Movies Like The Brain Leeches

If you liked The Brain Leeches (1978), a science fiction and horror movie directed by Fred Olen Ray, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Occupation: Rainfall (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies, uncover a plot that…
2
Zygote (2017)
★ 7/10Also horror and science fiction
The two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.
3
Invaders from Mars (1953)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and horror
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
4
Crawlers (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction
On Saint Patrick's day—a night of wild parties and drunken revelry—three unlikely friends band together to save a college town from a vicious horde of body-snatching aliens.
5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and horror
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
6
The 5th Wave (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
7
Body Snatchers (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage…
8
Alien: Romulus (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also horror and science fiction
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.
9
The Faculty (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and science fiction
When creepy things start happening at Herrington High, the students begin to suspect that their faculty is being controlled by body-snatching aliens.
10
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
★ 7.2/10Also science fiction and horror
The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.
11
Predator 2 (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
12
V/H/S/Beyond (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and science fiction
The infinite playground of forbidden worlds and dangerous lifeforms offered by the sci-fi horror genre will lead to the biggest, maddest, bloodiest V/H/S ever.
13
Impostor (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
14
They Live (1988)
★ 7.3/10Also science fiction
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
15
Rakka (2017)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and horror
A story of broken humanity following the invasion of a technologically superior alien species. Bleak, harrowing, and unrelenting, the humans must find enough courage to go on fighting.
16
Dark Skies (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and horror
From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an…
17
Slash/Back (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and horror
In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.
18
Splinter (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction
When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV…
19
Monster Hunters (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and horror
When an alien prison ship crash lands and unleashes creature after creature in the California desert, they make quick work of the army that tries to stop them. Now, the only hope of stopping the aliens rests with a…
20
The Thing (2011)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fiction
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as…