Neil deGrasse Tyson's 10 favorite Hollywood aliens

Although he's done his share of debunking our favorite sci-fi films, Neil deGrasse Tyson is certainly a fan of the genre.

The astrophysicist and science communicator recently tweeted out a list of his favorite Sci Fi aliens, using The List App.

Some of his favorites were chosen for their realism, some for their interactions with us, and others for their total inhumanity.

Honorable Mention: "The Andromeda Strain" (1971) — for the invention of aliens that aren't even organic!

Tyson's honorable mention, "The Adromeda Strain" from 1971, features a murderous, pathogenic life form so foreign that it isn't even made from organic materials. The strain hitches a ride on a satellite and devastates a New Mexico town.

"Perhaps this one should be in the top ten, but then I'd have to bump one that's already there. Microscopic crystalline life form with no organic molecules," Tyson wrote in The List App. "Can't get more alien than that."

10: "Predator" (1987) — for aliens that are beating us at our own game.

Hunting the hunter can lend credibility to any alien invader. And when that alien chooses to hunt a special forces team that includes Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers in 1987's "Predator", it's definitely one to be feared.

Tyson also mentioned the movie's classic Arnold-ism his List App entry:

"Anything that hunts humans better than the way humans hunt big game is singularly terrifying," Tyson wrote. "Although still an actor in a rubber suit, its tactics, methods, and tools were entirely alien to us. And from this film we received the wisdom of the ages: 'If it bleeds, we can kill it.'"

9: "Star Wars: Episode IV" (1977) and "Episode VII" (2015) — for aliens that show their strength in numbers.

These two "Star Wars" films make the list for its sheer number of entries in the alien life game.

No one can cram a cantina with aliens like George Lucas, although J.J. Abrams certainly holds his own with the jungle bar owned by Maz Kanata (pictured above) in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."

"If your aliens are going to walk & talk and have heads & arms and can play musical instruments, then the zoo of creatures in these two films wins that contest of creativity," Tyson wrote in The List App. "Spielberg's ET, Star Trek's The Gorn, and The Creature From the Black Lagoon, would each go unnoticed in these crowds."