The 'Alien' Films Ranked

"I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies."

Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography by Derek Vanlint
Editing by Terry Rawlings and Peter Weatherley

"Get away from her, you bitch!"

Directed by James Cameron
Written by James Cameron, David Giler and Walter Hill
Music by James Horner
Cinematography by Adrian Biddle
Editing by Ray Lovejoy

"Because they won't kill it. They might kill you just for having seen it but they're not gonna kill it."

Directed by David Fincher
Written by Vincent Ward, David Giler, Larry Ferguson and Walter Hill
Music by Elliot Goldenthal
Cinematography by Alex Thomson
Editing by Terry Rawlings

"How far would you go to get what you came all this way for - your answers? What would you be willing to do?"

Directed by David Fincher
Written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof
Music by Marc Streitenfeld
Cinematography by Dariusz Wolski
Editing by Pietro Scalia

"When one note is off, it eventually destroys the whole symphony, David."

Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by Jack Paglen, Michael Green, John Logan and Dante Harper
Music by Jed Kurzel
Cinematography by Dariusz Wolski
Editing by Pietro Scalia

"We have to consider the possibility that we might not make it out of here."

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Written by Paul W.S. Anderson, Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett
Music by Harald Kloser
Cinematography by David Johnson
Editing by Alexander Berner

"My mommy always said there were no monsters. No real ones. But there are."

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Written by Joss Whedon
Music by John Frizzell
Cinematography by Darius Khondji
Editing by Hervé Schneid

"The world isn't ready for this technology."
"But this isn't for our world, is it, Ms. Yutani?"

Directed by Colin Strause and Greg Strause
Written by Shane Salerno
Music by Brian Tyler
Cinematography by Daniel Pearl
Editing by Dan Zimmerman