A well-meaning computer's attempt to fulfill its mission runs afoul of a human crew with other plans.
2001
A rambunctious alien child invites itself aboard a human cargo ship; a memorable game of hide-and-seek follows.
Alien
Humans and aliens join together to raise alien youth, but the marines take exception to their methods.
Aliens
A lady and a stowaway change the lives of lonely prisoners forever.
Alien 3
A company attempts to solve the Earth's ecological woes; unhelpful aliens interfere with the task.
Alien 4?
A bewildered teenage boy fends off his mother's disturbing and unnatural attraction to him.
Poor product design leads to trouble for a manufacturer and one exasperated policeman.
I Robot
A group of hipster Manhattanites find their plans for the night completely overturned thanks to an unexpected visit from an out of towner.
Cloverfield
A former soldier tries to find someone in the Big Apple but is frequently distracted by the colorful locals and their interesting lifestyle choices.
Escape from New York
An interloper endangers the life of a small boy in a desperate attempt to get home.
Flight of the Navigator? ET? So many it could be...but probably ET
A New Yorker has trouble getting along with his neighbors, especially at night.
Struggling with this. Not Godzilla, not King Kong, neither are new yorkers...
An eclectic group of dreamers meet a poor little rich boy and try to change how he feels about losing his father.
Inception
Humans and aliens engage in a dispute over resource management.
Avatar
A couple tries to have a good day at an amusement park and is thwarted by faulty ride management.
I'm tempted by Westworld...but assume it's something more recent.
A young man seeks to discover if he can ever trust someone over 30.
No idea... AI?
A cop joins the immigration service and loses his sense of identity and his place in the universe.
Time Cop?
An astronaut shows a civilization the errors of its prejudiced ways but discovers that the ways of his own people aren't always perfect.
Planet of the Apes?
A child's attempt to find his parents leads to misunderstandings on a galactic scale.
Star Trek The Motion Picture
Time travelers attempt to steal an endangered species just to save their own behinds.
Star Trek 4 The Voyage Home
A floppy-eared alien meets two robed humans who take him on a series of increasingly disturbing adventures, including an attempt to acquire a small boy on a bet.
Star Wars Phantom Menace
A budding romance between a man and a woman is threatened by her political career and his job in a paramilitary operation.
Star Wars or Empire Strikes Back either one...or even Star Wars Clones Wars
An ambitious young man's career choices confound his wife and his immediate supervisor.
Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith?
Lax operating standards in a laboratory lead a scientist to change the way he lives his life.
The Fly?...many it could be
A lonely programmer discovers he's spending more time in a massive multiplayer online game than he ever suspected.
Tron
The owners of a popular immersion video game fight outside attempts by technophobes to shut it down.
Existenz...could also be The Matrix.
A robot with a funny accent goes looking for a woman in eighties Los Angeles.
Terminator
A visitor tries to blend in with the crew of an Antarctic base but find attempts to become one of the guys is met with suspicion and resistance.
The Thing
A young man's desire for a car involves him in a philosophical dispute between two metalheads.
An employee at a garbage dump abandons his job to pursue a woman he's just met.
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