The 'Alien' franchise (1979- onwards) - Alternative Movie Poster Collection
The Alien film franchise is a science fiction horror film series, focusing on Lieutenant Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial lifeform or Xenomorph, commonly referred to as the "Alien". It was started with Ridley Scott’s 1979 film Alien, and was followed by James Cameron’s Aliens (1986), David Fincher Alien 3 (1992) and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Alien Resurrection (1997), as well as the crossover franchise Alien vs. Predator, and finally Ridley Scott's 2012 film Prometheus, although in a more primitive state compared to the other films. It also appears in various literature and video game spin-offs from the franchises. The franchise has also crossed over into comic books, video games and numerous novels. We still hold out for a new (decent) alien flick.