Alien

Ridley Scott·117 min

A grimy industrial towing ship answers a distress signal, and the crew, tired blue-collar workers arguing about bonuses, bring back something that picks them off one at a time. Scott turns a simple monster premise into the most influential sci-fi horror ever made by getting the texture right.

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