Alien director Ridley Scott eventually returned to the franchise, but couldn't complete his ambitious plans. Here's what his unmade movie could have been about.

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

Steven Spielberg returns to alien storytelling with Disclosure Day, a global thriller exploring what happens when humanity learns we are not alone. It is a premise that feels distinctly Spielbergian.

Left to Right: Steven Yeun in "Nope," the alien in Steven Spielberg's "E.T." and Scarlett Johansson in "Under the Skin" (Universal Pictures / A24) It didn’t take long for stories about ...