List of accolades received by the Alien film series

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.

List of accolades received by the Alien film series

Sigourney 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 Nominated Academy Award 3 12 AMSCAP Awards 1 0 Artios Awards 0 1 BAFTA Awards 3 9 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1 1 Bogey Awards 1 0 British Society of Cinematographers 0 1 DVD Exclusive Awards 2 4 Fantasporto 0 1 Golden Globe Awards 0 3 Golden Reel Awards 2 3 Golden Trailer Awards 0 2 Grammy Awards 0 1 Hasty Pudding Theatricals 1 0 Hugo Awards 2 1 IGN Movie Awards 1 0 Japanese Academy Awards 0 1 Key Art Awards 2 0 Kinema Junpo Awards 1 0 London Film Critics' Circle Awards 0 1 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1 0 MTV Movie Awards 0 1 Phoenix Film Critics Society 0 1 San Sebastián International Film Festival Awards 1 0 Satellite/Golden Satellite Awards 0 5 Saturn Awards 13 29 Sierra Awards 2 0 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 0 4 Teen Choice Awards 0 3 Visual Effects Society 1 3 Young Artist Awards 0 1
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals	37	78
Footnotes

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	Ref.
Academy Awards	Best Art Direction	Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian, and Ian Whittaker	Nominated	[1]
	Best Visual Effects	H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Denys Ayling	Won
British Academy Film Awards	Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music	Jerry Goldsmith	Nominated	[2]
	Best Costume Design	John Mollo	Nominated
	Best Editing	Terry Rawlings	Nominated
	Best Production Design	Michael Seymour	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	John Hurt	Nominated
	Best Sound	Derrick Leather, Jim Shields and Bill Rowe	Won
	Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Role	Sigourney Weaver	Nominated
British Society of Cinematographers	Best Cinematography Award	Derek Vanlint	Nominated	[3]
Golden Globe Awards	Best Original Score	Jerry Goldsmith	Nominated	[4]
Grammy Awards	Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special	Jerry Goldsmith	Nominated	[5]
Hugo Awards	Best Dramatic Presentation	Alien	Won	[6]
San Sebastián International Film Festival	Best Cinematography and Special Effects	Alien	Won	[7]
Saturn Awards	Best Science Fiction Film	Alien	Won	[8]
	Best Actress	Sigourney Weaver	Nominated
	Best Director	Ridley Scott	Won
	Best Writing	Dan O'Bannon	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Veronica Cartwright	Won
	Best Make-up	Pat Hay	Nominated
	Best Special Effects	Brian Johnson and Nick Allder	Nominated

Aliens

Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Awards	Top Box Office Film	James Horner	Won
Academy Awards	Best Actress	Sigourney Weaver	Nominated	[9]
	Best Art Direction	Peter Lamont and Crispian Sallis	Nominated
	Best Film Editing	Ray Lovejoy	Nominated
	Best Original Score	James Horner	Nominated
	Best Sound	Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and Roy Charman	Nominated
	Best Sound Effects Editing	Don Sharpe	Won
	Best Visual Effects	Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne M. Benson	Won
British Academy Film Awards	Best Sound	Don Sharpe, Roy Charman and Graham V. Hartstone	Nominated	[10]
	Best Production Design	Peter Lamont	Nominated
	Best Special Visual Effects	Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, John Richardson, Suzanne M. Benson and Stan Winston	Won
	Best Makeup	Peter Robb-King	Nominated
Artios Awards	Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama	Mike Fenton, Jane Feindberg and Judy Taylor	Nominated	[11]
Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama	Sigourney Weaver	Nominated	[12]
Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing	Don Sharpe	Won
Hugo Awards	Best Dramatic Presentation	Aliens	Won	[13]
Japanese Academy Awards	Outstanding Foreign Language Film	Aliens	Nominated	[14]
Kinema Junpo Awards	Readers' Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film	James Cameron	Won
Saturn Awards	Best Science Fiction Film	Aliens	Won	[15]
	Best Actor	Michael Biehn	Nominated
	Best Actress	Sigourney Weaver	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Bill Paxton	Won
	Best Supporting Actress	Jenette Goldstein	Won
	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Carrie Henn	Won
	Best Director	James Cameron	Won
	Best Writing		Won
	Best Costume	Emma Porteus	Nominated
	Best Make-Up	Peter Robb-King	Nominated
	Best Special Effects	Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak	Won
Young Artist Awards	Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress, Supporting Role in a Feature Film - Comedy, Fantasy or Drama	Carrie Henn	Nominated	[16]

