Best movies like Battle of Los Angeles
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Plot Summary:
In February 1942 Us forces engaged an unidentified flying object above Los Angeles. Now almost 70 years later, the alien invaders have returned.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, tense, intellectual, independent film, fast, exciting, serious, suspenseful
Best tv shows and movies like Battle of Los Angeles (2011):
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Princess of Mars (2009)
Plot Summary:
Based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, a US soldier finds himself inexplicably transported to Mars in the midst of a war between two alien races.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, serious, mockbuster, tense, captivating, psychotronic, hood
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Interceptor Force 2 (2002)
Plot Summary:
In the not too distant future a new team of specially trained government soldiers called an Interception Team contend with the latest hostile alien encounter. When an alien scout ship crashes in eastern Russia, Sean Lambert and his elite force are dispatched to investigate. They come face-to-face with a seemingly invincible seven-foot tall, shape shifting foe hell-bent on blowing up a Russian nuclear power plant in an effort to destroy mankind through a nuclear winter. The stakes become personal when the alien discovers it was Lambert who killed its mate four years ago (Interceptor Force). A major battle ensues as the Interceptor Team look to save the Earth from alien annihilation.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious
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The Sender (1998)
Plot Summary:
A psychic father and daughter band together with an "angel" in an attempt to save Earth from an extraterrestrial Armageddon. This suspenseful thriller ties together strange occurrences from 1965 in the Bermuda Triangle (where an American fighter pilot supposedly encountered a spaceship) and government hush-up conspiracies.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, fast, psychotronic
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Alien Siege (2005)
Plot Summary:
Alien Siege is a 2005 Sci-Fi Channel Original Movie about an alien race that comes to Earth seeking a cure to a deadly virus, for which the antidote is human blood.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 896
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, fast
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Invasion Roswell (2013)
Plot Summary:
After the American Army shot down a UFO in 1947, generations of elite commandos were secretly trained to deal with the aliens' feared return. However, the extra-terrestrials never came back and the elite force was disbanded. Sixty-six years after the Roswell crash, the aliens are invading Earth and only the over-the-hill retired commandos can stop them.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, captivating, tense, apocalyptic, psychotronic, exciting, serious
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The Terminators (2009)
Plot Summary:
A small band of resistance fighters battle the cyborgs that have taken control of the planet.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, mockbuster, captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, fast
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Atlantic Rim: Resurrection (2018)
Plot Summary:
When huge bio-mechanical monsters descend upon the earth ready to destroy the entire city of Los Angeles, a whole new team of top notch "M-bot" pilots take control of their supercharged robot warriors and try to save the world from being reduced to rubble.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 970
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mockbuster
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Alien Dawn (2012)
Plot Summary:
2012. The dawn of destruction. As giant alien machines enslave and feed off humanity, the few remaining survivors band together to form a armed militia that will be the last stand against total extinction (IMDB.com).
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 943
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, independent film
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Age of Tomorrow (2014)
Plot Summary:
Mankind must fight to survive as Earth is invaded by hostile UFOs bent on destroying the planet. As the epic battle wages on, astronauts sneak aboard the mothership where they discover a portal to the aliens' home world. They manage to alert Earth before they are brutally murdered. Left with no other choice, Earth sends an elite military team of science and combat specialists through the portal where they attempt to stop the invasion from the inside out.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspenseful, tense, mockbuster, captivating, suspense
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Alien Origin (2012)
Plot Summary:
A movie created from "found footage" of a lost military expedition that exposes the origins of life on earth.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, rough, suspense, suspenseful, mockumentary, independent film, fake documentary
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Alien Siege (2018)
Plot Summary:
After an alien spacecraft destroys Washington, D.C., the residents of a small town must fight off a unit of alien soldiers on the hunt for the President of the United States and the mysterious device he's carrying after his escape chopper crash lands nearby.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 517
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mockbuster, disgusting
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American Warships (2012)
Plot Summary:
When an alien force wages war on Earth, only the crew of the USS Iowa - the last American battleship, stands in their way.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, mockbuster, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Independents' Day (2016)
Plot Summary:
Aliens invade, this time delivering a clear ultimatum. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance as the U.S. President and citizens decide if these aliens are to be trusted ...or feared.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, tense, suspense, suspenseful, intense, disgusting, disaster movie
Similar in 87%
Alien Lockdown (2004)
Plot Summary:
After an experiment to make the ultimate weapon goes wrong, a team of commandos is sent into a genetic research lab and end up getting stalked by a creature that looks a lot like the Predator.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 929
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, scary, fast
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Wing Commander (1999)
Plot Summary:
