Alien
In space no one can hear you scream.
A commercial towing crew answers a distress signal and brings something aboard that treats their ship as a hunting ground.
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Signature
- Darkness · Suspense · Violence
- Worldwide
- $105M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Alien actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
A commercial towing crew answers a distress signal and brings something aboard that treats their ship as a hunting ground.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Alien appears in 4 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Horror Movies Ranked #1
Ranked #1 because perfect creature design married to perfect production design.
A hunting ground with no exit.
- Horror Movies Ranked #1
Ranked #1 because rated 9.2 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest horror titles in the catalogue.
A commercial towing crew answers a distress signal and brings something aboard that treats their ship as a hunting ground.
- Best Space Movies Ranked #4
Ranked #4 because it proved space could be blue-collar and still terrifying.
A working crew, a hostile passenger.
- Sci-Fi Movies Ranked #6
Ranked #6 because rated 9.2 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest sci-fi titles in the catalogue.
A commercial towing crew answers a distress signal and brings something aboard that treats their ship as a hunting ground.
The record
Awards
6 wins · 11 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Production Design
Golden Globes
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerGolden Globe Award for Best Original Score
BAFTA Awards
1 win · 5 nominations
- WinnerBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Saturn Awards
3 wins · 2 nominations
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Director
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Alien returned 9.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $11M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $105M
- Release date
- May 25, 1979
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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