Alien Movies In Order (Release & Chronological)
From Ridley Scott's Alien to the sci-fi franchise's prequel series beginning with Prometheus, here's how to watch the Alien movies in order.
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Alien Covenant is a sci-fi horror film set in the Aliens franchise and takes place after the events of Prometheus. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, members of the colony ship Covenant discover what they consider an uncharted paradise. While there, they meet David, the synthetic survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. An expedition deeper into the planet soon turns dark and dangerous when a hostile alien life-form forces the crew into a deadly fight for survival.
Alien: Covenant
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- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Release Date
- May 19, 2017
- Studio(s)
- 20th Century
- Distributor(s)
- 20th Century
- Cast
- Amy Seimetz , Noomi Rapace , Danny McBride , Katherine Waterston , Demián Bichir , James Franco , Guy Pearce , Carmen Ejogo , Billy Crudup , Michael Fassbender
- Writers
- dante harper , John Logan , Jack Paglen , Michael Green
- Runtime
- 123 Minutes
- Sequel(s)
- Alien: Awakening , Alien 3 , Alien Resurrection , Prometheus
- prequel(s)
- Aliens
- Budget
- $97–111 Million
- Franchise(s)
- Alien
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