
Movies that feel likeAlien: Covenant (2017)
If you loved Alien: Covenant, the closest films we have are Sputnik (2020), Alien: Romulus (2024) and Life (2017). All three share Alien: Covenant's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Spring (2014).
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If Alien: Covenant hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Prometheus (2012)

Something inhuman rides home inside a survivor nobody yet suspects
The difference: A Cold War psychological chamber piece, not a doomed colony-ship voyage

The same franchise's terror of scavenging somewhere that should stay sealed
The difference: Younger scavengers on a derelict station, not a colony ship's fated voyage

A crew's discovery of alien life turns from wonder into a fight for survival
The difference: A claustrophobic space-station thriller, not a planet-side colonization horror

The same dread-soaked blueprint — a crew, a signal, a nightmare that gets out
The difference: The original's leaner slasher-in-space terror without the creation mythology

A creation built with good intentions turns dangerously against its makers
The difference: A domestic killer-doll thriller, not a cosmic creation-myth horror

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath
The difference: Takes it somewhere less awestruck than Alien: Covenant does

A scientific experiment in deep space opens the door to something monstrous
The difference: A parallel-universe mystery, not a xenomorph-birthing creation myth

An ancient, godlike design turns out to be a hunting ground for humans
The difference: A monster-mashup action spectacle, not a cosmic creation-and-ruin story

Both are built on the same subject: space travel
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Horror with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Unsettling truths surface once artificial creations stop behaving as designed
The difference: A domestic-thriller twist on AI, not deep-space cosmic horror

Dread-soaked science fiction in both cases
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Alien: Covenant does
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