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Aliens (1986)

Name: Aliens
Director: James Cameron
Genre: action film, horror film, adventure film
Duration: 137 min
Rating: 8.4

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. When communications are lost with a human colony on the moon where her crew first encountered the alien…

Directed by James Cameron · Shot by Adrian Biddle · Cut by Ray Lovejoy · Music by James Horner · 137 min

Behind the scenes

You Won’t Believe How Aliens (1986) Was Made — Root Studio · 15 min
Behind the Scenes: Aliens (Cameron, 1986) with Sigourney Weaver and Bill Paxton — Serious Feather · 39 min
Cameron's Complicated Production of Aliens (1986) — Frame Voyager · 27 min
ALIENS Behind The Scenes #3 (1986) — JoBlo Behind-the-Scenes + Bloopers · 7 min
ALIENS Behind The Scenes (1986) James Cameron — JoBlo Behind-the-Scenes + Bloopers · 4 min

Elsewhere

More by James Cameron

Xenogenesis — 1978
Piranha II: The Spawning — 1981
The Terminator — 1984
The Abyss — 1989
Terminator 2: Judgment Day — 1991
True Lies — 1994
T2-3D: Battle Across Time — 1996
Titanic — 1997
Expedition: Bismarck — 2002
Ghosts of the Abyss — 2003
Aliens of the Deep — 2005
Avatar — 2009
The Dive — 2010
Titanic 3D — 2012
Avatar: The Way of Water — 2022
Avatar: Fire and Ash — 2025
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) — 2026
Avatar 4 — 2029
Avatar 5 — 2031

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