+ List of accolades received by the Alien film seriesSigourney Weaver has been critically lauded for her portrayal of Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series and has been nominated for both Academy and Golden Globe Awards for her performance in Aliens. Her success is considered as a milestone of the recognition to the science fiction and horror genres. Awards & Nominations Award Won NominatedAcademy AwardAMSCAP Awards Artios AwardsBAFTA AwardsBlockbuster Entertainment AwardsBogey AwardsBritish Society of CinematographersDVD Exclusive AwardsFantasportoGolden Globe AwardsGolden Reel AwardsGolden Trailer AwardsGrammy AwardsHasty Pudding TheatricalsHugo AwardsIGN Movie AwardsJapanese Academy AwardsKey Art AwardsKinema Junpo AwardsLondon Film Critics' Circle AwardsLos Angeles Film Critics Association AwardsMTV Movie AwardsPhoenix Film Critics SocietySan Sebastián International Film Festival AwardsSatellite/Golden Satellite AwardsSaturn AwardsSierra AwardsStinkers Bad Movie AwardsTeen Choice AwardsVisual Effects SocietyYoung Artist AwardsTotal number of wins and nominations Footnotes
Alien is an action/horror film series created by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. The series began with the four films Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). A prequel series directed by Ridley Scott began with Prometheus (2012) and continued with Alien: Covenant (2017). This was followed by Alien: Romulus (2024), which is set between the first two films and was directed by Fede Álvarez. Set between the 21st and 24th centuries, the plot focuses on humanity's violent encounters with a vicious alien life form, with the lead protagonist being Ellen Ripley, a woman determined to stop the creature and prevent the corrupt Weyland-Yutani Corporation from obtaining it for biological weaponry.
The first two installments in the film series were met with universal praise for the technical attributes, as well as Sigourney Weaver's portrayal of the lead, Ellen Ripley, for which she earned nine nominations and two wins (Saturn Award for Best Actress and Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award). Though the subsequent installments were met with generally mixed reviews, all five films in the Alien film series have been critically lauded for their technical attributes, ranging from recognition of the visual and sound effects, to the design of the recurring alien creature. The Alien Quadrilogy and Alien Anthology DVD and Blu-ray Disc collections have both won medium-specific awards.
Alien Award Category Recipients Result Academy Awards Best Art Direction Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian, and Ian Whittaker Best Visual Effects H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Denys AylingBritish Academy Film Awards Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music Jerry GoldsmithBest Costume Design John Mollo Best Editing Terry Rawlings Best Production Design Michael Seymour Best Supporting Actor John Hurt Best Sound Derrick Leather, Jim Shields and Bill Rowe Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Role Sigourney Weaver British Society of Cinematographers Best Cinematography Award Derek Vanlint Golden Globe Awards Best Original Score Jerry Goldsmith Grammy Awards Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Jerry Goldsmith Hugo AwardsBest Dramatic PresentationAlien San Sebastián International Film FestivalBest Cinematography and Special EffectsAlien Saturn AwardsBest Science Fiction FilmAlien Best Actress Sigourney Weaver Best Director Ridley Scott Best Writing Dan O'Bannon Best Supporting Actress Veronica Cartwright Best Make-up Pat Hay Best Special Effects Brian Johnson and Nick Allder
Aliens
Award Category Recipients Result American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Awards Top Box Office Film James HornerAcademy Awards Best Actress Sigourney Weaver Best Art Direction Peter Lamont and Crispian Sallis Best Film Editing Ray Lovejoy Best Original Score James Horner Best Sound Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and Roy Charman Best Sound Effects Editing Don Sharpe Best Visual Effects Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne M. BensonBritish Academy Film Awards Best Sound Don Sharpe, Roy Charman and Graham V. Hartstone Best Production Design Peter Lamont Best Special Visual Effects Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, John Richardson, Suzanne M. Benson and Stan Winston Best Makeup Peter Robb-King Artios Awards Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama Mike Fenton, Jane Feindberg and Judy Taylor Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Sigourney Weaver Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing Don Sharpe Hugo AwardsBest Dramatic PresentationAliens Japanese Academy AwardsOutstanding Foreign Language FilmAliens Kinema Junpo Awards Readers' Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film James CameronSaturn AwardsBest Science Fiction FilmAliens Best Actor Michael Biehn Best Actress Sigourney Weaver Best Supporting Actor Bill Paxton Best Supporting Actress Jenette Goldstein Best Performance by a Younger Actor Carrie Henn Best DirectorJames Cameron Best Writing Best Costume Emma Porteus Best Make-Up Peter Robb-King Best Special Effects Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak Young Artist Awards Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress, Supporting Role in a Feature Film - Comedy, Fantasy or Drama Carrie Henn AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes (2005) "Get away from her, you bitch!" – Nominated.
