Where to Watch Alien: Every Movie by Streaming Service and Country

No single service carries every Alien film in the US, and the best place to watch changes with each country: Netflix, Hulu and the HBO Max Amazon Channel split the films in the US, while Disney+ carries all nine in both the UK and Australia. The table shows the subscription services for each film on November 3, 2026, according to JustWatch data published through TMDB. Rent and buy options, covered in the sections after it, are far more consistent than the streaming catalogs.

In the US, Netflix carries Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott, and Aliens (1986), directed by James Cameron, while Hulu carries Alien: Romulus (2024), directed by Fede Álvarez. Netflix lists both older films on its standard plan and on its plan with ads, and fuboTV also carries Alien (1979). The middle of the saga sits elsewhere: YouTube TV and FXNow both list Alien 3 (1992), directed by David Fincher, and Alien Resurrection (1997), directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and FXNow lists Alien: Romulus as well.

The two prequels directed by Scott, Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), are on the HBO Max Amazon Channel, with YouTube TV and FXNow adding Prometheus and FXNow adding Alien: Covenant. Disney+ does not appear among the US subscription providers for any of the nine films, which can surprise anyone who has seen it named for other countries. For how the films connect, the alien movies hub and the alien timeline are the places to start.

Netflix streams Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) in the US, and no other film in the franchise, on November 3, 2026. That answers the common question about which Alien movies Netflix has: two, both available on the standard plan and the plan with ads. Netflix does not appear among the UK or Australian streaming providers for any of the nine films, so a viewer in either country who searches for Alien on Netflix will not find a match there. If you are in the US and want the first two films of the saga without paying per title, Netflix is the one service that covers both.

Yes, Aliens (1986) is streaming in all three countries, though on different services. In the US it is on Netflix (including the plan with ads) and YouTube TV, and in the UK and Australia it is on Disney+. If you would rather rent or buy it, the US offers both from Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home, and Spectrum On Demand also lists it for rent. The UK offers rental from Apple TV, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video and Sky Store, and purchase from those four plus YouTube. In Australia the film is purchase only, through Apple TV, Amazon Video and YouTube. The Aliens 1986 page covers its cast and plot.

In the UK, Disney+ is the subscription home for all nine films, and Alien: Covenant is also on Prime Video (in a version with ads as well). That makes the UK the simplest market for a full run: one subscription covers the main films, both prequels and both crossover titles. Rent options come from Apple TV, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video and Sky Store, with YouTube rentals available for every film except Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986), which YouTube offers for purchase only. Purchase options are the same four stores plus YouTube for all nine.

In Australia, Disney+ is again the subscription service for all nine films, and Foxtel does not appear among the Australian providers JustWatch lists for any of them on November 3, 2026. Rental is not listed for any film in the franchise there, so anyone who wants a title outside the subscription has to buy it. Apple TV, Amazon Video and YouTube sell all nine, and Fetch TV also sells Prometheus, Alien: Covenant and Alien: Romulus. Anyone choosing a first film in Australia can begin with Alien (1979) on Disney+.

Renting or buying is the dependable fallback, because the US stores carry all nine films even when the subscription services do not. Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home each list every title for both rental and purchase in the US, and Spectrum On Demand adds rentals of Aliens (1986), Alien Resurrection and AVP: Alien vs. Predator. That helps with the gap in the middle of the saga, where Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection are on YouTube TV and FXNow but not on Netflix or Hulu.

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004), directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, and Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007), directed by Colin and Greg Strause, are crossover appearances rather than entries in the main Alien saga, though viewers search for them alongside the main films. Both follow the same pattern as the rest of the saga in the UK and Australia, with Disney+ as the subscription service, and in the US they sit on YouTube TV and FXNow.

In my opinion, the service you choose should follow the order you plan to watch in, because the two orders pull the US catalogs in different directions. In release order, the first two films are Alien (1979), a slow haunted house story made for $11 million, and Aliens (1986), Cameron's war film made for $17 million. Netflix holds both in the US, so the opening of the saga costs one subscription. Then the run breaks apart: Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection sit on YouTube TV and FXNow, and the prequels sit on the HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Chronological order is harder in the US. It starts with Prometheus, then Alien: Covenant, then Alien (1979), then Alien: Romulus, then Aliens, then Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection. That path crosses the HBO Max Amazon Channel, Netflix, Hulu, Netflix again and FXNow, so a US viewer would either juggle subscriptions or rent a few titles. It could be argued that this is the strongest case for the UK and Australian catalogs, where Disney+ lets you follow either order without switching apps.

Streaming catalogs rotate, so these listings are accurate as of November 3, 2026. If you plan to watch the films back to back, the alien movies in order guide gives both the release order and the chronological order, so you can line up each film with the service that carries it.