With everything the Alien franchise is—and everything it can be-ranking the movies becomes something of a challenging exercise. What do we want out of an Alien movie? Is it just efficient playing of the hits, with Facehuggers hugging faces and Chestbursters bursting? Or do we want these films to speak to something greater, something that might go beyond the aliens themselves and threaten to make them irrelevant in their own franchise? There’s not really a wrong or right answer, which speaks to the power of the series. Nevertheless, we’ve tried to look past personal preference and view the franchise as holistically as possible for our attempt to put them all in order, from worst to best. In space, no one can hear you scream, but hopefully down on Earth, you can read this ranking. 7: Alien: Resurrection (1997)      One of the reasons why Alien is so enduring is how timeless the franchise feels. The original film was made in the ‘70s and is set in the far future, and yet the Nostromo