Alien 3
Award Category Recipients Result Academy Awards Best Visual EffectsRichard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. and George Gibbs British Academy Film Awards Best Special EffectsFangoria Chainsaw AwardsBest Studio/Big-Budget FilmAlien 3Best ActressSigourney WeaverBest Supporting ActorCharles S. Dutton Hugo AwardsBest Dramatic PresentationAlien 3 Golden Reel AwardsBest Sound EditingAlien 3 MTV Movie Awards Best Action Sequence Aliens chase through a tunnelSaturn AwardsBest Science Fiction FilmAlien 3 Best Actress Sigourney Weaver Best Supporting Actor Charles S. Dutton Best Director David Fincher Best Writing David Giler, Walter Hill and Larry Ferguson Best Costume Rob Ringwood and David Perry Best Special Effects Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. and George Gibbs
Alien Resurrection
Award Category Recipients Result Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Actress - Sci-Fi Sigourney Weaver Favorite Supporting Actress - Sci-Fi Winona Ryder Bogey Awards Bogey Award 20th Century Fox Golden Satellite Awards Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature Bill Badalato, Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill Hasty Pudding Theatricals Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Sigourney Weaver (also for The Ice Storm and Snow White: A Tale of Terror)Saturn AwardsBest Science Fiction FilmAlien Resurrection Best Actress Sigourney Weaver Best Supporting Actress Winona Ryder Best Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet Best Costume Rob Ringwood Best Special Effects Pitof, Eric Henry, Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr.Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Worst Actress Sigourney Weaver Worst Supporting Actress Winona RyderWorst SequelAlien ResurrectionThe Sequel Nobody Was Clamoring ForAlien Resurrection
Prometheus
Year Award Category Recipients Result 2012 Golden Trailer Awards Summer 2012 Blockbuster Trailer Prometheus / "Not Alone", 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Best Sound Editing Prometheus, 20th Century Fox, Skip Film Key Art Awards Digital "Weyland Industries" website Innovative Media Prometheus Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Visual Effects Richard Stammers, Charley Henley and Martin Hill Satellite Awards Visual Effects Richard Stammers, Charley Henley and Martin Hill Sound (Editing and Mixing) Victor Ray Ennis, Ann Scibelli, John Cucci and Mark P. Stoeckinger Sierra Awards Best Art Direction Alex Cameron Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Breakout Noomi Rapace Choice Summer Movie – Action Prometheus Choice Summer Movie Star – Female Charlize Theron (also for Snow White & the Huntsman) 2013Academy Awards Best Visual Effects Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill ADG Excellence in Production Design Award Fantasy Film Arthur Max BAFTA Awards Special Visual Effects Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth Critic's Choice Award Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie Prometheus Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing — Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film Prometheus Visual Effects Society Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginelli, Denis Scolan for "Engineers & the Orrery" Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture Julien Bolbach, Marco Genovesi, Martin Riedel, Marco Rolandi for "LV-233" Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture Paul Butterworth, Charley Henley, Allen Maris, Richard Stammers for Prometheus London Film Critics' Circle Awards Supporting Actor of the Year Michael Fassbender Saturn Awards Best Science Fiction Film Prometheus Best Supporting Actor Michael Fassbender
Alien: Covenant Year Award Category Recipients Result 2016 IndieWire Critics Poll Most Anticipated of 2017 Alien: Covenant 2017 Golden Schmoes Awards Biggest Disappointment of the Year Alien: Covenant Golden Trailer Awards Best Horror Poster Domestic Teaser, 20th Century Fox, InSync Plus Best Sound Editing Theirs, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Best Summer 2017 Blockbuster TV Spot Run / Madness, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Best Summer Blockbuster Poster Domestic Teaser, 20th Century Fox, InSync Plus Best Teaser Poster Domestic Teaser, 20th Century Fox, InSync Plus Hawaii Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Michael Fassbender Satellite Awards Best Visual Effects Alien: Covenant Sierra Awards Best Supporting Actor Michael Fassbender 2018 Australian Production Design Guild Awards Docklands Studios Melbourne Award for Excellence in Screen - Acknowledging Excellence in Design and Practice or Artisan Excellence on Australian or International Productions Ian Gracie (Supervising Art Director)Damien Drew (Senior Art Director)Michelle McGahey (Senior Art Director)Charlie Revai (Art Director)Jacinta Leong (Art Director) Golden Trailer Awards Best Horror TV Spot Born Neo, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Saturn Awards Best Science Fiction Film Alien: Covenant
Alien: Romulus