Masslore/Worlds/Alien

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A science fiction horror franchise originating with Ridley Scott's 1979 film, in which the crew of a commercial spaceship encounters a deadly extraterrestrial organism. The franchise is anchored by the Xenomorph — one of cinema's most iconic creature designs — and the character of Ellen Ripley, portrayed by Sigourney Weaver across four films. The series has expanded to include prequels, crossover films, television, novels, comics, and games.

Genre Science Fiction, Horror
Films
Film Series
Alien Film Series

A series of science fiction horror films produced by 20th Century Fox spanning from 1979 to the present, including the original quadrilogy starring Sigourney Weaver, the Prometheus prequel films directed by Ridley Scott, and the 2024 standalone entry Alien: Romulus directed by Fede Álvarez.

Dir. Ridley Scott, James Cameron, David Fincher, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Fede Álvarez1979–present
Film 1
Alien

The crew of the commercial towing vessel Nostromo is awakened from hypersleep to investigate a distress signal from a desolate moon, where they unknowingly bring aboard a lethal extraterrestrial organism. Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, and John Hurt, the film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and established the franchise's defining aesthetic of industrial dread.

1979 117 min Dir. Ridley Scott
1979
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