Alien most commonly refers to:
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Extraterrestrial life, or alien life which does not originate from Earth
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Extraterrestrial intelligence, hypothetical advanced alien life
Alien( s) or The Alien( s) may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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Alien (franchise), a media franchise
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Xenomorph, the titular alien in the franchise
Films
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Alien (film), a 1979 film by Ridley Scott
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Aliens (film), second film in the franchise from 1986 by James Cameron
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Alien 3, third film in the franchise from 1992 by David Fincher
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Alien Resurrection, fourth film in the franchise from 1997 by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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Alien vs. Predator (film), fifth film in the franchise from 2004 by Paul W. S. Anderson
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, sixth film in the franchise from 2007 by the Brothers Strause
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, eighth film in the franchise from 2017 by Ridley Scott
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, ninth film in the franchise from 2024 by Fede Álvarez
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, a 1980 unofficial sequel of the 1979 Alien film
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Alien Visitor (also titled Epsilon) (1995 film) Australian–Italian science fiction film by Rolf de Heer
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Alienoid, a 2022 South Korean film
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The Alien (2016 film), a 2016 Mexican film
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The Alien (unproduced film), an incomplete 1960s Indian–American film
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Alien (2024 film), a 2024 Russian film unrelated to the Alien franchise.
Literature
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Fictional alien life-forms, extraterrestrials in fiction
Novels
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Alien novels, an extension of the Alien franchise
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, a 1995 book by Lee Brimmicombe-Wood, a guide to the fictional United States Colonial Marines
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Aliens (Tappan Wright novel), a 1902 novel by Mary Tappan Wright
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Aliens!, a 1980 anthology of science fiction edited by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
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The Alien (novel), the eighth book in the Animorphs series by Katherine Applegate
Plays
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The Aliens (play), a 2010 play by Annie Baker
Music
Albums
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Alien (Alien album), 1988
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Alien (Beam album), 2022
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Alien (Northlane album), 2019
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Alien (Strapping Young Lad album), 2005
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Alien (soundtrack), 1979
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Alien, a 1989 EP by Tankard
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Aliens (soundtrack), 1987
Performers
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Alien (band), a 1980s Swedish rock group
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The Aliens (Australian band), a 1970s new wave group
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The Aliens, the backing band for the American musician Jared Louche on his 1999 solo debut album Covergirl
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The Aliens (Scottish band), a 2005–2008 rock group
Songs
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"Alien", by Atlanta Rhythm from Quinella, 1981
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"Alien", by Beach House, 2018
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"Alien" (Jonas Blue and Sabrina Carpenter song), 2018
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"Alien" (Britney Spears song), 2013
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"Alien", by Bush from Sixteen Stone, 1994
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"Alien", by Dead Letter Circus from Dead Letter Circus, 2007
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"Alien", by The Devil Wears Prada from Space, 2014
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"Alien", by Erasure from Loveboat, 2000
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"Alien", by Japan from Quiet Life, 1979
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"Alien", by Lamb from Fear of Fours, 1999
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"Alien", by Lee Su-hyun, 2020
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"Alien", by Dennis Lloyd, 2020
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"Alien", by the National from First Two Pages of Frankenstein, 2023
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"Alien", by Nerina Pallot from Dear Frustrated Superstar, 2001
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"Alien", by P-Model from Landsale, 1980
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"Alien", by Pennywise from Straight Ahead, 1999
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"Alien", by Stray Kids from SKZ-Replay, 2022
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"Alien", by Structures from Life Through a Window, 2014
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"Alien", by Third Day from Conspiracy No. 5, 1997
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"Alien", by Thriving Ivory from Thriving Ivory, 2003
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"Alien", by Tokio Hotel from Humanoid, 2009
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"Aliens" (song), by Coldplay, 2017
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"Aliens", by Warlord, 1984
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"The Alien", by Dream Theater from A View from the Top of the World, 2021
Video games
Based on the 1979 and 1986 films
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Alien (1982 video game), a 1982 maze game based on the 1979 film
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Alien (1984 video game), based on the 1979 film
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, a 2014 video game based on the Alien science fiction horror film series
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Aliens (1990 video game), a game by Konami, based on the 1986 film
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, a 1986 game by Electric Dreams based on the 1986 film
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, a 1986 game by Activision based on the 1986 film of the same name
Other video games
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Aliens (1982 video game), a text-only clone of Space Invaders written for the CP/M operating system on the Kaypro computer
Other media
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Alien (Armenian TV series), a 2017 melodrama series
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, web series in the Alien franchise from 2019 by Fabien Dubois
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, a science fiction horror television series in the franchise by Noah Hawley
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Alien (sculpture), a 2012 work by David Breuer-Weil, in Mottisfont, Hampshire, England
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Aliens (Dark Horse Comics line)
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"Aliens" ( Roseanne), a 1992 television episode
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"The Alien" ( Auf Wiedersehen, Pet), a 1984 television episode
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The Aliens (TV series), 2016 British sci-fi television series
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Aliens (Star Trek Roleplaying Game), published 2003
Botany
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Alien species, adventive or introduced species; a species not native to its environment
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Adventive plants or , species that are foreign to the native flora
Law
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Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country
Paranormal
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Alien UFO technologies, speculative hypothesis that some UFOs are alien spacecraft
Science and technology
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AliEn (ALICE Environment), a grid framework
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Alien (file converter), a Linux program
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Alien Technology, a manufacturer of RFID technology
Other uses
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Alien (shipping company), a Russian company
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Alian District (Alien), a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Alien Sun (born 1974), Singaporean actress
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Alien, a perfume by Thierry Mugler
See also
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Alians, an Islamic order
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Alien Project (disambiguation)
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Alien 4 (disambiguation)
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Alien vs. Predator (disambiguation)
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Astrobiology, the study of hypothetical alien life
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ATLiens, a 1996 album by OutKast
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Predator (disambiguation)
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UFO (disambiguation)
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Unidentified flying object (disambiguation)
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Outsider (disambiguation)
