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Alien 1979

Directed by Ridley Scott

All-time standing

#134 of 4,399

In the top 3% of movies

By scope

1970s #21 of 338 Top 5% 1979 #3 of 39 Top 10%

Ballots (44)

All time 40

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2024
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #33
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Esquire

  • Published 2020
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #41
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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

  • Published 2014
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #42
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AlloCiné

AlloCiné

  • Published 2017
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #59
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #63
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Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #64
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Radio Times

Radio Times

  • Published 2006
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #84
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Variety

Variety

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #97
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #146
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #198
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2025
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2024
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2023
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2018
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  • Included, unranked
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
Kino Muzeum

Kino Muzeum

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked
The Dissolve

The Dissolve

  • Published 2014
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  • Included, unranked

Complex

  • Published 2013
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
El Pais

El Pais

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
The Independent

The Independent

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
Cinema (Greece)

Cinema (Greece)

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked

Esquire

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
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Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
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Channel 4

Channel 4

  • Published 2006
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  • Included, unranked
Jim Emerson

Jim Emerson

  • Published 2006
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  • Included, unranked
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Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 2002
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  • Included, unranked
Ciak

Ciak

  • Published 2000
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  • Included, unranked
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El Mundo

El Mundo

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
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  • Included, unranked
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Channel 4

Channel 4

  • Year not recorded
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  • Included, unranked

Decade 4

IndieWire

  • Published 1979
  • Decade list · 1970s
  • Ranked #6
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Forbes

Forbes

  • Published 1979
  • Decade list · 1970s
  • Ranked #11
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Rolling Stone

  • Published 1979
  • Decade list · 1970s
  • Ranked #11
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Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 1979
  • Decade list · 1970s
  • Included, unranked
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