Alien Movie Watching Order

This watching order is designed to give an outline of the Alien movie franchise. It explains what order to watch the Alien movies and looks at any connections between them. 

Jump to: Original Series – Rebirth – Alien vs. Predator

Original Series

The Alien film franchise starts with Alien (1979). This film starts the entire Alien franchise and is the first entry in the original series of films.

The original Alien series proceeds in a very straightforward manner. It starts with Alien (1979), which is followed relatively closely by Aliens (1986), which is immediately followed by Alien 3 (1992). Finally, Alien Resurrection (1997) concludes the saga at a point long after the events of Alien 3. All of these films follow a singular narrative thread focused on Ellen Ripley.