Alien

Film - 1979 - Horror, Science-Fiction

The story

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.

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disney

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IMDb 8.4 out of 10

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Film · 1979 · Horror · Science-Fiction

Alien

86% match1h 57m
Disney+
Why TasteFeed picked this for you

Alien hits the space opera and cerebral thread running through your loves; shares real DNA with The Martian; from Ridley Scott, a director you follow.

✦ Directed by Ridley Scott✦ Space opera · Cerebral✦ Critically loved
The story

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.

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Ratings
IMDb
8.4 / 10
1.1M votes
4.25 / 5
1.9M ratings · Letterboxd
TMDB
8.2 / 10
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Details
TypeFilm
GenreHorror, Science-Fiction
Runtime1h 57m
Release1979-05-25
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