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1. Alien (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 952,135 | Gross: $78.90M
2. Alien: Romulus (2024)
Horror, Sci-Fi | Post-production
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
Director: Fede Alvarez | Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced, Archie Renaux, David Jonsson
3. Aliens (1986)
R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser
Votes: 763,872 | Gross: $85.16M
4. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Votes: 1,451,144 | Gross: $322.74M
5. Prometheus (I) (2012)
R | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Following clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron
Votes: 644,726 | Gross: $126.48M
6. Alien: Covenant (2017)
R | 122 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride
Votes: 304,306 | Gross: $74.26M
7. Total Recall (1990)
R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Rachel Ticotin
Votes: 354,937 | Gross: $119.39M
8. Alien 3 (1992)
R | 114 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann
Votes: 319,746 | Gross: $55.47M
9. Total Recall (I) (2012)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.
Director: Len Wiseman | Stars: Colin Farrell, Bokeem Woodbine, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale
Votes: 266,532 | Gross: $58.88M
10. Alien: Resurrection (1997)
R | 109 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Two centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman
Votes: 263,704 | Gross: $47.75M
11. Alien vs. Predator (2004)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
During an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one species can win.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner
Votes: 212,425 | Gross: $80.28M
12. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
Director: Dan O'Bannon | Stars: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews
Votes: 68,979 | Gross: $14.24M
13. Lifeforce (1985)
R | 101 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay
Votes: 29,501 | Gross: $11.60M
14. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
R | 94 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Warring Alien and Predator races descend on a rural Colorado town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival.
Directors: Colin Strause, Greg Strause | Stars: Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale, Shareeka Epps, John Ortiz
Votes: 133,270 | Gross: $41.80M
15. Heavy Metal (1981)
R | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.
Directors: Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami, Barrie Nelson, Paul Sabella, Jack Stokes, Pino Van Lamsweerde, Harold Whitaker | Stars: Richard Romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Don Francks
Votes: 38,205
16. Screamers (1995)
R | 108 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained sentience.
Director: Christian Duguay | Stars: Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin, Andy Lauer
Votes: 29,484 | Gross: $5.78M
17. Dark Star (1974)
G | 83 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Dan O'Bannon, Dre Pahich, Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm
Votes: 27,289
18. Blue Thunder (1983)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern
Votes: 23,370 | Gross: $42.31M
19. Invaders from Mars (1986)
PG | 100 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A boy tries to stop aliens who have taken over his town and are attempting to brainwash its inhabitants.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman
Votes: 10,598 | Gross: $4.88M
20. Kill Her Goats (2023)
99 min | Horror
Audra's graduation gift is her dream house, but it soon becomes a living nightmare when some uninvited guests come to her homecoming party who aren't very subtle about the fact they don't approve of the home's new owner.
Director: Steve Wolsh | Stars: Arielle Raycene, Ellie Gonsalves, Danielle Mathers, Monica Sims
Votes: 761
21. Alien: Isolation (2014 Video Game)
M | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In this first person survival horror adventure set fifteen years after the events of Alien (1979), Ripley's daughter becomes trapped on an alien-infested space station which holds answers to the mystery of her mother's disappearance.
Director: Alistair Hope | Stars: Andrea Deck, George Anton, Kezia Burrows, Richie Campbell
Votes: 6,284
22. Dead & Buried (1981)
R | 94 min | Horror, Mystery
Sheriff Dan Gillis investigates eerie deaths in a sleepy coastal town.
Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Dennis Redfield
Votes: 14,941 | Gross: $0.22M
23. Blue Thunder (1984)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An advanced prototype police helicopter and their ground support crew battle crime.
Stars: James Farentino, Dana Carvey, Sandy McPeak, Dick Butkus
Votes: 2,103
24. The Resurrected (1991)
R | 108 min | Horror
Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries.
Director: Dan O'Bannon | Stars: John Terry, Jane Sibbett, Chris Sarandon, Robert Romanus
Votes: 4,922
25. Bleeders (1997)
R | 89 min | Horror
A man travels to an island with his girlfriend in search of his relatives, but he finds maybe more than what he wanted to know.
Director: Peter Svatek | Stars: Gillian Ferrabee, Pascal Gruselle, Roy Dupuis, Kristin Lehman
Votes: 3,037
26. Phobia (1980)
R | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A psychiatrist involved in a radical new therapy comes under suspicion when his patients are murdered, each according to their individual phobias.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Paul Michael Glaser, Susan Hogan, John Colicos, David Bolt
Votes: 840 | Gross: $0.06M
28. A Little Bit Zombie (2012)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Infected by a virus, a mild mannered HR manager attempts to fulfill his overwhelming desire for brains, all while trying to keep it together so as not to incur the wrath of his bridezilla-to-be.
Director: Casey Walker | Stars: Kristopher Turner, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, Shawn Roberts, Kristen Hager
Votes: 2,987
29. Alien: Harvest (2019)
9 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
The surviving crew of a damaged space harvester has a motion sensor as their only navigation tool leading them to safety, while a creature in the shadows terrorizes them. However, the greatest threat might have been hiding in plain sight.
Director: Benjamin Howdeshell | Stars: Agnes Albright, Jessica Clark, Adam Sinclair, James C. Burns
Votes: 858
30. Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
After the events depicted in Aliens (1986) and Aliens: Fire and Stone. Michael Bishop Weyland sets up War against the Colonial Marines to cover up the Xeno conspiracy.
Director: Brett Norton | Stars: Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Mark Rolston, Al Matthews
Votes: 1,372
31. Alien: Specimen (2019)
10 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
During the night shift in a colony greenhouse, a botanist does her best to contain suspicious soil samples that have alarmed her sensitive lab dog.
Director: Kelsey Taylor | Stars: Jolene Andersen, Aubrey Wakeling, Goose
Votes: 922
32. Alien: Ore (2019)
11 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
When her shift uncovers the death of a fellow miner under mysterious circumstances, a hard-working miner of a planet mining colony is forced to choose between escape or defying management orders and fight for the safety of her family.
Directors: Kailey Spear, Sam Spear | Stars: Mikela Jay, Tara Pratt, Dalj Brar, Steven Stiller
Votes: 864
33. Alien: Alone (2019)
12 min | Short, Drama, Horror
An abandoned crew member aboard a derelict chemical hauler is trying to keep her ship and herself alive. After discovering hidden cargo, she risks it all to power up the broken ship in search of human life.
Director: Noah Miller | Stars: Taylor Lyons, James Paxton, Martha Vincent, Patrick Ridge
Votes: 764
34. Delivering Milo (2001)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A guardian angel has 24 hours to convince a soul that life on Earth is worth the effort.
Director: Nick Castle | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Albert Finney, Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott
Votes: 1,346
35. Alien: Containment (2019)
10 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
Four survivors find themselves stranded aboard a small escape pod in deep space. Trying to piece together the details around an outbreak, they find themselves unsure to trust whether or not one of them might be infected.
Director: Chris Reading | Stars: Gaia Weiss, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Adam Loxley
Votes: 944
36. Alien: Eradication
Action, Adventure, Drama | Announced
A band of space mercenaries are recruited to destroy the Xenomorph homeworld or face life in prison, nearly 20 years after Ripley's encounter with the creatures on the USM Auriga.
Director: Jamon Holmes | Stars: Gary Dourdan, Ralph Brown, Dominique Pinon, Tom Woodruff Jr.
37. Area 51: The Alien Interview (1997 Video)
Unrated | 84 min | Documentary
A documentary about aliens and UFOs with re-enactments of alien interviews and video of a supposedly real video of an alien being interviewed by government officials.
Director: Jeff Broadstreet | Stars: Steven Williams, Bob Lazar, Sean David Morton, Rick Baker
Votes: 286
38. Aliens: Deleted and Extended Scenes (2010 Video)
Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
Deleted scenes from the 1986 film 'Aliens'.
Stars: Michael Biehn, Jenette Goldstein, Lance Henriksen, Sigourney Weaver
Votes: 48
39. The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien' (2003 Video)
178 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
This made-for-DVD documentary treats horror and science fiction film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Alien, the terrifying classic about a spaceship crew trapped with a ... See full summary »
Director: Charles de Lauzirika | Stars: Bolaji Badejo, Martin Bower, Gordon Carroll, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 694
40. Alien: Night Shift (2019)
9 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a missing space trucker and his co-worker are reluctantly allowed inside the colony supply depot, the trucker's condition worsens, leaving a young supply worker to take matters into her own hands.
Director: Aidan Brezonick | Stars: Amber Gaston, T.K. Richardson, Christopher Murray, Tanner Rittenhouse
Votes: 731
41. Alien vs. Predator (II) (1994 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Play as either the Predators or Marines in a battle to destroy the Xenomorph.
Votes: 988
42. Alien Evolution (2001 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary
Mark Kermode brings a tribute to the successful Alien series, featuring interviews with the cast members and directors, including Sigourney Weaver and Ridley Scott.
Directors: Andrew Abbott, Russell Leven | Stars: Mark Kermode, Michael Biehn, Ralph Brown, James Cameron
Votes: 284
43. The Alien Legacy (1999 Video)
68 min | Documentary
The best bits of the Alien franchise.
Director: Michael Matessino | Stars: Nick Allder, Bolaji Badejo, Mia Bonzanigo, Bob Burns
Votes: 407
44. The 'Alien' Saga (2002 TV Movie)
108 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
A retrospective look at the making of the Alien movies.
Director: Brent Zacky | Stars: John Hurt, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, David Giler
Votes: 427
45. More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead (2011 Video)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary
Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."
Director: Bill Philputt | Stars: Jules Brenner, Don Calfa, James Dalesandro, J. Trevor Edmond
Votes: 724
46. Special Collector's Edition (2010–2015)
9 min | Comedy, History
A Special Collector's Edition.
Stars: David Díaz, Luis Rodrigo, Gabriel Fernández-Gil, Daniel Retuerta
Votes: 106
47. Alien: Deleted Scenes (1999 Video)
Not Rated | 19 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
Deleted scenes from the 1979 film 'Alien'.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Veronica Cartwright, John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto, Sigourney Weaver
Votes: 36
48. Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007 Video)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey opened the door to all the films and filmmakers who followed it. Through interviews with directors such as George Lucas, Steven ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Leva | Stars: George Lucas, Caleb Deschanel, Dennis Muren, Ben Burtt
Votes: 260
50. Alien: Outtakes (1999 Video)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
Outtakes that were shot but never used for the 1979 film 'Alien'.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Veronica Cartwright, John Hurt
Votes: 18