The face-hugging, chest-bursting, creepy, crawly xenomorphs of the Alien franchise always find a way to come back. Whether it’s the quasi-midquel Alien: Romulus or the upcoming prequel TV series, Alien: Earth, or Ridley Scott’s prequel to out-prequel them all, Prometheus, new installments in the Alien franchise will seemingly never stop, which means the chronology of this future-timeline will continue to get a tiny bit more confusing.
If you’re new to the franchise or want to revisit the entire saga with a broader view, you may be wondering: What order should you watch the Aliens movies in? Is there an ideal chronological order? Does the release order make sense at this point? What counts as canon? What doesn’t?
