Alien

Released Year: 1979

Certificate: R

Runtime: 117 minutes

Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 89

Director: Ridley Scott

Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright

No of Votes: 787806

Gross: 78900000

Overview: 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.

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