The Alien Movies in Chronological Order Set in the year 2089 (33 years before the 1979 film), Prometheus is where it all began. Its direct sequel, Alien: Covenant , picks up the story 15 years later.
The first movie "Alien" begins with the crew of the spaceship Nostromo as they encounter a deadly lifeform while investigating a mysterious transmission. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver ...