Alien

(1979) dir Ridley Scott w/Sigourney Weaver [117 min; tbd]
There are few sci-fi heroines as memorable or influential as Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley. In this classic alien survival film, she is the only one of a seven member crew of hardened space jockeys that has the guts, ingenuity, and stamina to survive an attack by one of the most infamous space monsters of all time.