Where to Watch Alien (1979)

Craving a viewing of 'Alien' right from your couch? Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Ridley Scott-directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we here at Moviefone want to do right by you.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Alien' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'Alien' right now, here are some specifics about the Brandywine Productions, Twentieth Century-Fox Productions, Ronald Shusett Productions horror flick.

Alien starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton has a R rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 57 min, and a scheduled release date of June 21st, 1979.

It received a user score of 82/100 on TMDb, which collated reviews from 15,640 respected users.

Thinking about what happens in this film? Here's the plot: "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."

'Alien' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Hulu, Prime Video, fuboTV, FXNow, Google Play Movies, and YouTube .