Movies like Alien: Covenant (2017)

Name: Alien: Covenant
Released: 2017

10 films to watch after Alien: Covenant, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

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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The Thing (1982)

Fit 75%

Shares Horror and Science Fiction with Alien: Covenant.

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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Pandorum (2009)

Fit 73%

Shares Horror and Science Fiction with Alien: Covenant.

Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.
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Cargo (2009)

Fit 53%

Shares Science Fiction with Alien: Covenant.

The story of CARGO takes place on rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42. The young medic LAURA is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months will Laura's shift be over.
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Prometheus (2012)

Fit 49%

Shares Science Fiction and Horror with Alien: Covenant.

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 (1979)

Fit 48%

Shares Horror and Science Fiction with Alien: Covenant.

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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Soulm8te (2026)

Fit 43%

Shares Horror and Science Fiction with Alien: Covenant.

After a ruthless tech giant acquires a small robotics company, a grieving engineer is tasked with testing their new AI companion. But when he attempts to reprogram her to be a truly sentient soulmate, she develops needs of her own—unleashing a relentless spree of precision-engineered mayhem.
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Aliens (1986)

Fit 42%

Shares Science Fiction with Alien: Covenant.

Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
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Alien: Romulus (2024)

Fit 39%

Shares Horror and Science Fiction with Alien: Covenant.

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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H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005)

Fit 38%

Shares Science Fiction with Alien: Covenant.

In this modern retelling of H.G. Wells' classic sci-fi horror, civilization is laid to ruin when a super race of aliens invades Earth. In a blink of an eye, massive "walkers" cover the planet, annihilating all in their path. As cities crumble and human flesh is ripped from the bone, one man struggles to find the one weapon that will turn the tide for mankind.
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The Descent: Part 2 (2009)

Fit 35%

Shares Horror with Alien: Covenant.

Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.