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May 9, 2024 · How to Watch the Alien Movies by Release Date. If you're looking to watch all the movies in theatrical release order, the correct list is below: Alien (1979) Aliens (1986) Alien 3 (1992)
- Alien vs. Predator. Release date: August 13, 2004. Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen. After a failed AvP project which was developed in the 90s, Shane Salerno’s script set the action in (back then) present day: 2004.
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. Release date: December 25, 2007. Cast: Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, John Ortiz. 20th Century Fox’s (now Studios) second go at AvP was met with abysmal reviews and a cold shoulder from most fans, although it delivered enough unrestrained nastiness and refreshing in-universe concepts to get diehard fans talking.
- Prometheus. Release date: June 1, 2012. Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron. The first of the Alien prequels by original director Ridley Scott starts in 2089 (prologue aside), with archaeologists Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) discovering an ancient star map on Earth that sends them – backed by the Weyland Corporation – to the distant moon LV-223, where they arrive in December 2093.
- Alien: Covenant. Release date: May 12, 2017. Cast: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup. Once again, the second Alien prequel kicks off with a distant prologue which teases future events and discoveries.
- Alien - June 22, 1979. A cabin fever-style horror film aboard a spaceship, Alien supersedes good genre films as a standard-setting technical masterpiece.
- Aliens - July 18, 1986. Seven years after Alien was released, a sequel was brought to life by young gun James Cameron. Fresh off his success with The Terminator, Cameron rebooted Alien as an action film centered around the same protagonist.
- Alien 3 - May 22, 1992. After years of experience directing music videos, young director David Fincher was gifted an opportunity to direct the third installment of the Oscar-winning Alien franchise.
- Alien: Resurrection - November 26, 1997. Another five years later and Alien returned with the final entry in Weaver’s saga, Alien: Resurrection. Written by Joss Whedon (The Avengers), and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie), Alien: Resurrection resurrects Ripley after her fiery sacrifice at the end of Alien 3 in the form of a clone hundreds of years after her death.
- Alien Movies In Chronological Order.
- Prometheus (2089 – 2093) The start of the entire Alien timeline, Prometheus shows us the initial journey that took humanity into the stars, crossing our paths with the race of lifeforms known as “The Engineers.”
- Alien: Covenant (2104) In Alien: Covenant, we’re only 11 years past the point that Prometheus left off on, with a brand new crew of human settlers making their way on a deep space colonization mission.
- Alien (2122) We’re now caught up to the “modern” era of the Alien movie timeline, with Alien’s legendary story finally slotting into the overall series at roughly 18 years after Alien: Covenant’s events.
May 1, 2024 · A complete guide for how to watch the Alien movies in chronological order or order of release. Plus an ultimate timeline guide for watching the Alien and Predator movies in order including Prey, Badlands, Prometheus, and the Alien TV series. Links for where to watch online added.
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Mar 23, 2023 · Here's how to watch all of the Alien movies in chronological order and how to watch Alien movies in order of release—as well as how to watch Alien and Predator movies in...
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Jun 20, 2019 · Alien. 1979's Alien kicks off the original series of films which occur chronologically from this point on. The classic original is also our introduction to the series' hero, Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver. Ripley is a crew member aboard the shuttle Nostromo, in the year 2122.