The Hollywood version of the popular video game series "Wing Commander". Unlike other video games to feature film transitions, series creator Chris Roberts was heavily involved in the film's creation. This is the story of Christopher Blair and Todd "Maniac" Marshall as they arrive at the Tiger Claw and are soon forced to stop a Kilrathi fleet heading towards Earth.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, uplifting, action adventure, disgusting, fast, futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, serious, humorous
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Alien Outpost (2014)
Plot Summary:
A documentary crew follows an elite unit of soldiers in the wake of an alien invasion.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, futuristic, apocalyptic, independent film, homoerotic, fake documentary
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Independence Daysaster (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Earth is attacked by a hostile alien force, a small town firefighter and a rogue SETI scientist team up to activate the only technology capable of defeating the invaders.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, serious, suspense, apocalyptic, disaster movie
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Skyline (2010)
Plot Summary:
When strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, people are drawn outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. Now the band of survivors must fight for their lives as the world unravels around them.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, apocalyptic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, scary, thought provoking, intellectual, epic
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Red Dawn (2012)
Plot Summary:
A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky - shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerrilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves the Wolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back their freedom.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, intense, action packed, teen, apocalyptic, serious, epic, futuristic, sad
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Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)
Plot Summary:
The war against the Bugs continues! A Federation Starship crash-lands on the distant Alien planet OM-1, stranding beloved leader Sky Marshal Anoke and several others, including comely but tough pilot Lola Beck. It's up to Colonel/General Johnny Rico, reluctant hero of the original Bug Invasion on Planet P, to lead a team of Troopers on a daring rescue mission.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: futuristic, absurd, exciting, semi serious, psychotronic, action adventure, suspense, epic, saga, lovecraft
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I Am Number Four (2011)
Plot Summary:
A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him in this sci-fi action thriller. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly normal teen John Smith never gets too comfortable in the same identity, and along with his guardian, Henri, he is constantly moving from town to town. With each passing day, John gains a stronger grasp on his extraordinary new powers, and his bond to the beings that share his fantastic fate grows stronger.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 244000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, teen, romantic, touching, suspenseful, serious, emotional, scenic, apocalyptic, action adventure
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The Last Sentinel (2007)
Plot Summary:
No emotion. No fear. No pain. They were the perfect soldiers to protect civilization until the drone police became the perfect enemy. With little hope left for mankind, Tallis, an electronically enhanced soldier, rescues a survivor from a failed resistance mission. She will have to learn to fight and think like a machine for the final battle to save the human race.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, bleak, serious, captivating, apocalyptic, cult classic, stylized, fast, cult film
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Spectral (2016)
Plot Summary:
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural being that have taken over a European city.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious, intense, tricky, suspense, futuristic, psychotronic, scenic
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Battle Los Angeles (2011)
Plot Summary:
The Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant and his new platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they've ever encountered before.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 184000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: serious, futuristic, intense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic, entertaining, heroic, psychotronic
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Battleship (2012)
Plot Summary:
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential his brother, and his fiancée's father, Admiral Shane, expect of him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 255000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, entertaining, futuristic, apocalyptic, action packed, psychotronic, inspirational, mockbuster, anamorphic
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Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers (2002)
Plot Summary:
After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest city on record and a clue to a dangerous ancient race.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, futuristic, stylized, bleak, serious, suspenseful, exciting, intellectual, epic, saga
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Falling Skies (2011)
Plot Summary:
Survivors of an alien attack on earth gather together to fight for their lives and fight back.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, apocalyptic, serious, stylized, heroic, epic, bleak, futuristic, saga, mind blowing
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The Tomorrow War (2021)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary man is recruited by time travellers from 30 years in the future to fight in a war against deadly aliens.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 222000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, anamorphic, action adventure, tense, captivating, retro, entertaining
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The 5th Wave (2016)
Plot Summary:
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, futuristic, absurd, serious, teen, suspense, romantic, freeze frame
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Aliens (1986)
Plot Summary:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 750000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: scary, futuristic, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, space horror, epic, atmospheric, tense, creepy