An alien craft shaped like an artichoke?

A vessel with breasts?

Aliens have conquered galaxies in disc-shaped craft of varying sizes.

We all have our own idea of what a great spaceship should look like.

For some, its Han Solos fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, the Millennium Falcon.

Those are the kind of ships this list is devoted to.

Some of them spiky and sinister, while others are just plain cool.

In one glorious shot, Arnold reveals his extraordinary vehicle: a gigantic semi-translucent polyhedron.

Plus its carrying an artificially intelligent bomb gripped by an existential crisis.

you’ve got the option to almost smell the sweat and stale beards.

Wed have to include that ship fromStar Fleetthat looks like a catfish.

Just how inspiring Japanese audiences foundSpace Battleship Yamatoin the mid-1970s cant be underestimated.

For more Japanese-designed spaceship brilliance, see alsoSpace Captain Harlockand its star-faring pirate ship.

The power of Gigers design is such that its popped up in theAlienmovies time and again.

The screenplays suspect and the direction from Gary Nelson (whod previously madeFreaky Friday) is pedestrian in places.

But what savesThe Black Holeis its swirling John Barry score and the sometimes stunning production design from Peter Ellenshaw.

Steady on, Disney.

After it appeared in hisStar Warsmeets-Seven Samuraispace opera, Corman duly recycled it in about three other films.

Its also the perfect conveyance for the coolest bounty hunter in the galaxy.

The likes of IG-88 and Bossk could only stand on the sidelines and weep with envy.

E.T.s Ship E.T.

I made about five or six sketches of space ships for it, McQuarrie explained.

He [Spielberg] looked at them and picked one out and I made a painting of it.

They did a beautiful job.

According toio9, the original concept for the craft was shaped like a flying saucer.

Thankfully, Spielberg and McQuarries combined imaginations came up with something far more distinctive and memorable.

Like everything inLifeforce, the artichoke ship is a true one-off.

We brake for nobody, reads a bumper sticker attached to its rump.

To be fair, Dark Helmets ship isnt the only eccentric vessel inSpaceballs.

Theres also Lone Stars ridiculous craft, which is basically a motor home with wings attached.

There goes the planet.

The Romulan mining vessel commanded by Eric Banas villainous Nero, its a terrifying-looking conglomeration of unidentifiable pointy objects.

This article was originally published in June 2015.