In 1979 Ridley Scott's "Alien" hit the big screens. Of the answers below, what best describes this movie's plot?

An alien terrorizes the crew of a spacecraft
A teenage Alien goes to high school in Southern California
A colony of aliens have overrun a space station
An alien stows away on a spacecraft and lands on Earth

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In 2009, JJ Abrams directed a new Star Trek movie. What was the plot of this 2009 film?

Spock and Captain Kirk must stop Khan Noonien Singh from using the Genesis Device
Captain Kirk and Spock must stop a Klingon invasion on Earth
Spock must find his sister who has been leaving signals across the Universe
Spock and Captain Kirk must stop a Romulan from the future who is creating black holes

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Also in 2009, the movie "District 9" was released. What was the plot of this movie?

Aliens arrive on Earth as refugees from a dying planet
Aliens arrive on Earth and form their own baseball league
Aliens arrive on Earth and secretly infiltrate the United Nations
Aliens arrive on Earth and attempt to enslave the human race

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What is one of the key plot elements from Stanley Kubrick's film "2001: A Space Odyssey"

$Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz A spacecraft\'s computer system begins to develop sentience$ A spacecraft's computer system begins to develop sentience
Jack Nicholson gets really bored while writing a novel
A team of scientists receive communications from an alien species
A team of astronauts discover alien life

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What is the plot of the original Terminator movie from 1984?

A robot is sent back in time to kill the Mother of a great military leader
A robot is sent back in time to protect the mother of a great military leader
A robot is sent back in time to protect the life of a great military leader
An undercover cop poses as a kindergarten teacher

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What is the plot of the 1977 movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"?

Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines
A group of friends share a pair of jeans
An electrical worker has an experience with a UFO
Several residents of a small town are abducted by a UFO

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What is the plot of John Carpenter's 1982 science fiction-horror "The Thing"?

A group of researchers in Antartica deal with a shape-shifting alien
A swamp monster terrorizes residents of a small town
Senior citizens try to figure out what a Fidget Spinner is
An ice monster attacks residents of a snowy town

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What is a key plot element of 2014's "Ex Machina"?

A robot from an alien planet
A robot who believes it is human
A human is rebuilt with technology after a car accident
A self-aware robot

Magnificent!

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What is the plot of 2009's blockbuster hit "Avatar"?

Humans must link their minds with beings called Avatars to exist on a planet called Pandora
The Smurfs must avoid a large cat
Mutated humans are moved to a planet named Pandora
A new intelligent species is discovered on Earth

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What is the plot of the 1951 film "The Day The Earth Stood Still"?

Alien spacecraft appear over major cities across the globe
$Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz An alien race stops the Earth\'s rotation$ An alien race stops the Earth's rotation
$Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz An alien race takes over the mind\'s of a town\'s residents$ An alien race takes over the mind's of a town's residents
$Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz An alien lands on Earth and tells humanity to assemble all the world\'s leaders for an important message$ An alien lands on Earth and tells humanity to assemble all the world's leaders for an important message

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What is the plot of the 1997 film "Contact"?

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An alien life form is discovered off the Pacific Ocean
An alien ship lands on Earth and hovers inches off the ground
Humans discover life on Mars
Scientists attempt to interpret messages being sent from a far away star system

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The 1973 film "Westworld" provides the basis for the current HBO TV series. What was the plot of this film?

Guests attend an inter-planetary theme park
Guests attend a western-themed park filled with aliens
Guests attend a park which transports them back in time to the old west
Guests attend a western-themed park filled with androids

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What is the plot of the 2016 film "Arrival"?

A linguistics professor must learn how to communicate with alien visitors
12 alien ships land on Earth and begin to attack
An alien space crew gets stranded on Earth
A boy must help an alien contact his home planet

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What is the plot of the hit 1988 film "They Live"?

Roddy Piper runs all out of bubblegum
Aliens turn the dead into zombies to attack the living
A man discovers aliens have secretly taken over Earth
Zombies attack Los Angeles

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What is the plot of the 2007 film "The Man From Earth"?

A college professor admits to his friends he is an alien
$Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz A college professor admits to his friends he is moving away because he doesn\'t like them anymore$ A college professor admits to his friends he is moving away because he doesn't like them anymore
A college professor admits to his friends he is artificial intelligence
A college professor admits to his friends he is thousands of years old

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