Ranking Alien Movies
by Whiskeyjack88 | created - 15 Sep 2016 | updated - 15 Sep 2016 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Alien (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 951,594 | Gross: $78.90M
To me horror movies are all about atmosphere, and not many movies nail it the way Alien does... This is up there with The Shining and Psycho as one of the greatest horror films of all time.
2. Aliens (1986)
R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser
Votes: 763,522 | Gross: $85.16M
All the great sequels (for the most part) usually have one thing in common: they don't try to be a bigger and badder version of the original. Aliens is a completely different movie than Alien and stands on its own as another masterpiece, this time in a different genre altogether.
3. Prometheus (I) (2012)
R | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Following clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron
Votes: 644,506 | Gross: $126.48M
A lot of people hate on this movie, but to my point regarding the success of Aliens, this movie is entirely different from the original two (and in my opinion the third "true" Alien movie, as the rest of the movies on this list don't deserve to be part of the same series), and it works. Sure, this movie is much more complex than its predecessors (and I agree, a little too complex for its own good), but why should Ridley Scott make the same movie over again?
4. Alien 3 (1992)
R | 114 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann
Votes: 319,588 | Gross: $55.47M
SPOILER *******
What an intro! Kill everyone and destroy everything Aliens set out to do! Awesome! This is what I paid to see! ... Seriously? Who thought this would be a good idea? As a stand alone movie, this is fairly entertaining, but it ruins everything the series has done so far.
5. Alien vs. Predator (2004)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
During an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one species can win.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner
Votes: 212,348 | Gross: $80.28M
A fun mashup of two worlds. Forget everything you knew about the continuity of the Alien franchise, because this is just for fun and shouldn't be taken serious.
6. Alien: Resurrection (1997)
R | 109 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Two centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman
Votes: 263,576 | Gross: $47.75M
Why?
7. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
R | 94 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Warring Alien and Predator races descend on a rural Colorado town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival.
Directors: Colin Strause, Greg Strause | Stars: Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale, Shareeka Epps, John Ortiz
Votes: 133,221 | Gross: $41.80M
This is absolute garbage...
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