Movie connections for
Alien: Resurrection (1997) More at IMDbPro »

Follows

Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien³ (1992)

Followed by

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007)
Predators (2010)
Untitled Alien Prequel (2011)

Edited into

Bride of Monster Mania (2000) (TV)
The 'Alien' Saga (2002) (TV)

Spin off

Aliens vs. Predator (1999) (VG)
Alien: Resurrection (2000) (VG)
Aliens vs. Predator 2 (2001) (VG)
Aliens vs. Predator 2: Primal Hunt (2002) (VG)

References

Curse of the Fly (1965)
"Ironside" (1967)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Alien (1979)
Popeye (1980)
 -  Vriess is heard whistling the theme for this movie
The Quest for Fire Adventure (1982) (TV)
 -  Ron Pearlman was up on a scaffold holding his knife to aim it's drop into the wheelchair guy's leg
Dune (1984)
Aliens (1986)
 -  Ripley tells Call that there was a little girl who had bad dreams, and she tried to help her, but the little girl died.
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Mermaids (1990)
Lik Wong (1991)
Ghost Ship (1992)
 -  Mentioned in the film
Alien³ (1992)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
 -  General Perez says to Elgyn: "Mi casa es su casa". Butch's boxing gloves, and the foot massage scene.
Desperado (1995)
Se7en (1995)
 -  Leland Orser has "crazed convulsions" when the Alien is about to burst out of his chest, similar to what his character experiences in Se7en (1995).

Referenced in

"Saturday Night Live: John Goodman/Jewel (#22.19)" (1997)
 -  Referenced during the monologue
"Friends: The One with Chandler in a Box (#4.8)" (1997)
 -  Mention by name
Armageddon (1998/I)
 -  Sharp: "Have you *seen* the fourth alien movie yet?"
"Saturday Night Live: David Spade/Eagle-Eye Cherry (#24.5)" (1998)
 -  Mentioned on The Hollywood Minute
Cut (1999)
Bride of Monster Mania (2000) (TV)
Perfect Dark (2000) (VG)
 -  The spaceship in one of the last levels looks like the Auriga in Alien: Resurrection.
Spiders II: Breeding Ground (2001)
 -  The spiders are "bred" in a chamber. Each one in a seperate cell with a human victim.
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Jason X (2001)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
 -  A DVD copy can be seen on Banky Edwards desk
Zoolander (2001)
"Angel: Fredless (#3.5)" (2001)
 -  Trish says that Roger dozed off during the last Alien movie they made.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) (VG)
Resident Evil (2002)
Smoking Room (2002)
 -  Some characters discuss the movie (Ripley being a clone, etc.)
Equilibrium (2002)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
 -  mentioned in documentary
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (2003) (VG)
 -  Poster seen in movie theater
The Secret Origin of X-Men (2003) (V)
Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection (2003) (V)
One Step Beyond: The Making of 'Alien: Resurrection' (2003) (V)
 -  Behind-the-scenes footage is featured.
"The Angry Video Game Nerd: Chronologically Confused About Sequel Titles (#1.15)" (2006)
 -  complained about titles name
"Psych: 65 Million Years Off (#2.2)" (2007)
 -  Gus' guess.
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
 -  Lead character cloned repeatedly by research scientists
"20 to 1: Adults Only 20 to 01: World's Most Daring Movies (#8.1)" (2009)
 -  In a segment on Alien, Sami Lukis mentions that Sigourney Weaver's salary for Alien: Resurrection was more than the entire cost of making the original Alien movie.
"Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Good Cop, Bad Cop (#7.4)" (2009)
 -  DiNozzo descibes it as "French fried... I don't know what to call it'

Featured in

The Making of 'Alien: Resurrection' (1997) (V)
"HBO First Look: Alien: Resurrection (#4.7)" (1997)
 -  clips
Alien Evolution (2001) (TV)
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
 -  featured in PGTC

Spoofed in

Muppets from Space (1999)
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
"South Park: Towelie (#5.8)" (2001)
 -  The boys encounter several malformed towels, being the result of bad cloning experiments. One also says "Kill me", just like the 7th Ripley clone in Alien: Resurrection.
Phil the Alien (2004)
 -  the alien that bangs its head against its cage and continually says "Kill me"

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