The "Alien" franchise is an undeniable classic — a staple of the sci-fi/horror genre. The series features humans fighting for their lives as they're pitted against killer aliens with acidic blood.

Don’t expect a straightforward timeline, because continuity is a mess with the Alien and Predator timelines (even if, as in this list, you choose to ignore tie-in comics, novels, and games). Predator: ...

Sigourney Weaver has met with Disney about a new Alien movie. The 76-year-old actress first starred as Lt. Ellen Louise Ripley, the lone survivor of the doomed ship Nostromo, in the original 1979 ...