Alien

Alien primarily 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, intelligent extraterrestrial beings; see List of alleged extraterrestrial beings
• Introduced species, a species not native to its environment

Alien(s), or The 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
  • Alien (creature in Alien 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 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
• The Alien (2016 film), a 2016 Mexican film
• The Alien (unproduced film), an incomplete 1960s Indian–American film

Literature

• Alien novels, an extension of the Alien franchise
• Aliens (Tappan Wright novel), a 1902 novel by Mary Tappan Wright
• The Alien (Animorphs), the eighth book in the Animorphs series
• 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

Albums

• Alien (Northlane album)
• Alien (soundtrack)
• Alien (Strapping Young Lad album)
• Alien (Tankard album)
• Aliens (soundtrack)

Songs

• "Alien" (Britney Spears song)
• "Alien" (Jonas Blue and Sabrina Carpenter song)
• "Alien" (Pennywise song)
• "Alien" (Third Day song)
• "Alien", a song by Bush on the album Sixteen Stone
• "Alien", a song by Erasure on the album Loveboat
• "Alien", a song by Japan on the album Quiet Life
• "Alien", a song by Lamb on the album Fear of Fours
• "Alien", a song by Nerina Pallot on the album Dear Frustrated Superstar
• "Alien", a song by P-Model on the album Landsale
• "Alien", a song by Thriving Ivory on their self-titled album
• "Alien", a song by Tokio Hotel on the album Humanoid. Also, fans of the band call themselves Aliens
• "Alien", a Top 40 hit by Atlanta Rhythm Section from the album Quinella
• "Aliens" (Coldplay song)
• "My Alien", a song by Simple Plan on the album No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls
• "The Aliens", a song by Warlord

Video games

• Alien (1984 video game), based on the film
• Alien (Atari 2600), a 1982 maze game based on the 1979 film
• Alien: Isolation, a 2014 video game based on the Alien science fiction horror film series
• Aliens (1982 video game), a text-only clone of Space Invaders written for the CP/M operating system on the Kaypro computer
• Aliens (1990 video game), a game by Konami, based on the sequel of the film
• See also: List of Alien, Predator, and Alien vs. Predator games

Other media

• Alien (Armenian TV series), a 2017 melodrama series
• 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

Other uses

• Alien (shipping company), a Russian company
• Alien Sun (born 1974), Singaporean actress
• Alien, a perfume by Thierry Mugler

See also

• Alians, an Islamic order
• Alien Project (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)
• All pages with titles beginning with Alien
• All pages with titles containing Alien