The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
A dying man with a troubled past searches for peace, surrounded by ex-lovers and friends.
The Blackout: Invasion Earth (2019)
Life on Earth is rapidly destroyed except for a small area in Eastern Europe.
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
Peter Cushing's Doctor takes on the exterminating aliens.
Home Invasion (2023)
A nightmarish essay film on the history of the doorbell, tracing its invention and constant reinventions through 19th century labour struggles, the nascent years of narrative cinema, and contemporary surveillance cultures.
The Invasion (2024)
Life in Ukraine under the shadow of war.
The Invasion (2007)
A psychiatrist stumbling upon an alien invasion fears that her small son may be the only one who can stop it.
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
A doctor finds his community is being secretly taken over by an alien invasion.
Invasion Planet Earth (219)
A doctor struggles to hold onto hope after the death of his young daughter. On the day he finds out his wife is pregnant again, aliens invade the Earth.
Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)
Transformed by a mysterious alien power, the women of a small town form a hive-like cult and start killing men by sexually exhausting them.
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