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Movies where alien pretends to be a human
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Ideally movies where an alien pretends to be a husband or wife. But generally speaking I am looking for any movies where alien pretends to be a human but some people begin to notice strange behavior and uncanny valley feelings when being near it. TV shows are fine too.
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Under the Skin (Glazer, 2013)
They Live (Carpenter, 1988)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Kaufman, 1978)
They Live is a must watch. Not saying it's a great movie or anything, but just a must watch. So many good one liners.
I came to kick ass and chew bubble gum.
I’ll say it’s a great movie. It may not be highbrow cinema, but it’s well-paced, visually interesting, well written and has a not-idiotic subtext. And casting Roddy Piper as the lead was a fantastic decision.
I adore The Live
The 45 min fight is worth it alone
It’s great. Just don’t read the comment sections under YouTube videos related to it.
Hidden
Came here to say this. Such an enjoyable movie
what a great movie
Men in Black (1997)
Edgar is grotesquely hilarious.
When he pulls back his face 🤣🤣🤣🤣 IS THAT BETTER?!
The effects in that movie have aged astonishingly well.
The whole movie is fantastic and only gets better the more you watch it.
I honestly like all of them. There's a drop in quality and a weird tone change in 2, but it's still super rewatchable. And I actually really like 3 as a comfort movie for some reason, maybe because Josh Brolin does a really good job at revitalizing it.
I would love to see them do a fourth movie as a prequel, something like Men in Black 1961 when they first come into contact with aliens. The plot basically writes itself, it'd just be the initial founding of the organization with K getting recruited, the initial alien migrants blending into society, and then a hostile alien and the Men in Black's first real test.
edit: Oh holy shit, I just remembered there actually was a fourth movie as a spin-off sequel. I remember watching the whole thing but I have no idea what happens, it was just boring.
Edgar!!!!
S u g a r
More!
The social network
Oh man this got me good
Also, K-Pax
K-pax is fantastic.
Based on a true story.
Underrated answer
Omg lol. Comments like this I curse Reddit for removing the free award feature
The Thing
Such a good movie
How sure are we that was an alien, and not an Earthly monster?
It landed in some sort of spacecraft I believe
Yeah you can see it crash at the very start of the movie before the title card. When I first watched the movie I thought the thing may have killed whatever piloted that space craft. But considering that the thing builds a second smaller craft I’m guessing that wasn’t the case
There are a lot of theories that flying saucer "spacecrafts" actually travel into the earth and / or below the sea.
Starman
Excellent scene to watch a baby grow into your dead husband on your living room floor.
First one I thought of!
Came here to say this.
Species (1995)
Species 2
Species 3
Spider-Man 3.
The Astronaut's Wife
Annihilation
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Came here to suggest this, one of Bowie’s best roles!
The Hidden
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Invaders from Mars (the 1986 Tobe Hooper one)
Starman
Earth Girls are Easy
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
They Live
The Thing (1982)
LifeForce
2nd "Earth Girls Are Easy" Early Jeff Goldblum, Gina Davis and Jim Carrey; 100% 80s vibe. Totally corny, totally fun.
“Cuz I’m a blonde yea yea yea!”
I was looking for The Hidden as my personal recommendation. I love this movie
The Faculty
This is one of my comfort movies. Awesome cast, peak 90s nostalgia, and just the right amount of cheese and horror that made that era fun.
My Stepmother is an alien
Oh Kim. Whew
She answers the question, what is in a woman’s purse.
And Stepsister From Planet Weird.
"Haven't you got anything smaller?!"
They Live (1988)
Cone-heads
Yes!
The Thing.
If tv shows are fine you might check out Resident Alien with Alan Tudyk
Coneheads w/ dan aykroyd Jane curtin
They were from France.
Lol 😆
The Arrival (1996)
Such an awesome movie
Slither
3rd Rock From The Sun is totally under rated!!! It’s a tv show but it’s goofy! It’s about an entire family that comes to earth and has to pretend to be humans!
Better than that- Watch the TV Show 3rd Rock From The Sun.
If we're going TV, Resident Alien is fantastic as well!
The Neighbors is an underrated show too
The Watch
The Arrival
Superman
PK
The Hidden (1987)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Only scene in Mars Attacks! I can think of is the one alien dressed up like a woman to get US government Intel. Beside that, I think they're all just up front about being aliens
Not aliens, but it fits your other criteria: Meet the Applegates (1990).
