Movie · 117 min · 18+ · hrr, scf
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.
Where to watch Alien
- Disney Plus
- Apple TV Store
- Amazon Video
- Rakuten TV
- Sky Store
- Viaplay
- SF Anytime
- HBO Max
- Blockbuster
- Zavvi
- Disney+
- MovistarTV
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- wavve
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Available on 24 platforms across 42 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 40 countries, best placed at #55 in Denmark.
- Denmark #55
- Russia #58
- Singapore #72
- South Korea #76
- Croatia #79
- Greece #81
- Costa Rica #83
- Guatemala #86
- Slovakia #87
- Italy #88
- Venezuela #91
- Hungary #98
- Malaysia #100
- Chile #104
- Bulgaria #106
- Turkey #116
- Finland #117
- Peru #118
- Indonesia #119
- United Kingdom #126
- Romania #128
- Portugal #132
- Colombia #133
- Argentina #135
- France #136
- Czech Republic #137
- Bolivia #140
- Ecuador #142
- Taiwan #146
- Switzerland #148
- Japan #148
- Belgium #161
- Ireland #167
- Poland #178
- Austria #197
- Australia #203
- New Zealand #205
- Germany #251
- Netherlands #309
- Sweden #453
Available languages
Audio: Catalan, Czech, ES-419, English, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, PT-BR, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish
Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, ES-419, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, MK, Malay, NB, Norwegian, PT-BR, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Chart history
Alien has spent 7 days in a top 3, 24 days in a top 10 and 409 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #1.
Cast
Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, Helen Horton
Crew
Ridley Scott (director), Gordon Carroll (producer), David Giler (producer), Walter Hill (producer), Dan O'Bannon (screenplay)
Awards
6 wins from 17 nominations.
- Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film 1980 — won
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 1980 — won
- BAFTA Award for Best Sound 1980 — won
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 1980 — won
- Saturn Award for Best Director 1980 — won
- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress 1979 — won
- BAFTA Award for Best Original Music 1980 — nominated
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1980 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Production Design 1980 — nominated
- BAFTA Award for Best Editing 1980 — nominated
- BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles 1980 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 1980 — nominated
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 1980 — nominated
- BAFTA Award for Best Sound 1980 — nominated
- Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film 1979 — nominated
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score 1979 — nominated
- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress 1979 — nominated