All 8 Alien movies ranked from worst to best

7. Alien: Resurrection

The fourth movie in the series is without a doubt the weakest. Alien: Resurrection came out in 1997 and was directed by French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet who had previously helmed the critically acclaimed movie Amélie. But even a talented director couldn’t save this one.

Taking place 200 years after Alien 3, Resurrection sees Ellen Ripley brought back to life as a clone by the military, who wants to remove the alien queen embryo inside of her. Of course, not everything goes as planned and instead, aliens are able to escape. And now that Ripley’s mistakenly got some alien DNA, she starts to feel a connection to the creatures and struggles with her loyalty to humans.

Like the previous movies in the Alien franchise, Resurrection features really impressive visual effects and Weaver gives another strong performance as Ripley. The cast as a whole is really great, which also features familiar faces like Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Brad Dourif, and others. I wouldn’t go as far as to say this movie is straight-up bad, but it has its weak points.

For instance, there’s a lack of that suspense that defines this franchise. This one isn’t scary at all, and as a horror fan, that’s disappointing. There’s more humor in this movie, which doesn’t fit the vibe of the series. It ends up feeling cheesy. And while there’s a lot of potential here with Ripley’s storyline of figuring out her identity, the movie doesn’t dig deep enough into this theme.

Alien: Resurrection is certainly entertaining, but it doesn’t hit the same as the other entries in the series.