Watch all Alien movies in order with our comprehensive list, from the 1979 original to Romulus, and including the Alien vs. Predator crossovers.

Alien: Earth, a prequel series to the first Alien movie, premiered on FX and Hulu in August 2025 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.

Earth features an opening scene that closely resembles the iconic 1979 film, recreating its atmosphere and key plot points.

Alien: Earth is the best new sci-fi show on TV right now, and fans of the series may have found their Andor equivalent.

Set in 2120, it hinges on a batch of alien and various mutating specimens who crash-land on Earth in a research vessel that’s owned by one of five corporations that now rule during this Corporate Era — a chillingly plausible schematic.

Noah Hawley, creator of FX's "Fargo" and trippy X-Men series "Legion," fundamentally understands what makes the aliens of "Alien" scary, and what makes the world Scott created so enticing to return to for film after film.

For the first time ever, the Alien universe is crash-landing onto the small screen.In the wake of 2024's Alien: Romulus, a seventh film entry in the storied franchise that began with Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi thriller classic Alien,

Both new and familiar alien lifeforms lurk around in the Disney series “Alien: Earth,” based on the original 1979 Ridley Scott "Alien" movie.