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During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
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Alien: Covenant (2017)
It has a 62% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.
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Prometheus (2012)
It has a 60% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
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Alien: Romulus (2024)
It has a 49% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
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Alien³ (1992)
It has a 48% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.
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Aliens (1986)
It has a 45% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, its story and themes and shared genres.
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
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Iron Lung (2026)
It has a 44% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
In a post-apocalyptic future where an event known as "The Quiet Rapture" caused all known stars and habitable planets in the universe to disappear, a convict is sent to search an ocean of blood discovered on a desolate moon, using a small submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung".
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Pandorum (2009)
It has a 42% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.
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The Fog (1980)
It has a 41% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.
Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
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Pitch Black (2000)
It has a 39% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, its story and themes and shared genres.
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.
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Serenity (2005)
It has a 38% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, its story and themes and shared genres.
A group of rebels travel the outskirts of space evading the sinister Alliance regime. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours a dangerous secret. Soon, the crew find themselves being pursued by an Alliance agent who will stop at nothing to find them.
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Screamers (1995)
It has a 38% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms.
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Gattaca (1997)
It has a 34% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by its story and themes, shared genres and country of origin.
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.
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The Dog Stars (2026)
It has a 34% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by the same director, its story and themes and shared genres.
After the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while he’s flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound.
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Sunshine (2007)
It has a 33% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, its story and themes and shared genres.
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.
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Planet of the Apes (2001)
It has a 33% affinity with Alien, driven mainly by its story and themes, shared genres and country of origin.
After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.
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