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Aliens
1986
· Movie
· 137 min
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #149
- IMDb #63
- Google retired #662
- Rotten Tomatoes #192
- Metacritic #141
- Letterboxd #354
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #632
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #141
- Metacritic Critics #458
- Metacritic Audience #28
- Criticker #173
- Douban #548
- Kinopoisk #222
- AlloCiné #337
- Trakt #109
Every rating
71–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 94.
See the most agreed on films →Fifty-seven years after her original ordeal, the sole survivor of the Nostromo is awakened from hypersleep. She is persuaded to return to the planet LV-426 as an advisor to a unit of colonial marines. Their mission is to investigate the loss of contact with a terraforming colony, leading to a desperate battle against hundreds of the creatures.
Details
- Director
- James Cameron
- Writers
- David Giler, James Cameron, Walter Hill
- Released
- 18 July 1986
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $18.5M
- Box office
- $183.3M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →6 major awards won · 9 wins from 22 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| 59th Academy Awards 1987 | Best Sound Editing | Don Sharpe | Winner |
| 59th Academy Awards 1987 | Best Visual Effects | Stan Winston | Winner |
| 59th Academy Awards 1987 | Best Visual Effects | John Richardson | Winner |
| 59th Academy Awards 1987 | Best Visual Effects | Suzanne M. Benson | Winner |
| 59th Academy Awards 1987 | Best Visual Effects | Robert Skotak | Winner |
| BAFTA Award 1987 | Best Special Visual Effects | Winner | |
| 59th Academy Awards 1987 | Best Sound | Nicolas Le Messurier | Nominee |
| 59th Academy Awards 1987 | Best Production Design | Crispian Sallis | Nominee |
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59th Academy Awards
14 nominations, 5 won
| Best Sound Editing | Don Sharpe | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Stan Winston | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | John Richardson | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Suzanne M. Benson | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Robert Skotak | Winner |
| Best Actress | Sigourney Weaver | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Ray Lovejoy | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | James Horner | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Crispian Sallis | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Peter Lamont | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Nicolas Le Messurier | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Graham V. Hartstone | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Michael A. Carter | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Roy Charman | Nominee |
BAFTA Award
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Special Visual Effects | Winner | |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Nominee | |
| Best Sound | Nominee |
Golden Globe Award
1 nomination
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Nominee |
14th Saturn Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Science Fiction Film | Winner |
Hugo Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Dramatic Presentation | David Giler | Winner |
Saturn Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | James Cameron | Winner |
Japan Academy Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |