Movies / 1979

Alien

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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.

Release year: 1979
Released: May 25, 1979
Countries: United States United Kingdom
Genres: Horror · Science Fiction

Directed by: Ridley Scott
Written by: Dan O'Bannon · Ronald Shusett
Cast: Tom Skerritt (Dallas) · Sigourney Weaver (Ripley) · Veronica Cartwright (Lambert) · Harry Dean Stanton (Brett) · John Hurt (Kane) · Ian Holm (Ash) · Yaphet Kotto (Parker) · Bolaji Badejo (Alien) · Helen Horton (Mother (voice))

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Sep 8, 2025
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External identifiers

tmdb: 348
letterboxd: 2awY