Alien
Directed by Ridley Scott8.593%94%8.2
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
Alien Ratings & Reviews
- Doc Worm5 days agoA tense tale of exploitation and survival with some of the most gorgeous set design in all of cinematic history. Perhaps the whole ‘guy in a suit plays the alien’ might come across as silly and dated to some but it’s worth looking through all the quiet moments of tension. A score that sits and swells, shadow and light aim to direct and confuse. These all play together so well in the purpose that dreaded unknown is what is coming for you and all hope is lost. Alien is more than a slasher film in space. It’s an unparalleled triumph for its time that defied modern and classic conventions to create a truly unique vision on horror that plays with imagination in a way that it is truly timeless.
- Desmond Dale24 January 2025Just the perfect horror and possibly my favorite Sci-Fi film ever. The pacing is masterful. Ridley stretches out each kill to its furthest point of tension. The biomechanical designs by Geiger are impossibly detailed and intricate. And it's just a film that has a slightly slow start but never steps crescendoing until it's very last minute.
- hungrypretzel30 April 2026Fantastic movie. Had seen bits of it here and there many times on tv throughout my life, but finally watched it properly a couple of years ago. It blew me away. How did they do this in 1979?!
- thompa029 April 2026Best sci-fi movie ever!!
- Jordan Jones20 April 2026Ridley Scott's Alien is the equivalent of John Carpenters The Thing but in space instead there's nowhere to go....no escape and has that feeling of isolation about it. While James Cameron's Aliens is bigger in scale and has a lot more action....Alien is the more scary and is the one that has the more atmosphere. Just imagine for a minute being trapped millions of miles in space on a spacecraft with a Xenermorph on board....that would be beyond terrifying and Ridley Scott really used the setting & the visuals to enhance that feeling of vulnerability. Alien was so ahead of its time and the whole production design & visuals still hold up today. Alien is the very best Sci-Fi horror ever made a 💯 And finally my Ratings/Scores for Alien 1979 is ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ & a 10/10
- The Gutter Monkey23 February 2025We get Sigourney Weaver running around with a flameflower in the world's tiniest pair of panties. Need I say more?
- mentazm8 April 2026A true sci-fi classic
- Eric Bakke5 November 2024It’s a relentless, claustrophobic horror that mixes science fiction with pure terror. Once it gets cooking, almost every frame is soaked in tension.
- Mr. D31 March 2026Timeless classic.
- Humpty20 February 2025DON'T LAY YOUR BABIES IN ME!
- mickerdoo12 November 2025Incredibly made in '79. The sets are incredible. Great camera work and editing. Some effects haven't aged as well. Inventive monster.
- Zokkiie31 March 2026I watch this one every year, and it still hits me like the first time. Everything about it just works—the tension, the crew, the way it slowly drags you into this suffocating world. You feel every bit of stress and fear with them, and the pacing gives it room to breathe so the scary moments hit way harder. The design and atmosphere are next level—gritty, claustrophobic, and just plain unsettling. Even knowing what’s coming, I catch tiny details I hadn’t noticed before, and the creature… man, it’s still nightmare fuel. It’s rare for a movie to feel this alive, this sharp, and this terrifying, year after year.
- Mazz26 May 2025One of the perfect movies of all time
- Carson Cardoza8 September 2025This movie rocked but I really wish there were more than 1 alien in it.
- naren shenoy3 March 2026The original that started it all. The beauty of this movie, that gets lost in some of the newer iterations, is that this thing is terrifying. By Itself. There does not need to be a horde of xenomorphs. One will do. Very little screen time for our freaky friend, but like the wind, it’s presence seldom seen, but strongly felt. Any cinema fan should watch this, and frankly I’d be shocked if anyone older than a certain age has not seen this movie. One of the best ever.
Alien Trivia
Alien was released on 25 May 1979.
Alien was directed by Ridley Scott.
Alien has a runtime of 1h 57m.
Alien was produced by Walter Hill, Gordon Carroll, David Giler.
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
The key characters in Alien are Dallas (Tom Skerritt), Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Lambert (Veronica Cartwright).
Alien is rated 18.
Alien is a Science Fiction, Horror film.
Alien has an audience rating of 9.4 out of 10.
Alien had a budget of US$11M.
Alien has made US$104.9M at the box office.