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Alien
1979
HorrorSci-Fi
After a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress call, one of the crew is attacked by a mysterious life form and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.
IMDB 8.4
RT 98%
Metacritic 89
StarsTom SkerrittSigourney WeaverVeronica CartwrightHarry Dean Stanton
DirectorRidley Scott
WriterDan O'Bannon (screenplay by)Dan O'Bannon (story by)Ronald Shusett (story by)
AwardsWon 1 Oscar
  • Best Achievement in Visual EffectsWinner
    H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Dennis Ayling
  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
    Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian, Ian Whittaker
LanguageEnglish
CountryUKUSA