It's no secret that the Alien franchise is making a comeback after a long hiatus with Alien Romulus and fans of the franchise are more than happy to see the Xenomorphs giving people a hard time. But people have been wondering whether or not this movie will be connected to previous Alien projects, so in this article, let's find out which Alien movies you should watch before you hit the theaters to see Alien Romulus.

Although Alien Romulus is a standalone project of sorts, it is said to take place between the events of the original Alien Movie (1979) and its sequel Aliens (1986). This confirms that Alien Romulus will be set in the year 2122 as both of these original films take place during this time.

Although it falls quite low in the chronological order of viewing Alien films, this was the first film released in the Alien franchise and was a huge success. Alien shows us a crew of astronauts sent into space to find the alien species known as Xenomorphs. But what they thought would be just a find-and-capture mission turned out to be a nightmare for the crew as the Xenomorphs proved to be extremely violent. The events that took place in the film became the starting point for everything we've seen in the Alien franchise so far.

After the events of Alien, we see Ripley found by her employers floating in space and brought back to LV-426. But when she recounts everything that happened to her superiors in her debriefing, her stories are taken with a grain of salt. But since her stories are true, the colony is soon attacked by a host of aliens.