FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Alien
No freely reusable poster is available for this title.
Scores
- IMDb8.5/10as of 2026-03-17
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer93%as of 2026-01-15
- Rotten Tomatoes average9.1/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic89/100as of 2023-04-04
What it is
Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon, based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. It follows a commercial starship crew who investigate a derelict space vessel and are hunted by a deadly extraterrestrial creature. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto.
At a glance
- Genres
- Horror / Science fiction / Thriller / Adventure / Fantasy / Mystery / Action
- Original language
- English
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In a watch order
- Alien Franchise · Alien
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