THEME EXPLORATION

extraterrestrial technology

27 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Michel Gondry
Big Hero 6
Big Hero 6
2014 · Chris Williams & Don Hall
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
A Dedicated Machine
A Dedicated Machine
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Paprika
Paprika
2006 · Satoshi Kon
Ringu
Ringu
1998 · Hideo Nakata
Disclosure Day
Disclosure Day
2026 · Steven Spielberg
Dracula
Dracula
2026 · Radu Jude
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
2026 · Gore Verbinski
Peak Everything
Peak Everything
2026 · Anne Émond
The King of The Internet
The King of The Internet
2026 · Fabrício Bittar
Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe
Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe
1959 · Jean Renoir
Le Train en marche
Le Train en marche
1971 · Chris Marker
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
1989 · Wim Wenders
The Chorus
The Chorus
1982 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976 · Nicolas Roeg
The Robinsons: Lost in Space
The Robinsons: Lost in Space
2004 · John Woo
3x3D
3x3D
2013 · Peter Greenaway
21-87
21-87
1963 · Arthur Lipsett
Battle of the Worlds
Battle of the Worlds
1963 · Antonio Margheriti
Fando y Lis
Fando y Lis
1968 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
In the Area of Height A
In the Area of Height A
1941 · Dziga Vertov
Oscar Saa, Technician of the Stars
Oscar Saa, Technician of the Stars
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
The Net
The Net
1953 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
The Saint
The Saint
1997 · Phillip Noyce
Correspondence
Correspondence
2016 · Giuseppe Tornatore
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Scott Waugh United Kingdom

His Alien franchise and Prometheus fundamentally redefined how cinema depicts extraterrestrial technology as both awe-inspiring and terrifying.

 Steven Spielberg United States

Close Encounters of the Third Kind and War of the Worlds explore humanity's wonder and vulnerability before advanced alien technology with emotional depth.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Arrival uses extraterrestrial technology and language as a lens to examine human communication, time, and consciousness in profoundly philosophical ways.