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Cosmic horror movies

The scariest idea in horror is not that something wants to hurt you. It is that something enormous is out there and you do not register to it at all. These films deal in that scale: things from space, things from under the ice, things that cannot be negotiated with because they have nothing to negotiate about.

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Alien
1979 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 93%★ 8.4horror · science fictionNetflix

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

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The Thing
1982 · dir. John Carpenter
🍅 85%★ 8.2horror · mystery · science fictionPrime Video

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

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Annihilation
2018 · dir. Alex Garland
🍅 88%★ 6.8science fiction · horrorRent or buy

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

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The Mist
2007 · dir. Frank Darabont
🍅 74%★ 7.1horror · science fiction · thrillerPrime Video

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

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The Lighthouse
2019 · dir. Robert Eggers
🍅 90%★ 7.3drama · fantasy · thrillerMax

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

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Nope
2022 · dir. Jordan Peele
🍅 83%★ 6.8horror · science fiction · thrillerNetflix

Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

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Cloverfield
2008 · dir. Matt Reeves
🍅 78%★ 7action · thriller · science fictionParamount+Peacock

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

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10 Cloverfield Lane
2016 · dir. Dan Trachtenberg
🍅 91%★ 7.2thriller · science fiction · dramaParamount+Peacock

After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.

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Life
2017 · dir. Daniel Espinosa
🍅 67%★ 6.6horror · science fiction · mysteryHulu

The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

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A Quiet Place
2018 · dir. John Krasinski
🍅 96%★ 7.5horror · drama · science fictionParamount+

A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.

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A Quiet Place Part II
2021 · dir. John Krasinski
🍅 91%★ 7.2science fiction · thriller · horrorParamount+

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

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Arrival
2016 · dir. Denis Villeneuve
🍅 94%★ 7.9drama · science fiction · mysteryParamount+Peacock

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

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Sunshine
2007 · dir. Danny Boyle
🍅 77%★ 7.2science fiction · thrillerPrime Video

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

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Prometheus
2012 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 73%★ 7science fiction · mystery · horrorMax

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

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Alien: Covenant
2017 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 65%★ 6.4horror · science fictionMax

The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

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Alien: Romulus
2024 · dir. Fede Álvarez
🍅 80%★ 7.1horror · science fictionHulu

While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

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Super 8
2011 · dir. J.J. Abrams
🍅 81%★ 7thriller · science fiction · mysteryParamount+Peacock

In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.

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Signs
2002 · dir. M. Night Shyamalan
🍅 76%★ 6.8thriller · science fiction · horrorHulu

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

Every title above links to its kindred spirits. Find the one you love, then follow the thread. Or browse the mood behind this shelf: dread, awe, bleak, atmospheric.