Alien
Appearance
Alienprimarily refers to:
- Alien (law),a person in a country who is not a national of that country
- Enemy alien,the above in times of war
- Extraterrestrial life,life which does not originate from Earth
- Specifically, a lifeform withextraterrestrial intelligence
- For fictional extraterrestrial life, seeExtraterrestrials in fiction
- Introduced species,a species not native to its environment
Alien(s), orThe Alien(s) may also refer to:
Science and technology
- AliEn (ALICE Environment),a grid framework
- Alien (file converter),a Linux program
- Alien Technology,a manufacturer of RFID technology
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
- Prometheus(2012 film),seventh film in the franchise from 2012 by Ridley Scott
- 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 1979Alienfilm
- Alien Visitor(also titledEpsilon) (1995 film) Australian–Italian science fiction film by Rolf de Heer
- The Alien(2016 film),a 2016 Mexican film
- The Alien(unproduced film),an incomplete 1960s Indian–American film
- Alienoid,a 2022 South Korean film
Literature
- Aliennovels,an extension of theAlienfranchise
- 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!(anthology)a 1980 anthology of science fiction edited by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
- The Alien (novel),the eighth book in theAnimorphsseries byKatherine Applegate
- The Aliens(play),a 2010 play by Annie Baker
Music
Performers
- Alien (band),a 1980s Swedish rock group
- The Aliens (Australian band),a 1970s new wave group
- The Aliens (Scottish band),a 2005–2008 rock group
- The Aliens, the backing band for the American musician Jared Louche on his 1999 solo debut albumCovergirl
Albums
- Alien(soundtrack),1979
- Alien(Beam album),2022
- Alien(Northlane album),2019
- Alien(Strapping Young Lad album),2005
- Alien,a 1989 EP byTankard
- Aliens(soundtrack),1987
Songs
- "Alien" (Britney Spears song),2013
- "Alien" (Jonas Blue and Sabrina Carpenter song),2018
- "Alien", a song by Atlanta Rhythm from the albumQuinella,1981
- "Alien", a song by Bush from the albumSixteen Stone,1994
- "Alien", a song by Dead Letter Circus from the EPDead Letter Circus,2007
- "Alien", a song by The Devil Wears Prada from the EPSpace,2014
- "Alien", a song by Erasure from the albumLoveboat,2000
- "Alien", a song by Japan from the albumQuiet Life,1979
- "Alien", a song by Lamb from the albumFear of Fours,1999
- "Alien", a song by Nerina Pallot from the albumDear Frustrated Superstar,2001
- "Alien", a song by P-Model from the albumLandsale,1980
- "Alien", a song by Pennywise from the albumStraight Ahead,1999
- "Alien", a song by Stray Kids from the albumSKZ-Replay,2022
- "Alien", a song by Structures from the albumLife Through a Window,2014
- "Alien", a song by the National from the albumFirst Two Pages of Frankenstein,2023
- "Alien", a song by Third Day from the albumConspiracy No. 5,1997
- "Alien", a song by Thriving Ivory from the albumThriving Ivory,2003
- "Alien", a song by Tokio Hotel from the albumHumanoid,2009
- "Alien", a 2018 song byBeach House
- "Alien", a 2020 song byLee Su-hyun
- "Alien", a 2020 song byDennis Lloyd
- "Aliens" (song),a 2017 song by Coldplay
- "Aliens", a 1984 song byWarlord
- "The Alien", a song by Dream Theater from the albumA View from the Top of the World,2021
Video games
- Alien(1982 video game),a 1982 maze game based on the 1979 film
- Alien(1984 video game),based on the film
- Aliens(1990 video game),a game by Konami, based on the sequel of the film
- Alien: Isolation,a 2014 video game based on theAlienscience fiction horror film series
- Aliens(1982 video game),a text-only clone ofSpace Invaderswritten for the CP/M operating system on the Kaypro computer
Other media
- Alien(Armenian TV series),a 2017 melodrama series
- Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series,web series in theAlienfranchise from 2019 by Fabien Dubois
- Alien: Earth,an upcoming 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)
- The Aliens(TV series),2016 British sci-fi television series
- "Aliens" (Roseanne),a 1992 television episode
Other uses
- Alien (shipping company),a Russian company
- Alien Sun(born 1974), Singaporean actress
- Alien,a perfume byThierry Mugler
- Alian District(Alien), in Taiwan
See also
- Alians,an Islamic order
- Alien Project (disambiguation)
- Alien 4 (disambiguation)
- Alien vs. Predator (disambiguation)
- Astrobiology,the study of hypothetical alien life
- ATLiens,a 1996 album by OutKast
- Predator (disambiguation)
- UFO (disambiguation)
- Unidentified flying object (disambiguation)
- Outsider (disambiguation)
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