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Alien 3

Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	Best Visual Effects	Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. and George Gibbs	Nominated	[18]
British Academy Film Awards	Best Special Effects		Nominated	[19]
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Best Studio/Big-Budget Film	Alien 3	Nominated
	Best Actress	Sigourney Weaver	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Charles S. Dutton	Nominated
Hugo Awards	Best Dramatic Presentation	Alien 3	Nominated	[20]
Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing	Alien 3	Won
MTV Movie Awards	Best Action Sequence	Aliens chase through a tunnel	Nominated	[21]
Saturn Awards	Best Science Fiction Film	Alien 3	Nominated	[22]
	Best Actress	Sigourney Weaver	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Charles S. Dutton	Nominated
	Best Director	David Fincher	Nominated
	Best Writing	David Giler, Walter Hill and Larry Ferguson	Nominated
	Best Costume	Rob Ringwood and David Perry	Nominated
	Best Special Effects	Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. and George Gibbs	Nominated

Alien Resurrection

Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Favorite Actress - Sci-Fi	Sigourney Weaver	Nominated	[23]
	Favorite Supporting Actress - Sci-Fi	Winona Ryder	Won	[24]
Bogey Awards	Bogey Award	20th Century Fox	Won
Golden Satellite Awards	Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature	Bill Badalato, Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill	Nominated	[25]
Hasty Pudding Theatricals	Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year	Sigourney Weaver (also for The Ice Storm and Snow White: A Tale of Terror)	Won	[26]
Saturn Awards	Best Science Fiction Film	Alien Resurrection	Nominated	[27]
	Best Actress	Sigourney Weaver	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Winona Ryder	Nominated
	Best Director	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	Nominated
	Best Costume	Rob Ringwood	Nominated
	Best Special Effects	Pitof, Eric Henry, Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr.	Nominated
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards	Worst Actress	Sigourney Weaver	Nominated	[28]
	Worst Supporting Actress	Winona Ryder	Nominated
	Worst Sequel	Alien Resurrection	Nominated
	The Sequel Nobody Was Clamoring For	Alien Resurrection	Nominated

Prometheus

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
2012	Golden Trailer Awards	Summer 2012 Blockbuster Trailer	Prometheus / "Not Alone", 20th Century Fox, Wild Card	Nominated	[29]
		Best Sound Editing	Prometheus, 20th Century Fox, Skip Film	Nominated
	Key Art Awards	Digital	"Weyland Industries" website	Won	[30]
		Innovative Media	Prometheus	Won
	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Visual Effects	Richard Stammers, Charley Henley and Martin Hill	Nominated	[31]
	Satellite Awards	Visual Effects	Richard Stammers, Charley Henley and Martin Hill	Nominated	[32]
		Sound (Editing and Mixing)	Victor Ray Ennis, Ann Scibelli, John Cucci and Mark P. Stoeckinger	Nominated
	Sierra Awards	Best Art Direction	Alex Cameron	Won	[33]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Breakout	Noomi Rapace	Nominated	[34]
		Choice Summer Movie – Action	Prometheus	Nominated
		Choice Summer Movie Star – Female	Charlize Theron (also for Snow White & the Huntsman)	Nominated
2013	Academy Awards	Best Visual Effects	Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill	Nominated	[35]
	ADG Excellence in Production Design Award	Fantasy Film	Arthur Max	Nominated	[36]
	BAFTA Awards	Special Visual Effects	Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth	Nominated	[37]
	Critic's Choice Award	Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie	Prometheus	Nominated	[38]
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing — Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film	Prometheus	Nominated	[39]
	Visual Effects Society	Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture	Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginelli, Denis Scolan for "Engineers & the Orrery"	Nominated	[40]
		Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture	Julien Bolbach, Marco Genovesi, Martin Riedel, Marco Rolandi for "LV-233"	Nominated
	Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture	Paul Butterworth, Charley Henley, Allen Maris, Richard Stammers for Prometheus	Nominated
	London Film Critics' Circle Awards	Supporting Actor of the Year	Michael Fassbender	Nominated	[41]
	Saturn Awards	Best Science Fiction Film	Prometheus	Nominated	[42]
Best Supporting Actor		Michael Fassbender	Nominated

Alien: Covenant

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
2016	IndieWire Critics Poll	Most Anticipated of 2017	Alien: Covenant	Nominated	[43]
2017	Golden Schmoes Awards	Biggest Disappointment of the Year	Alien: Covenant	Nominated	[44]
	Golden Trailer Awards	Best Horror Poster	Domestic Teaser, 20th Century Fox, InSync Plus	Won	[45]
		Best Sound Editing	Theirs, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card	Nominated
		Best Summer 2017 Blockbuster TV Spot	Run / Madness, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card	Nominated
		Best Summer Blockbuster Poster	Domestic Teaser, 20th Century Fox, InSync Plus	Nominated
		Best Teaser Poster	Domestic Teaser, 20th Century Fox, InSync Plus	Nominated
	Hawaii Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actor	Michael Fassbender	Nominated	[46]
	Satellite Awards	Best Visual Effects	Alien: Covenant	Nominated	[47]
	Sierra Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Michael Fassbender	Nominated	[48]
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)	Won	[49]
	Golden Trailer Awards	Best Horror TV Spot	Born Neo, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card	Nominated	[50]
	Saturn Awards	Best Science Fiction Film	Alien: Covenant	Nominated	[51]

