The first Alien centers around explorers aboard the ship Nostromo as they investigate a transmission heard on a moon. There, they discover an alien egg that hatches a creature. It hugs executive officer Kane's (John Hurt) face, impregnating him. Back on the ship, a baby creature bursts through his chest, killing him.

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Watching the movies and show in chronological order isn't the same as watching them in order of their release date Nothing is as it seems in the Alien universe — including its fictional timeline. For over 40 years, the Xenomorph has terrorized audiences ...

Don’t expect a straightforward timeline, because continuity is a mess with the Alien and Predator timelines (even if, as in this list, you choose to ignore tie-in comics, novels, and games). Predator: Badlands has finally made the connectivity matter ...

Steven Spielberg has 60 director credits to his name, with a new movie ("Disclosure Day") coming out in June 2026, adding to his list of alien movies.

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We see these nasty little bloaters in in episode 1 burrowing into a dead rat in the Maginot's onboard laboratory. It turns out to be a fairly gruesome foreshadowing of what they're capable of later in the episode, when they tuck into the Prodigy soldiers ...