Since Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) are not set on Earth, I don't think we can call them UFO movies (plus, the Nostromo spaceship is not an unidentified flying object).
They are all movies with aliens, but I don't think all of them have an UFO
Predator, A Quiet Place, Venom, The Thing? in those cases the alien life form is on earth but as far as I remember we don't see a spaceship that would qualify as an UFO.
UFOs is the acronym for Unidentified Flying Objects. The current term is Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). Films about aliens or extraterrestrials are not strictly film about UFOs.
These films are definitely related to UFOs:
The Age of Disclosure (2025) - Featuring 34 U.S. Government insiders, this explosive documentary reveals an 80-year global cover-up of non-human intelligent life and a secret war among major nations to reverse engineer advanced technology of non-human origin.
The Phenomenon (2020) - This documentary examines unidentified aerial phenomenon. With testimony from high-ranking government officials, and NASA Astronauts, Senator Harry Reid says it "makes the incredible credible."
The Vast of Night (2019) - One night in New Mexico, in the late 1950s, a switchboard operator and radio DJ start hearing a strange signal over a radio frequency.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - An Indiana electric lineman finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
Arrival (2016) - Linguist Louise Banks leads a team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
Nope (2022) - The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling phenomenon.
Fire in the Sky (1993) - An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.
Signs (2002) - A widowed former reverend living with his children and brother on a Pennsylvania farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields, which suggests something more frightening to come.
The X Files (1998) - Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.
Paul (2011) - Two English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.
Mars Attacks! (1996) - Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.
Men in Black (1997) - James, an NYC cop, is hired by Agent K of a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. Together, they must recover an item that has been stolen by an intergalactic villain.
The War of the Worlds (1953) - A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
The Abyss (1989) - A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.
Potentially About UFOs: 10 Cloverfield Lane Contact The Thing District 9 Predator Bugonia Man of Steel
Definitely NOT About UFOs: Alien & Aliens Avengers: Infinity War Edge of Tomorrow Transformers A Quiet Place Life Oblivion Venom The Fifth Element Galaxy Quest Starship Troopers Star Trek: First Contact Riddick Disclosure Day
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Since Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) are not set on Earth, I don't think we can call them UFO movies (plus, the Nostromo spaceship is not an unidentified flying object).
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They are all movies with aliens, but I don't think all of them have an UFO
Predator, A Quiet Place, Venom, The Thing? in those cases the alien life form is on earth but as far as I remember we don't see a spaceship that would qualify as an UFO.
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@jaf_ismael,
UFOs is the acronym for Unidentified Flying Objects. The current term is Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). Films about aliens or extraterrestrials are not strictly film about UFOs.
These films are definitely related to UFOs:
The Age of Disclosure (2025) - Featuring 34 U.S. Government insiders, this explosive documentary reveals an 80-year global cover-up of non-human intelligent life and a secret war among major nations to reverse engineer advanced technology of non-human origin.
The Phenomenon (2020) - This documentary examines unidentified aerial phenomenon. With testimony from high-ranking government officials, and NASA Astronauts, Senator Harry Reid says it "makes the incredible credible."
The Vast of Night (2019) - One night in New Mexico, in the late 1950s, a switchboard operator and radio DJ start hearing a strange signal over a radio frequency.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - An Indiana electric lineman finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
Arrival (2016) - Linguist Louise Banks leads a team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
Nope (2022) - The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling phenomenon.
Fire in the Sky (1993) - An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.
Signs (2002) - A widowed former reverend living with his children and brother on a Pennsylvania farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields, which suggests something more frightening to come.
The X Files (1998) - Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.
Paul (2011) - Two English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.
Mars Attacks! (1996) - Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.
Men in Black (1997) - James, an NYC cop, is hired by Agent K of a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. Together, they must recover an item that has been stolen by an intergalactic villain.
The War of the Worlds (1953) - A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
The Abyss (1989) - A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.
Potentially About UFOs:
10 Cloverfield Lane
Contact
The Thing
District 9
Predator
Bugonia
Man of Steel
Definitely NOT About UFOs:
Alien & Aliens
Avengers: Infinity War
Edge of Tomorrow
Transformers
A Quiet Place
Life
Oblivion
Venom
The Fifth Element
Galaxy Quest
Starship Troopers
Star Trek: First Contact
Riddick
Disclosure Day
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