Scott’s work is an odd beast of melodramatic excesses—a largely lumbering biopic yet cold and campy enough to just about work as an unintended ‘tragicomedy’. 

One of the greatest sci-fi films ever made, this is a masterpiece of mood setting, existential themes and unforgettable images.

Of all the science-fiction horror movies ever made, Ridley Scott’s significant cultural touchstone of a film might just be the greatest.