Alien

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Alien most commonly refers to:

Extraterrestrial life, or alien life which does not originate from Earth
Extraterrestrial intelligence, hypothetical advanced alien life

Alien(s) or The Alien(s) may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Alien (franchise), a media franchise
- Xenomorph, the titular alien in the franchise

Films

Alien (film), a 1979 film by Ridley Scott
- Aliens (film), second film in the franchise from 1986 by James Cameron
- Alien 3, third film in the franchise from 1992 by David Fincher
- Alien Resurrection, fourth film in the franchise from 1997 by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Alien vs. Predator (film), fifth film in the franchise from 2004 by Paul W. S. Anderson
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, sixth film in the franchise from 2007 by the Brothers Strause
- Alien: Covenant, eighth film in the franchise from 2017 by Ridley Scott
- Alien: Romulus, ninth film in the franchise from 2024 by Fede Álvarez
Alien 2: On Earth, a 1980 unofficial sequel of the 1979 Alien film
Alien Visitor (also titled Epsilon) (1995 film) Australian–Italian science fiction film by Rolf de Heer
Alienoid, a 2022 South Korean film
The Alien (2016 film), a 2016 Mexican film
The Alien (unproduced film), an incomplete 1960s Indian–American film
Alien (2024 film), a 2024 Russian film unrelated to the Alien franchise.

Literature

Fictional alien life-forms, extraterrestrials in fiction

Novels

Alien novels, an extension of the Alien franchise
Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual, a 1995 book by Lee Brimmicombe-Wood, a guide to the fictional United States Colonial Marines
Aliens (Tappan Wright novel), a 1902 novel by Mary Tappan Wright
Aliens!, a 1980 anthology of science fiction edited by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
The Alien (novel), the eighth book in the Animorphs series by Katherine Applegate

Plays

The Aliens (play), a 2010 play by Annie Baker

Music

Albums

Alien (Alien album), 1988
Alien (Beam album), 2022
Alien (Northlane album), 2019
Alien (Strapping Young Lad album), 2005
Alien (soundtrack), 1979
Alien, a 1989 EP by Tankard
Aliens (soundtrack), 1987

Performers

Alien (band), a 1980s Swedish rock group
The Aliens (Australian band), a 1970s new wave group
The Aliens, the backing band for the American musician Jared Louche on his 1999 solo debut album Covergirl
The Aliens (Scottish band), a 2005–2008 rock group

Songs

"Alien", by Atlanta Rhythm from Quinella, 1981
"Alien", by Beach House, 2018
"Alien" (Jonas Blue and Sabrina Carpenter song), 2018
"Alien" (Britney Spears song), 2013
"Alien", by Bush from Sixteen Stone, 1994
"Alien", by Dead Letter Circus from Dead Letter Circus, 2007
"Alien", by The Devil Wears Prada from Space, 2014
"Alien", by Erasure from Loveboat, 2000
"Alien", by Japan from Quiet Life, 1979
"Alien", by Lamb from Fear of Fours, 1999
"Alien", by Lee Su-hyun, 2020
"Alien", by Dennis Lloyd, 2020
"Alien", by the National from First Two Pages of Frankenstein, 2023
"Alien", by Nerina Pallot from Dear Frustrated Superstar, 2001
"Alien", by P-Model from Landsale, 1980
"Alien", by Pennywise from Straight Ahead, 1999
"Alien", by Stray Kids from SKZ-Replay, 2022
"Alien", by Structures from Life Through a Window, 2014
"Alien", by Third Day from Conspiracy No. 5, 1997
"Alien", by Thriving Ivory from Thriving Ivory, 2003
"Alien", by Tokio Hotel from Humanoid, 2009
"Aliens" (song), by Coldplay, 2017
"Aliens", by Warlord, 1984
"The Alien", by Dream Theater from A View from the Top of the World, 2021

Video games

Based on the 1979 and 1986 films

Alien (1982 video game), a 1982 maze game based on the 1979 film
Alien (1984 video game), based on the 1979 film
Alien: Isolation, a 2014 video game based on the Alien science fiction horror film series

Aliens (1990 video game), a game by Konami, based on the 1986 film
Aliens: The Computer Game (UK Version), a 1986 game by Electric Dreams based on the 1986 film
Aliens: The Computer Game (US Version), a 1986 game by Activision based on the 1986 film of the same name

Other media

Alien (Armenian TV series), a 2017 melodrama series
Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series, web series in the Alien franchise from 2019 by Fabien Dubois
Alien: Earth, a science fiction horror television series in the franchise by Noah Hawley
Alien (sculpture), a 2012 work by David Breuer-Weil, in Mottisfont, Hampshire, England
Aliens (Dark Horse Comics line)
"Aliens" (Roseanne), a 1992 television episode
"The Alien" (Auf Wiedersehen, Pet), a 1984 television episode
The Aliens (TV series), 2016 British sci-fi television series
Aliens (Star Trek Roleplaying Game), published 2003

Botany

Alien species, adventive or introduced species; a species not native to its environment
- Adventive plants or alien plants, species that are foreign to the native flora

Law

Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country
- Enemy alien, the above in times of war

Paranormal

Alien UFO technologies, speculative hypothesis that some UFOs are alien spacecraft

Science and technology

AliEn (ALICE Environment), a grid framework
Alien (file converter), a Linux program
Alien Technology, a manufacturer of RFID technology

Other uses

Alien (shipping company), a Russian company
Alian District (Alien), a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Alien Sun (born 1974), Singaporean actress
Alien, a perfume by Thierry Mugler