10 Greatest Alien Movies Of All Time

8 €“ Star Trek

The one and only remake to feature on this list, there were a few eyebrows raised on the news that Star Trek was being rebooted by Lost creator JJ Abrams. Anyone who doubted that the franchise was in good hands needed only a few minutes to be convinced.

The storyline kicks off with a bit of back story. On the day of James Kirk's birth, his father dies on his ship in a last stand against a mysterious alien time-traveling vessel looking for Ambassador Spock, who, in this time, is also a child on Vulcan disdained by his neighbours for his half-human heritage. Twenty-five years later, Kirk has grown into a young troublemaker. Challenged by Captain Christopher Pike to realize his potential in Starfleet, he comes to annoy instructors like young Commander Spock. Suddenly, there is an emergency at Vulcan and the newly commissioned USS Enterprise is crewed with promising cadets like Nyota Uhura, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov and Kirk himself.

The film manages to completely rewrite the history of the franchise, while both making fun of the more laughable aspects of the original series but also keeping an integrity that allows it to fit perfectly for both old-timers and newcomers alike.