997)--An evil scientist's DNA experiment brings alien creature to life. Frankenstein?
Lift (1997)--Pizza delivery man encounters aliens in the desert. What is he doing there?
Men in Black (1997)--With Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones. Brash NYPD detectives who "protect you from the scum of the earth" specialize in killing extra-terrestrial aliens. Save world after aliens threaten to blow it up.
"Robin Cook's Invasion" (1997)--(miniseries) Aliens dedicated to transforming every human on Earth. Only a small group of humans remain who have the medical knowledge to devise antibodies to reverse the effects of the alien virus.
The Shadow Men (1997)--Family abducted by aliens. Men in Black theme.
Starship Troopers (1997)--With Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyers, Neil Patrick Harris. War between military and bug aliens.
Deep Rising (1998)--Sea monster who looks like giant squid murders people.
Foiled (1998)--Pizza delivery man is attacked and taken over by couple of aliens that have crash-landed their spacecraft. Watch out pizza delivery men!
Virus (1998)--With Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland. Ship crew murdered by aliens who think of humans as a virus that must be exterminated.
Species 2 (1998)--Mars glop hitches a ride back to earth and makes women give O-section birth instantly.

[Compiled by Carolyn Terpstra]