There's a lot to love about The X-Files, and even if it doesn't live up to all their alien invasion promises, and still hasn't (come on Chris Carter!), it's still a compelling ride that worked hard to "sophisticate" the science-fiction genre.
#ALIEN INVASION MOVIES ON NETFLIX SERIES#
As FBI Agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) spend nearly nine seasons solving strange cases, they eventually learn of an impending invasion (seen in the original series finale "The Truth") and do their best to expose the alien-human hybrids trying to colonize Earth. Davis) is a form of invasion, just a more subtle and less violent. Okay, so The X-Files doesn't really feature an "alien invasion" proper (unless you count Mulder's dream in "The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati"), but one could argue that the Syndicate's vast multi-governmental alien conspiracy headlined by the Cigarette-Smoking Man ( William B. Wells' classic novel, it focuses on aliens coming to Earth in giant tripod machines and immediately wage war on the planet. Still, it's an excellent series that makes us a bit more cautious when we go near the water. 1 The War Of The Worlds (1953) While Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg partnered together for the remake, it is the 1953 version of The War of the Worlds that Ranker fans like best. Hurricane Katrina had just devastated the southern states only weeks prior, and most of the series' initial marketing was centered around the cataclysmic event. Director: Roger Corman Stars: Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Morgan Jones, William Roerick. There, he terrorizes Southern California in an attempt to acquire blood for his dying race, the result of a devastating nuclear war. Unfortunately, Invasion was one of those shows that just aired at the wrong time. An alien agent from the distant planet Davana is sent to Earth via a high-tech matter transporter. As Sheriff Tom Underlay ( William Fichtner) and park ranger Russell Varon ( Eddie Cibrian) navigate the high strangeness of their small town, they discover that things are even weirder than they seem. The series followed the inhabitants of a small Florida town in the aftermath of a hurricane where alien creatures slowly began to take over people's bodies in traditional Invasion of the Body Snatchers fashion. Its short lifespan aside, Invasion was a compelling sci-fi drama that aired on ABC right after Lost, which was honestly a mistake since both shows were pretty mythology-heavy.
In fact, we're actually talking about the short-lived 2005 series also titled Invasion. No, we're actually not talking about the AppleTV+ series of the same name.
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