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Aliens

1986 · Movie · 137 min

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Scores

  • IMDb8.4/10as of 2026-02-18
  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer93%as of 2026-06-25
  • Rotten Tomatoes average8.9/10as of 2024-07-30
  • Metacritic84/100as of 2026-01-15

What it is

Aliens is a 1986 science fiction-action film written and directed by James Cameron. It is the sequel to the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien, and the second film in the Alien franchise. Set in the far future, it stars Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of an alien attack on her ship.

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Genres
Action / Horror / Thriller / Adventure / Science fiction / War
Original language
English

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