Alien
“In space no one can hear you scream.”
- 1979
- 1h 57m
- R
★ 8.2 TMDB Rating · 16.9K votes
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.
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Release date
- May 25, 1979
- Original language
- English
- Origin
- United States
Cast of Alien
Where to Stream Alien by Country
- United States
- Streaming on Netflix, fuboTVRent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
- United Kingdom
- Streaming on Disney+Rent or buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video
- India
- No streaming offers listed right now
- Canada
- Streaming on Disney+, CraveRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo
- Australia
- Streaming on Disney+Rent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies
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Alien release dates by country
Alien was released in cinemas on May 25, 1979 (United States).
World premiere: Sep 1, 1979 (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
| Country | In cinemas | Digital | Age rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | May 25, 1979 (limited) | — | R |
| United Kingdom | Sep 6, 1979 | — | 18 |
| India | Dec 6, 1979 | — | A |
| Canada | Jun 21, 1979 | — | 18A |
| Australia | Dec 6, 1979 | — | M |
| Romania | May 25, 1979 (limited) | — | 18 |
| Russia | May 28, 1979 | — | 16+ |
| Japan | Jul 21, 1979 | — | PG-12 |
| Brazil | Aug 20, 1979 | — | 14 |
| Puerto Rico | Aug 30, 1979 | — | — |
| France | Sep 12, 1979 | Feb 23, 2021 | 12 |
| Netherlands | Sep 12, 1979 | — | 16 |
| Belgium | Sep 13, 1979 | — | 16 |
| Colombia | Sep 13, 1979 | — | — |
| Ireland | Sep 14, 1979 | — | 18 |
| Spain | Sep 24, 1979 | — | 16 |
| South Africa | Oct 3, 1979 | — | — |
| Denmark | Oct 12, 1979 | — | 15 |
| Portugal | Oct 21, 1979 | — | M/16 |
| Germany | Oct 24, 1979 | — | 16 |
| Italy | Oct 25, 1979 | — | T |
| Austria | Oct 26, 1979 | — | — |
| Finland | Oct 26, 1979 | — | K-16 |
| Philippines | Oct 31, 1979 | — | R-18 |
| Israel | Nov 2, 1979 | — | — |
| Sweden | Nov 2, 1979 | — | 15 |
| Cyprus | Nov 5, 1979 | — | — |
| Greece | Nov 5, 1979 | — | K-16 |
| Norway | Nov 13, 1979 | — | 18 |
| Hong Kong | Nov 14, 1979 | — | — |
| Malaysia | Nov 15, 1979 | — | — |
| Singapore | Nov 15, 1979 | — | PG13 |
| Mexico | Nov 21, 1979 | — | B |
| Argentina | Dec 25, 1979 | — | 18 |
| Chile | Dec 25, 1979 | — | — |
| Bolivia | Jan 1, 1980 | — | — |
| Poland | Jan 2, 1980 | — | 16 |
| New Zealand | Jan 24, 1980 | — | 16 |
| Peru | Jan 24, 1980 | — | 14 |
| Jamaica | Feb 6, 1980 | — | — |
| Taiwan | Feb 16, 1980 | — | — |
| Egypt | Mar 10, 1980 | — | — |
| Uruguay | Mar 28, 1980 | — | — |
| Venezuela | Mar 28, 1980 | — | — |
| Iceland | Dec 18, 1980 | — | 16 |
| Hungary | Jan 15, 1981 | — | 18 |
| Türkiye | Nov 1, 1981 | — | 18+ |
| Czechia | Jul 1, 1982 | — | 15+ |
| Thailand | Aug 28, 1982 | — | 18 + |
| South Korea | Oct 1, 1987 | — | 15 |
| Russia | Feb 1, 1991 | — | 18+ |
| Lithuania | May 9, 2017 | — | — |
| Ukraine | Jul 19, 2017 | — | — |
| China | — | Jan 30, 2019 | — |
Digital = first release online to rent, buy or stream. Dates as reported to TMDB.
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