Alien Movies: Story Timeline
The entire Alien saga told in chronological story order, beginning with humanity's first encounters with the mysterious Engineers and following the xenomorph threat through centuries of human space exploration. This timeline starts with the prequel films that reveal the origins of the deadly creatures, then flows through the main series chronologically.
This viewing experience provides a linear narrative from the late 21st century discovery of humanity's makers through the 24th century resurrection experiments, creating a cohesive mythology about corporate exploitation, alien evolution, and humanity's doomed relationship with both its creators and the perfect organisms they unleashed. Great for viewers who want to understand the complete cosmology and see how each piece fits into the larger story.
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Prometheus
A team of explorers follows clues about humanity's origins to a distant planet, where they encounter ancient secrets and deadly threats that could determine the fate of mankind.
Alien: Covenant
The crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what appears to be an uncharted paradise on a remote planet, but soon realizes they've landed on a dark and dangerous world filled with deadly threats.
Alien
The crew of a commercial spaceship encounters a deadly alien creature that stalks them through their vessel after being brought aboard from a distant planet. This sci-fi horror classic follows their desperate fight for survival against a nearly indestructible extraterrestrial predator.
Alien: Romulus
A group of young space colonizers encounter deadly alien creatures while exploring an abandoned space station in this latest installment of the iconic horror franchise.
Aliens
Ripley, the sole survivor of a deadly alien encounter, reluctantly joins a team of Colonial Marines to return to the planet where the nightmare began. This intense sci-fi sequel delivers relentless action as humanity faces an even greater xenomorph threat.
Alien³
Ripley crash-lands on a prison planet where she must face a deadly alien threat alongside hardened convicts, with no weapons and no way to escape.
Alien Resurrection
Two hundred years after her death, Ripley is cloned by scientists hoping to breed the ultimate alien weapon, but both she and the new creatures prove full of deadly surprises. The resurrected Ripley must team up with smugglers to prevent the aliens from reaching Earth.
Other Film Series
Alien vs. Predator
Two iconic alien species clash in brutal combat, with humans caught in the crossfire of their ancient conflict.
Godzilla
The legendary Japanese kaiju franchise spanning 70+ years across multiple eras and continuities.
Phantasm
A surreal horror franchise following young Mike Pearson and ice cream vendor Reggie in their ongoing battle against the interdimensional Tall Man and his deadly silver spheres.
Romero's Living Dead
George A. Romero's groundbreaking zombie saga, featuring classic horror films and several reboots.
The Purge
A dystopian horror franchise set in an America where all crime is legal for 12 hours once a year during an annual event called The Purge.
Warlock
A supernatural horror trilogy featuring different standalone stories about malevolent warlocks, connected more by theme than narrative continuity.