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Alien (law)
Alien (law): a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States under the INA; also called noncitizen. Covers categories (immigrant, nonimmigrant, refugee), the 1790 and 1870 naturalization acts, the 1798 Alien Acts, alien land laws, and strict scrutiny for state versus deferential review of federal alienage classifications.
Alien (TV series)
Alien: Earth, Noah Hawley's FX series, is the first live-action Alien TV series; premiered August 12, 2025 on FX and Hulu, set in 2120 two years before Alien (1979), eight episodes, 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, renewed for Season 2.
Alien 2: On Earth
Alien 2: On Earth (Alien 2: Sulla Terra) is a 1980 Italian unofficial Alien sequel directed by Ciro Ippolito as Sam Cromwell, starring Belinda Mayne; alien-infested blue rocks attack cave explorers.
Alien 3
Alien 3 (Alien³) is David Fincher's 1992 directorial debut, the third Alien film, set on the prison planet Fiorina 161; it killed off Newt and Hicks, grossed $159.8 million, and was disowned by Fincher, with a longer 2003 Assembly Cut.
Alien abduction
Alien abduction: reports of being taken by nonhuman entities into a craft and examined, first publicized by the 1961 Betty and Barney Hill case; explained scientifically via sleep paralysis, false memories, hypnosis, and cultural expectation.
Alien Abduction (2014 film)
Alien Abduction (2014) is an American found-footage sci-fi horror film directed by Matty Beckerman, written by Robert Lewis, about an autistic boy's camcorder recording his family's alien encounter near North Carolina's Brown Mountain Lights, released by IFC Midnight.
Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition Acts were four 1798 Federalist laws signed by John Adams during the Quasi-War with France, raising the citizenship residency requirement to 14 years, authorizing deportation of aliens, and criminalizing criticism of the government.
Alien Ant Farm
Alien Ant Farm, Riverside California rock band formed 1996, known for its 2001 nu-metal cover of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal, which topped Billboard's Modern Rock chart and drove the platinum album ANThology.
Alien Clay
Alien Clay is a 2024 standalone science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit US; Tor UK) in which xeno-biologist Arton Daghdev, exiled by the authoritarian Mandate to the prison planet Kiln, uncovers ruins of a vanished alien civilization and a symbiosis-based ecology; finalist for the 2025 Hugo and Locus Awards.
Alien from L.A.
Alien from L.A. is a 1988 Cannon Films sci-fi comedy directed by Albert Pyun, starring Kathy Ireland in her debut as Wanda Saknussemm, who finds a subterranean Atlantis while searching for her missing archaeologist father.
Alien hand syndrome
Alien hand syndrome, also called alien limb or Dr. Strangelove syndrome, is a rare disorder where a hand moves involuntarily with a sense of foreignness, caused by stroke, callosal damage, tumors, or neurodegeneration, with frontal, callosal, and posterior variants.
Alien Hominid Invasion
Alien Hominid Invasion is The Behemoth's 2023 co-op run 'n' gun re-imagining of Alien Hominid, released Nov 1, 2023 on Steam, Switch, and Xbox, PS4/PS5 June 10, 2025; up to four players with per-player difficulty and mutations.
Alien invasion
Alien invasion, a science fiction premise in which hostile extraterrestrials conquer or destroy Earth; established by Wells's The War of the Worlds (1897/1898), rooted in colonial reversal, remade each era from Cold War paranoia to subtle modern variants.
Alien Metal
Alien Metal is the 28th studio album by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, released August 14, 2026 on p(doom) records: a 40-minute, eight-track EDM record built on their Eurorack modular synth "Nathan", looping from Atomic Collapse back to Sapience.
Alien Nation (film)
Alien Nation (1988 film), also known by working titles Outer Heat and Future Tense, is a Twentieth Century Fox sci-fi buddy-cop movie directed by Graham Baker, starring James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, and Terence Stamp as Newcomer-settled Los Angeles detectives.
Alien Resurrection
Alien Resurrection (Alien: Resurrection, Alien, la résurrection) is the 1997 fourth Alien film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Joss Whedon, starring Sigourney Weaver as a cloned Ripley-alien hybrid and Winona Ryder, released November 26, 1997.
Alien Stage
Alien Stage (에일리언 스테이지, ALNST) is a South Korean animated musical web series by VIVINOS and QMENG on YouTube since 2022, depicting pet humans in a lethal alien singing competition; an anime adaptation was announced in 2026.
Alien vs. Predator
Alien vs. Predator, also known as Aliens versus Predator, is a crossover franchise begun with a 1990 Dark Horse comic that pits Alien's Xenomorphs against Predator's Yautja, spawning many games.
Alien vs. Predator (film)
Alien vs. Predator (AVP, 2004) is Paul W.S. Anderson's PG-13 crossover film pitting the Alien and Predator species in an Antarctic pyramid, a box-office success but critical flop, followed by Requiem (2007).
Alien Weaponry
Alien Weaponry, a New Zealand groove metal trio formed in Waipu in 2010 by brothers Lewis and Henry de Jong with bassist Tūranga Morgan-Edmonds, sings in te reo Māori and English; albums Tū, Tangaroa, and Te Rā on Napalm Records.
Alien: Covenant
Alien: Covenant is a 2017 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott, the sixth mainline Alien installment and a direct sequel to Prometheus (2012), following the crew of the colony ship Covenant.
Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation (2014) is a first-person survival horror game by Creative Assembly and Sega starring Amanda Ripley, hunted by an adaptive AI Xenomorph on Sevastopol station; a sequel was announced in 2026.
Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series
Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series is a 2019 seven-episode animated web series from 20th Century Fox, RES, and DVgroup, released on IGN, retelling and extending the 2014 game's Amanda Ripley story.
Alien: Isolation 2
Alien: Isolation 2 is Creative Assembly and SEGA's upcoming survival horror sequel, announced June 8, 2026 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, and PC. Set months after the 2014 game at Kurosaki Station with new protagonist Blake; release date TBD.
Alien: Rogue Incursion
Alien: Rogue Incursion (Part One) is Survios' first VR-native Alien action-horror game, starring ex-Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks on planet Purdan; released December 2024 on PSVR2 and SteamVR, Quest 3 in February 2025, and as non-VR Evolved Edition in September 2025.
Alien: Romulus
Alien: Romulus is a 2024 science fiction horror film directed by Fede Álvarez, following young space colonizers who encounter deadly aliens on a derelict space station.
Alien: Romulus (soundtrack)
Alien: Romulus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Benjamin Wallfisch's score for Fede Álvarez's 2024 Alien film, released by Hollywood Records August 16, 2024; 20 tracks, 56:52, recorded at Abbey Road Studio One with an 80-piece orchestra, referencing Goldsmith, Horner, and Gregson-Williams themes.
Alienation (ΛLIENΛTIØN) (album)
ΛLIENΛTIØN (Alienation) is Three Days Grace's eighth studio album, released August 22, 2025 on RCA. It is the band's first dual-vocalist album, reuniting Adam Gontier with Matt Walst, and produced four Canadian Mainstream Rock number-one singles.
Alienation of affections
Alienation of affections, a heartbalm tort also called the homewrecker law, lets a spouse sue a third party for destroying marital love. Surviving in Hawaii, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah after New Mexico's 2026 abolition.
Alienoid (외계인)
Alienoid (외계인) is a 2022 South Korean science fiction action fantasy film directed and co-written by Choi Dong-hoon, the first installment of a planned two-part series.