# My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)

> A widowed scientist’s life and family are upended when a beautiful extraterrestrial agent turns his scientific contact mission into an absurd romantic comedy.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6919

## Facts

- Runtime: 108 min
- Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction
- Director: Richard Benjamin
- Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, Alyson Hannigan, Joseph Maher, Seth Green, Ann Prentiss, Wesley Mann
- TMDB rating: 5.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095687/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Mood: goofy, breezy, irreverent, lazy weekend, 1980s movie night

## Movies like My Stepmother Is an Alien

- [My Favorite Martian (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/5000)
- [Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/1542)
- [Jules (2023)](https://ember.film/movie/1028380)
- [Modern Problems (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/9987)
- [Mars Attacks! (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/47)
- [Galaxy Quest (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/769)
- [Weird Science (1985)](https://ember.film/movie/6721)
- [E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)](https://ember.film/movie/481)
- [Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/685)
- [All of Me (1984)](https://ember.film/movie/5699)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt