Alien
1979 | 117 min | Horror, Science Fiction
Why it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (93%), audiences adore it (8.2/10), it won an Oscar and people are still talking about it. Make plans for this one.
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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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
93% on Rotten Tomatoes, 89 on Metacritic
- AudiencesVery strong
8.2/10 from 17K viewers
- AwardsVery strong
6 wins, 6 other nominations — won Academy Award for Best Visual Effects; won BAFTA Award for Best Sound
- Box office & staying powerStrong
$105 million worldwide on a $11 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactVery strong
1.4 million Wikipedia readers in the past year
Where to watch in US
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Cast & crew
Directed by Ridley Scott
- Tom SkerrittDallas
- Sigourney WeaverRipley
- Veronica CartwrightLambert
- Harry Dean StantonBrett
- John HurtKane
- Ian HolmAsh
- Yaphet KottoParker
- Bolaji BadejoAlien
- Helen HortonMother (voice)