Alien
Horror
Science Fiction
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
Cast
Tom Skerritt
Dallas
Sigourney Weaver
Ripley
Veronica Cartwright
Lambert
Harry Dean Stanton
Brett
John Hurt
Kane
Ian Holm
Ash
Yaphet Kotto
Parker
Bolaji Badejo
Alien
Where to Watch
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
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Double Feature Pairings
Films that pair perfectly with Alien
Under the Skin
2013
Alien terror from opposite angles. One screams. The other whispers.
The Thing
1982
Isolation plus monster equals masterpiece. Twice.
Life
2017
Something is on the ship and it is growing. The 1979 original and its 2017 spiritual successor.
Underwater
2020
Trapped with something terrible. Two films about crews in isolated places who discover they are not alone.
