8 Highest-Rated Sci-Fi Series About ETs to Binge Before 'Alien: Earth' Comes Out
You will find mysterious conspiracies, alien encounters, and even intergalactic wars.
Alien: Earth, one of the most highly anticipated sci-fi projects of the year, finally hits FX on August 12.
To immerse you in extraterrestrial mysteries before the premiere, we have recalled the best series about aliens.
1. 'Falling Skies', 2011-2015
IMDb Score: 7.1/10
After alien invaders destroy the foundations of civilization, the surviving people organize a resistance movement. One militia is led by Tom, a former history professor played by Noah Wyle, who uses his knowledge to wage guerrilla warfare.
Alongside other fighters, Tom fights back against a technologically superior enemy while trying to protect his children and maintain order in a new, brutal world.
2. 'Invasion', 2021-2025
IMDb Score: 6.2/10
Strange things are happening all over the world. On his last day of work, a small-town sheriff tries to figure out what happened to a cornfield with suspiciously flying crows.
A family of Syrian migrants flees their home when it suddenly begins to fall apart. A Japanese aerospace worker tries to figure out what happened to the crew of a crashed shuttle. And British schoolchildren are left alone after a mysterious crash.
3. 'V', 2009-2011
IMDb Score: 6.8/10
Giant spaceships appear over twenty-nine of the largest cities on Earth.
The leader of the Visitors, who look like humans, claims that they have come in peace and have brought new technologies and knowledge to humanity.
Most people believe the aliens and are making contact with them. However, FBI agent Erica discovers a shocking secret about the uninvited guests: the Visitors have secretly been ruling countries for years and plan to enslave Earth's population.
4. 'Halo', 2022-2024
IMDb Score: 7.3/10
In the distant future, humanity has already colonized planets across the galaxy. A teenage girl named Kwan Ha lives on Madrigal, one of the outer colonies. Her father is a rebel who, along with the other inhabitants of the planet, wants to secede from the UNSC, the main political force of humanity.
One day, while walking through the forest, Kwan Ha notices a strange spaceship. Inside are creepy aliens who soon attack the rebel fort and destroy everyone.
The girl survives only because a squad of Spartans, UNSC supersoldiers led by the legendary Master Chief, arrives to kill the aliens.
5. 'Threshold', 2005-2006
IMDb Score: 7.2/10
After a military ship collides with an unidentified object in the ocean, a secret government protocol is triggered. A team of specialists, ranging from microbiologists to linguists, is assembled to study the threat.
They soon discover that they are facing a new type of invasion. The aliens are transmitting a complex signal that can alter the DNA of living beings and control them. The team must find a way to confront this invisible enemy operating on a cellular level.
6. 'Childhood's End', 2015
IMDb Score: 6.8/10
Enormous ships appear above every city on Earth, but they do not bring destruction. On the contrary, the mysterious aliens usher in an era of peace and universal prosperity.
Under their wise leadership, humanity eradicates wars, hunger, and disease, entering a golden age. However, behind this ideal scenario lies an immense and incomprehensible plan that will determine the future evolution of the entire species.
7. 'Colony', 2016-2018
IMDb Score: 7.3/10
Aliens don't show their faces to people, yet they tightly grip the world in their fists, ruling it with armies of collaborators. Not everyone tolerates this state of affairs, however, and many people support the Resistance.
When the main character – a former special forces soldier and FBI agent – is caught committing an anti-government crime, the collaborators demand that he become a double agent and betray his friends in the Resistance.
8. 'Defiance', 2013-2015
IMDb Score: 7.0/10
After a war with several alien races that left the world in shambles, a fragile truce was finally established. Earth has changed beyond recognition, and former enemies must now learn to live together.
In a border town now inhabited by humans and aliens alike, a former soldier has become sheriff. He must unravel intrigues, resolve interspecies conflicts, and maintain order in a society filled with old grudges and cultural contradictions.
