threat from extraterrestrial life theme

Civilization as we know it is jeopardized by the activities of living beings from another planet. This may, for example, involve an invasion, colonization, infiltration, or preemptive attempt by aliens to wipe out humanity. Alternatively, it may involve some sort of alien accident.

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ldr2019e1x04 choice A community of farmers were fighting against insectoid creatures that threatened the planetary civilization that the farmers were part of. Although it is also possible, but never made clear, that the farmers had colonized the insectoids' planet, and that the insectoids' were defending themselves.
gdtcoc2022e03 major The story lead up to the heroic decision by Dr. Winters to blind and deafen himself as well as slit his own throat in order to foil the plans of the evil alien parasite that was about to take over his body and, likely as not, subvert human civilization.
gdtcoc2022e07 major An alien life form emerged from the meteorite, killed several human bystanders and all but proved its hostile intentions towards the inhabitants of our planet. It is unclear precisely what its plans were, but it acted with informed precision and at the end of the story it was interfering with the power-grid of a nearby city.
movie: Critters Attack (2019) major It turned out that the white Critter had come to Earth to prevent the other green Critters from overrunning the entire planet.
movie: District 9 (2009) major a space ship of alien refugees came to Johannesburg
movie: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (2017) major It was up to the Guardians of the Galaxy to stop the living planet Ego from eradicate the universe as we know it.
movie: The Arrival (1996) major Humanoid aliens originating from the star Wolf 336 were secretly terraforming Earth as a prelude to colonization.
movie: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005) major A premise of the film is that the Earth is demolished by aliens to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
movie: Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) major The planet Cybertron was brought into close proximity to the Earth, putting humanity in great jeopardy.
movie: Virus (1999) major The film culminated with Foster and Nadia realizing that malevolent electrical entity sought to seize a British intelligence station from which it could seize control of the world's military forces and use them exterminate humanity. They sent the life form to the bottom of the sea rather than let it achieve its horrible end.