Alien
1979·Ridley Scott
HorrorScience Fiction
89.0composite
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
93%Rotten Tomatoes
85IMDb1055K votes
Ranking Formula
89.0
out of 100
🍅Rotten Tomatoes93.0
50% weight — Critic consensus
👥IMDb85.0
50% weight — Audience rating
How we calculate the score
RT 93.0 × 0.50
+ IMDb 85.0 × 0.50
= 89.0