Alien

1979 · directed by Ridley Scott

Rating

89/100

Hit

yes

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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.

Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott, rates 89/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Tom Skerritt
• Sigourney Weaver
• Veronica Cartwright
• Harry Dean Stanton
• John Hurt
• Ian Holm
• Yaphet Kotto
• Bolaji Badejo
• Helen Horton

Crew

• Derek Vanlint — Director of Photography
• Peter Weatherley — Editor
• Terry Rawlings — Editor
• Jerry Goldsmith — Original Music Composer
• Dan O'Bannon — Screenplay

More from Ridley Scott

1. Blade Runner (1982) — 95/100 · hit
2. Thelma & Louise (1991) — 93/100 · hit
3. Gladiator (2000) — 86/100 · hit
4. The Martian (2015) — 81/100 · hit
5. American Gangster (2007) — 78/100
6. Black Hawk Down (2001) — 76/100

How these numbers work: Methodology