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Alien

Alien (1979) - Where to Watch

Audience Score
82

Ready to watch 'Alien' tonight? Here’s where you can watch it, including platforms and services with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can find the right fit. As of now in the US, 'Alien' is available on fuboTV, YouTube TV, Prime Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Google Play Movies to rent, buy, or stream with a subscription.

Here are some helpful extras before you press play 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. The release date of the movie is June 21st, 1979. The movie received a user score of 82/100 on TMDb, which is based on reviews from 15,964 real users.

Wondering what this story is all about? 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' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on June 21st, 1979 - Buy Alien Movie Tickets
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting January 6th, 2004 - Buy Alien DVD

Watch 'Alien' In Theaters

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Alien Movies

A science fiction horror film franchise, focusing on Lieutenant Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and her battle with an extraterrestrial life-form, commonly referred to as "the Alien". Produced by 20th Century Fox, the series started with the 1979 film Alien, then Aliens in 1986, Alien³ in 1992, and Alien: Resurrection in 1997.