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Alien (1979)

Alien
★★★★
★★★★
3.4 out of 4 stars

From Ridley Scott, starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Rated R

Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver. The plot follows the crew of the commercial towing spaceship Nostromo, who are awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien source. After discovering the source of the signal is a derelict alien spacecraft, one of the crew members is attacked by an alien creature that implants an alien egg inside him. The crew decide to return the alien to their ship, leading to a tense battle between the crew and the now fully-grown alien as they attempt to survive and escape from the alien's deadly onslaught. The iconic creature designs, suspenseful atmosphere and groundbreaking visual effects demonstrate Ridley Scott's masterful direction in this classic sci-fi horror.

Aliens (1986)

Aliens
★★★★
★★★★
3.4 out of 4 stars

From James Cameron, starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser
Rated R

Aliens is a sci-fi action horror film directed by James Cameron. The movie follows Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of the space ship Nostromo, who is rescued after drifting through space for 57 years. She is brought to a colonization planet called LV-426, where contact with the colonists has been lost. Ripley joins a squad of marines in an effort to locate and rescue any survivors. The squad soon discovers that the colonists have been wiped out by a hostile alien species known as the Xenomorphs. The marines fight their way through the Xenomorphs and their queen, eventually succeeding in destroying them. However, they are unable to save most of the colonists, and they must fight to escape the planet before the remaining aliens overrun them. The movie was a massive success and is often cited as one of the best science fiction films ever made. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actress (Sigourney Weaver). Aliens is widely regarded as one of the greatest action films of all time.

Prometheus (2012)

Prometheus
★★★★
★★★★
2.8 out of 4 stars

From Ridley Scott, starring Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron
Rated R

Alien³ (1992)

Alien³
★★★★
★★★★
2.6 out of 4 stars

From David Fincher, starring Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann
Rated R

Alien: Resurrection (1997)

Alien: Resurrection
★★★★
★★★★
2.5 out of 4 stars

From Jean-Pierre Jeunet, starring Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman
Rated R

 



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