Every Alien Movie in Order (and Where to Stream Them)

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.

Stream on

• Netflix
• Fubo

Director

Ridley Scott

Starring

Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright

Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

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• Netflix
• YouTube TV
• Fubo
• Philo

Director

James Cameron

Starring

Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.

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• YouTube TV
• Fubo
• FXNow

Director

David Fincher

Starring

Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.

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• YouTube TV
• Fubo
• FXNow

Director

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Starring

Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

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• HBO Max
• YouTube TV
• Fubo
• FXNow

Director

Ridley Scott

Starring

Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron

The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

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• HBO Max
• Fubo
• FXNow

Director

Ridley Scott

Starring

Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup

While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

Stream on

• Hulu
• Fubo
• FXNow

Director

Fede Álvarez

Starring

Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux