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Alien

Movie1979117 minhorror filmscience fiction filmthriller film

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Release date
25 May 1979
Format
Movie
Runtime
117 minutes
Genres
horror filmscience fiction filmthriller filmbody horror filmscience fiction horror filmadventure filmfantasy filmmystery filmsuspense filmaction filmmonster filmgirls with gunsscience fiction action film
Credited creators
Ridley Scott

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Format
Movie
Release year
1979
Source release (day)
1979-05-25
Also listed as
에이리언 (ko) · Alien, el octavo pasajero (es) · エイリアン (ja) · 異形 (zh) · Alien - Le Huitième Passager (fr) · Alien — Le huitième passager (fr) · Alien, le huitième passager (fr) · L'étranger : le huitième passager (fr)
Runtime
117 minutes
Credited creators
Ridley Scott
Country labels
United States, United Kingdom
Genres
horror film, science fiction film, thriller film, body horror film, science fiction horror film, adventure film, fantasy film, mystery film, suspense film, action film, monster film, girls with guns, science fiction action film
Source language labels
English. These do not establish a streaming dub or subtitle offer.

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Poster source: TMDb · 348; retrieved 2026-10-14.

Cast source: Wikidata · Q103569 — CC0-1.0; retrieved 2026-10-03. Names are selected alphabetically, not by billing order.

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