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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 - 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 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.
May 15, 2024 · By Alix Blackburn. published 15 May 2024. Here’s how to watch the 'Alien' movies in chronological and release order. (Image credit: FlixPix / Alamy Stock Photo / 20th Century Studios)
- Alien vs. Predator. Set in 2004, Alien vs. Predator tells the earliest story in the Alien movie timeline. When a group of researchers discovers a bizarre heat signature coming from a seemingly uninhabited island near Antarctica, a group of scientists embarks on a journey to discover what's going on.
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. Taking place immediately after the events of the first Alien vs. Predator film, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem picks up with a Predator ship crashing near a small town in Colorado.
- Prometheus. In 2012, Ridley Scott returned to the franchise he launched with the prequel Prometheus. Set mostly in 2093, the film takes place before the original Alien films, but after the events of the Alien vs. Predator movies.
- Alien: Covenant. Set in 2104, Alien: Covenant picks up a few years after Prometheus ends. A colonization ship picks up a distress signal from an undiscovered, but hospitable, planet.
Oct 25, 2023 · Alien Movies in Order: How to Watch Chronologically and By Release Date. By Richard Fink. Updated Oct 25, 2023. Debating how to watch the legendary movies in the Alien franchise? Here they...
Jan 28, 2023 · Below is a guide to the best order to watch the Alien films. From the early entries to the recent Alien movies, this guide covers all movies of Alien in order of release. How to Watch Alien Movies in Chronological Order. 1. Prometheus (2012)
