---
title: 'Aliens (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Cameron'
released: '1986-07-18'
runtime_minutes: 137
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'War'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/aliens-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Aliens (1986)

1986 · R · 137 min · Action, Horror, War, Adventure, Science Fiction · United States

Part of: Alien

## Synopsis

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 creatures, Ripley agrees to return to the site with a unit of Colonial Marines to investigate. Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, and Carrie Henn are featured in supporting roles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cameron)
- **Screenplay:** [James Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cameron), [Walter Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-hill), [Dan O'Bannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-o-bannon), [David Giler](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-giler), [Ronald Shusett](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-shusett)
- **Producer:** [Walter Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-hill), [David Giler](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-giler), [Gale Anne Hurd](https://cinepixo.com/people/gale-anne-hurd), [Gordon Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-carroll)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Horner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-horner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Adrian Biddle](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-biddle)

## Cast

- [Michael Biehn](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-biehn) as Dwayne Hicks
- [Ricco Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricco-ross) as Ricco Frost
- [Al Matthews](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-matthews) as Al Apone
- [Mark Rolston](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-rolston) as Mark Drake
- [Daniel Kash](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-kash) as Daniel Spunkmeyer
- [Cynthia Dale Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/cynthia-dale-scott) as Cynthia Dietrich
- [Tip Tipping](https://cinepixo.com/people/tip-tipping) as Tim Crowe
- [Paul Reiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-reiser) as Carter Burke
- [Colette Hiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/colette-hiller) as Colette Ferro
- [Jay Benedict](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-benedict)
- [Bill Paxton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-paxton) as William Hudson
- [Lance Henriksen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lance-henriksen) as Bishop
- [Tom Woodruff Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-woodruff-jr)
- [Sigourney Weaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigourney-weaver) as Ellen Ripley
- [Mac McDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/mac-mcdonald)

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Official site: http://www.fox.co.uk/dvd/aliens_2_disc_-11558/11558
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/aliens-1986
Film facts: Wikidata (Q104814); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.