As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

In one of the most memorable moments — and my personal favorite scene — from M. Night Shyamalan’s 2002 sci-fi thriller “Signs ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

In the earlier days of Hollywood, alien movies were regarded as perfectly fun popcorn flicks, but it was Steven Spielberg who perfected the genre and led it into its most earnest era. The legendary ...

War of the Worlds is a vicious alien-invasion movie from Steven Spielberg that's worlds away from his most recent release, ...