Alien: Romulus

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
Astra Midseason Movie Awards	July 3, 2024	Most Anticipated Movie	Alien: Romulus	Nominated	[52]
Hollywood Professional Association Awards	November 7, 2024	Outstanding Visual Effects – Live Action Theatrical Feature	Ale Melendez, Steven Denyer, Sebastian Ravagnani, Nicolas Caillier, and Nelson Sepúlveda	Nominated	[53]
		Outstanding Sound – Theatrical Feature	David V. Butler, Mark Paterson, Polly McKinnon, Chris Terhune, Will Files, and Lee Gilmore	Nominated
Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards	December 8, 2024	Best Horror or Thriller Feature	Alien: Romulus	Nominated	[54]
San Diego Film Critics Society	December 9, 2024	Best Sound Design		Nominated	[55] [56]
		Best Visual Effects		Nominated
		Best Stunt Choreography		Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association	December 15, 2024	Best Visual Effects	Eric Barba, Shane Mahan, and Nelson Sepulveda	Nominated	[57]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists	January 2025	Best Stunt Performance	Cailee Spaeny	Nominated	[58]
Golden Globe Awards	January 5, 2025	Cinematic and Box Office Achievement	Alien: Romulus	Nominated	[59]
Saturn Awards	February 2, 2025	Best Horror Film		Won	[60]
		Best Film Direction	Fede Álvarez	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor in a Film	David Jonsson	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress in a Film	Cailee Spaeny	Nominated
		Best Film Production Design	Naaman Marshall	Nominated
		Best Film Make Up	Pam Smyth	Nominated
		Best Film Visual / Special Effects	Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin, and Shane Mahan	Nominated
Set Decorators Society of America	February 2, 2025	Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Fantasy or Science Fiction Film	Zsuzsanna Sipos, Naaman Marshall	Nominated	[61]
AACTA Awards	February 7, 2025	Best Visual Effects or Animation	Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Jhon Alvarado, Alé Melendez, Sebastian Ravagnani, and Nicolas Caillier	Nominated	[62]
Visual Effects Society Awards	February 11, 2025	Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project	Waldemar Bartkowiak, Trevor Wide, Matt Middleton, Ben Shearman (for "Renaissance Space Station" )	Won	[63]
Golden Reel Awards	February 23, 2025	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR	Will Files, Lee Gilmore, Matt "Smokey" Cloud, Polly McKinnon, David Butler, Ryan Cole, Jacob Riehle, Ailene Roberts	Nominated	[64]
		Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley	Will Files, Lee Gilmore, Chris Terhune, Luis Galdames, Dan Kenyon, Ken McGill, James Miller, Matt "Smokey" Cloud, Steve Neal, Samuel Munoz, Lyndsey Schenk, Jacob McNaughton, Noel Vought	Nominated
Academy Awards	March 2, 2025	Best Visual Effects	Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan	Nominated	[65]

DVD and Blu-ray Disc re-issues

Alien Quadrilogy

Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
DVD Exclusive Awards	DVDX Award for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD)	Ridley Scott, Ronald Shusett, Terry Rawlings, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt (only for Alien)	Won	[66]
		James Cameron, Michael Biehn, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn, Christopher Henn, Lance Henriksen, Gale Anne Hurd, Pat McClung, Bill Paxton, Dennis Skotak, Robert Skotak and Stan Winston (only for Aliens)	Nominated
	Best Overall DVD, Classic Movie (Including All Extra Features)	Charles de Lauzirika	Won
	Best New Movie Scenes (Finished-Edited Into Movie or Stand-Alone)	Charles de Lauzirika and David Crowther (only for Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection)	Nominated
	Best Behind-the-Scenes Program (New for DVD)	The Beast Within: The Making of Alien, Charles de Lauzirika	Nominated
	Best Menu Design	Matt Kennedy	Nominated
Sierra Awards	Best DVD	Alien Quadrilogy	Won	[33]
Satellite Awards	Best DVD Extra	Alien Quadrilogy	Nominated
	Best Overall DVD	Alien Quadrilogy	Nominated
Saturn Awards	Best DVD Collection	Alien Quadrilogy	Nominated	[67]

Alien Anthology

Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
IGN Movie Awards	Best Blu-ray	Alien Anthology	Won	[68]
Sierra Awards	Best DVD	Alien Anthology	Won	[33]
Saturn Awards	Best DVD Collection	Alien Anthology	Won	[69]

See also

• List of accolades received by the Predator film series