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name: "Alien"
canonical: "https://film.one/collections/alien"
films: 2
series: 0
years: "1979–1986"
average_fi1m_score: 92
updated: "2026-09-19T08:56:09.013899+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alien

Ridley Scott's haunted house in space, and everything that followed it.

**Which order?** Release order; Prometheus and Covenant are prequels and divisive.

Best on Fi1m: [*Alien*](https://film.one/film/alien.md) (92).

## The films, in release order

1. [*Alien*](https://film.one/film/alien.md) (1979) — Fi1m 92: Ridley Scott’s *Alien* makes confinement frightening long before the shocks arrive. Its crew could be more fully written, but the acting, the ship and the patient build-up make this a horror film we recommend without hesitation.
2. [*Aliens*](https://film.one/film/aliens.md) (1986) — Fi1m 91: James Cameron’s *Aliens* is an exceptional action thriller, with Sigourney Weaver giving the military spectacle a human centre. Some marines are little more than types, but Ripley gives us reason to care who survives.

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