30 best alien movies of all time, according to fans — and Aliens is only #4

For your extraterrestrial viewing needs, Stacker ranked the top 30 alien movies, according to their IMDb user rating.

Brian Johnson, special effects pioneer whose models were seen in Space: 1999, Thunderbirds and Alien

Brian Johnson, who has died aged 86, was an Oscar-winning visual effects maestro and modelling specialist who contributed significantly to the look of modern science fiction.

Ridley Scott's Unmade Alien Sequel Leaves A Brutal Hole In The Franchise Timeline

Alien director Ridley Scott eventually returned to the franchise, but couldn't complete his ambitious plans. Here's what his unmade movie could have been about.
Den Of Geek

We Played Alien: Isolation 2 and It’s Utterly Terrifying

Among the most tantalizing reveals from Summer Game Fest 2026 was a more in-depth look at the upcoming Alien: Isolation 2. First announced in 2024, the sequel to Creative Assembly’s 2014 survival ...

Alien: Isolation 2 keeps the classic horror game's uncompromising approach to raising tension

One of the best horror games of the 2010s was Creative Assembly's Alien: Isolation, but it certainly took some time for audiences to see it in its proper light. Though it initially received mixed ...
Inverse

15 Years Ago, A Spielberg-Style Alien Movie Did Everything Right Except the Alien Parts

Steven Spielberg knows aliens. Though he hasn't made as many UFO-centric movies as you might assume (he's made more movies about WWII than he has about extraterrestrials), the director behind Close ...
GeekTyrant

ALIEN: ISOLATION 2 Trailer Reveals a New Survivor, a Deadly Mission, and the Return of the Xenomorph

Fans have been waiting to see what Creative Assembly has been cooking up with Alien: Isolation 2, and while details are still limited, the game made a surprise appearance during Summer Game Fest with ...
Los Angeles Times

In homage to the original, ‘Alien: Earth’ made a 64-minute ‘Alien’ movie. Here’s how

Dropping a tribute to Ridley Scott’s 1979 “Alien” halfway through his franchise-expanding series wasn’t easy. But Noah Hawley just had to do it. “The show was already a huge lift, and then to sort of ...
theregister

Hobbyist xenomorphs Raspberry Pi into Alien-themed DIY laptop

We've all been there: You're doing maintenance on a Weyland-Yutani hauler dragging mineral ore back toward Earth, and there’s no terminal handy to tap into the MU/TH/UR AI to check ship systems. Lucky ...
Game Rant

Alien: Isolation 2 Teaser Trailer Reveals First Look at the Game

Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States who has been working with GameRant since August 2023 and self-publishing since May 2025. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has ...
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Alien (1979) breakdown! Final scene mystery finally solved! | The Deep Dive

Ridley Scott's ALIEN (1979) gets a full movie breakdown and analysis by Erik Voss on The Deep Dive! Sign up to Milanote for free with no time-limit: Alien is one of the best films of all time, a true ...