Neighborhood Watch
Buckaroo Bonzai
Brightburn
Under the Skin
Green Card (illegal alien) :)
Amanda and the Alien
Men in Black
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Cowboys & Aliens
I Come In Peace
Thor
Coneheads (1993)
'They Live' Probably one of the best alien invasion movies ever made.
Astronauts Wife
Species
Impostor (2001)
Starman? I just loved that movie.
The faculty
The Brother From Another Planet
Earth Girls Are Easy
My favorite Martian.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Stepsister From Planet Weird
Paul
John Carpenter's The Thing
Species
Mimic
Men In Black
My Stepmother Is An Alien
Superman
Resident Alien
Captain Marvel
'The Hidden' was always a fun ride.
I love this film. Its also got a great sound track.
The Hidden
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers
I Married a Monster From Outer Space
Significant other. Wow. That was a pretty good alien-being-a-human flick.
The History of Future Folk
The Hidden
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Invaders from Mars (the 1986 Tobe Hooper one)
Starman
Earth Girls are Easy
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
They Live
The Thing (1982)
Dream catcher - 2003
Dreamcatcher*
My bad, thanks
Fried Barry (2020).
My Favorite Martian
Any Superman movie
Not of This Earth (1988)
The Arrival (1996)
My Stepmother Is An Alien
If you have a weird sense of humour I would highly recommend "Top of the Food Chain" from 1999. It's along the same lines as "The Dead Don't Die" as far as weird humour goes. I think they're both hilarious.
The host
Resident Alien (TV)
The Guest (2014)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Stepsister From Planet Weird (late 90s/early 2000s DCOM)
K-PAX (2001)
Species
Not a movie but the TV show Resident Alien ticks all those boxes. Alan Tudyk is hilarious in it
Coneheads
Cheap answer but Superman
My Stepmother Is an Alien.
Invaders from Mars 1953 & 1986
My Favorite Martian (1999)
Came down here to say this!!
The thing. (Both films) Species My favorite Martian
Life
Men in black
Umbrella academy,it's a series but it has all the elements you're looking for
Society (1989)
Mars Attacks lol, The Signal. Annihilation
Starman -1984
They Live
Strange Invaders
Species
They live with rowdy rodder piper
Significant Other (2022)
Thanks, just watched it. Enjoyed it very much!
My favorite Martian.
Significant other.
The watch
Under the Skin is definitely a movie you should check out
Puppet masters (1994)
The astronaut's wife (1999)
The 5th wave (2016)
TV series - invasion (2006)
Dark skies (1996)
Men in black (the first one)
Earth Girls are Easy.
Contact
Species
The faculty
Slither
The series Electric Dreams has an episode on this, although I forgot the name
My Stepmother is an Alien
The Man Who Fell to Earth is an absolutely masterful film
Coneheads
The Watch
What Planet Are You From? staring Garry Shandling.
The Brother From Another Planet
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai! A young Jeff Goldbloom, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd....
Very fun movie
Significant Other - Paramount+ (2022)
“Resident Alien” but it’s a series also so is “Mork and Mindy” but that’s from the 70s or 80s and “My Favorite Martian” from the 60s, there might be a movie for that.
men in black…but fuck will smith
The hole in the ground
I'm not 100% sure if Extinction (2018) should be included here.
Not a movie but the tv series People of Earth
Men in Black
Men in Black
Evil Alien Conquerors
The Invasion (2007) was a good retelling of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
K-Pax
The faculty
Invasion of the body snatcherz
Dreamcatcher (2003)
They Live, is the only one i can think of where the alien pretends to be a human.
Brother John (1971)
The Hidden
The Faculty
Neighborhood Watch
The Astronauts Wife is a favorite of mine
American Dad, the movie.
Men in black
PK
Starman (1984)
The Watch
The watch! And hilarious to boot.
Assimilate
Slither
Skinamarink
Men in Black and The Faculty
The Faculty with Elijah Wood
Head Count (2018) ... kinda
Starman with Jeff Bridges. He takes on the form of Karen Allen's late husband and she falls in love with him all over again. It's an amazing John Carpenter movie.
Starman
Try Oblivion
The Thing
There was a series but I forgot its name 🥲 recently released season 2
Yep got its resident alien it is 😁
Cocoon
The watch
The Hidden (1987)
I am Not a Serial Killer (2017)
Under The Skin
I figure it's probably not exactly what OP was wanting, but it's a good one nonetheless!
K-Pax! You may hate Kevin Spacey, but I thought the movie was interesting and realistic, like it makes you think it could be real.