Freaky but the Perfect Sci Fi Movies for the Geeks
Contact (1997)

Dir: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine.
The Fourth Kind (2009)

Dir: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Stars: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton
A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.
War of the Worlds (2005)

Dir: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins
As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival.
Prometheus (2012)

Dir: Ridley Scott
Stars: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender
Following clues to the origin of mankind a team journey across the universe and find a structure on a distant planet containing a monolithic statue of a humanoid head and stone cylinders of alien blood but they soon find they are not alone.
District 9 (2009)

Dir: Neill Blomkamp
Stars: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope
An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.
Predators (2010)

Dir: Nimród Antal
Stars: Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace
A group of elite warriors are hunted by members of a merciless alien race known as Predators.
The Invasion (2007)

Dir: Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam
As a Washington psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.
