Amanda and the Alien (or Alien Love in the United Kingdom) is a 1995 made-for-cable science fiction comedy film directed by Jon Kroll and starring Nicole Eggert as Amanda Patterson.

[1] Amanda and the Alien is based upon the short story of the same name written by Robert Silverberg.

Amanda Patterson, a typical Gen X girl and employee at an upscale clothing store, is leading a relatively lonely and unremarkable life.

All this changes when an alien that's been held at a secret military installation escapes by taking over the body of one of the base employees.

The New York Daily News criticized Eggert's acting and wrote that the film "wastes so much time deciding whether it wants to steal from Life-force, Starman, Species or Earth Girls Are Easy that it goes nowhere fast.