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Sigourney Weaver

Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an American actress. Weaver is considered to be a pioneer of action heroines in science fiction films. She is known for her role as Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise, which earned her an Academy Award nomination in 1986 and is often regarded as one of the most significant female prot... more

Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an American actress. Weaver is considered to be a pioneer of action heroines in science fiction films. She is known for her role as Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise, which earned her an Academy Award nomination in 1986 and is often regarded as one of the most significant female protagonists in cinema history.

A seven-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Weaver won both Best Actress in Drama and Best Supporting Actress in 1988 for her work in the films Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl, becoming the first person to win two acting Golden Globes in the same year. She also received Academy Award nominations for both films. For her role in the film The Ice Storm (1997), she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress ina Supporting Role. She also received a Tony Award nomination for her work in the 1984 Broadway play Hurlyburly.

Weaver's other film roles include Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), Dave (1993), Galaxy Quest (1999), Holes (2003), WALL-E (2008), Avatar (2009), Prayers for Bobby (2009), Paul (2011), The Cabin in the Woods (2012), and A Monster Calls (2016); and the television miniseries Political Animals (2012) and The Defenders (2017).

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WALL·E
(2008)
Animation, Family, Science Fiction
WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When a ship arrives with a sleek new type of robot, WALL·E thinks he's finally found a friend ...
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Andrew Stanton
Cast:
Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger
8.4
95%
95
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Alien
(1979)
Horror, Science Fiction
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descen...
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Ridley Scott
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt
8.4
98%
89
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Aliens
(1986)
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story—all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and se...
Runtime:
137 min
Director:
James Cameron
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Michael Biehn
8.3
97%
84
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Avatar
(2009)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Runtime:
162 min
Director:
James Cameron
Cast:
Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Stephen Lang
7.8
81%
83
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Annie Hall
(1977)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Woody Allen
Cast:
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon
8.0
96%
92
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Ghostbusters
(1984)
Comedy, Fantasy
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be...
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Ivan Reitman
Cast:
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis
7.8
97%
71
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Avatar: The Way of Water
(2022)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
Runtime:
192 min
Director:
James Cameron
Cast:
Kate Winslet, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Selçuk Şahin
7.6
76%
67
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Galaxy Quest
(1999)
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA protector - "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" (Tim Allen), "Lt. Tawny Madison (Sigourney Weaver) and "Dr.Lazarus" (Alan Rickman) - set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space...and then their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken t...
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Dean Parisot
Cast:
Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Missi Pyle
7.3
90%
70
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The Cabin in the Woods
(2012)
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Drew Goddard
Cast:
Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams
7.0
92%
72
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
(2021)
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.
Runtime:
124 min
Cast:
Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard
7.1
63%
45
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Paul
(2011)
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately...
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
Greg Mottola
Cast:
Simon Pegg, Seth Rogen, Nick Frost, Jane Lynch, Kristen Wiig
7.0
71%
57
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Chappie
(2015)
Action, Crime, Science Fiction
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Cha...
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Neill Blomkamp
Cast:
Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Brandon Auret, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Yolandi Visser
6.9
32%
41
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The Ice Storm
(1997)
Drama
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Ang Lee
Cast:
Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Tobey Maguire
7.5
84%
72
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Holes
(2003)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Stanley's family is cursed with bad luck. Unfairly sentenced to months of detention at Camp Green Lake, he and his campmates are forced by the warden to dig holes in order to build character. What they don't know is that they are digging holes in order to search for a lost treasure hidden somewhere in the camp.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Andrew Davis
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Shia LaBeouf, Khleo Thomas, Jon Voight, Sigourney Weaver
7.0
78%
71
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Ghostbusters II
(1989)
Comedy, Fantasy
Five years after they defeated Gozer, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement to aid her and hopefully save New York City from a new paranormal threat.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Ivan Reitman
Cast:
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis
6.6
53%
56
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Alien³
(1992)
Action, Horror, Science Fiction
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisone...
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
David Fincher
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance
6.5
45%
59
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The Village
(2004)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
M. Night Shyamalan
Cast:
Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver
6.5
43%
44
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Vantage Point
(2008)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
The attempted assassination of the American president is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Pete Travis
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt
6.6
34%
40
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Alien Resurrection
(1997)
Action, Horror, Science Fiction
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Dominique Pinon
6.2
54%
63
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Working Girl
(1988)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her office, her apartment and even her wardrobe. She creates a deal with a handsome investment banker that will either take her to the top, or finish her off for good.
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Mike Nichols
Cast:
Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack
6.8
84%
73
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Dave
(1993)
Comedy
A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Ivan Reitman
Cast:
Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames
6.8
95%
76
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Be Kind Rewind
(2008)
Comedy, Drama
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Michel Gondry
Cast:
Jack Black, Yasiin Bey, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Marcus Carl Franklin
6.4
65%
52
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Copycat
(1995)
Crime, Thriller
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Runtime:
124 min
Director:
Jon Amiel
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Will Patton, Will Patton, William McNamara
6.6
79%
54
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Death and the Maiden
(1994)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Roman Polanski
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson, Krystia Mova, Jonathan Vega
7.3
82%
72
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
(2014)
Action, Adventure, Drama
The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Runtime:
150 min
6.0
N/A
52
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Prayers for Bobby
(2009)
Drama, History, TV Movie
Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Russell Mulcahy
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Dan Butler, Austin Nichols, Carly Schroeder
8.1
73%
N/A
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Gorillas in the Mist
(1988)
Drama, History
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
Runtime:
129 min
Director:
Michael Apted
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi, Iain Cuthbertson
7.0
84%
N/A
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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
(2017)
Comedy, Drama
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
Runtime:
112 min
Cast:
Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Grace Van Patten
6.9
93%
79
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Heartbreakers
(2001)
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
Runtime:
123 min
Director:
David Mirkin
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Gene Hackman, Jason Lee
6.2
54%
47
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The Year of Living Dangerously
(1982)
Drama, Romance, War
Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There—on the eve of an attempted coup—he befriends a Chinese Australian photographer with a deep connection to and vast knowledge of the Indonesian people, and also falls in love with a British national.
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Peter Weir
Cast:
Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Michael Murphy, Bill Kerr
7.1
88%
65
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1492: Conquest of Paradise
(1992)
Action, Adventure, Drama, History
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
Runtime:
154 min
Director:
Ridley Scott
Cast:
Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Loren Dean, Ángela Molina
6.5
32%
47
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Cedar Rapids
(2011)
Comedy
A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Miguel Arteta
Cast:
Anne Heche, Ed Helms, Sigourney Weaver, John C. Reilly, Rob Corddry
6.3
86%
70
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Baby Mama
(2008)
Comedy
A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Michael McCullers
Cast:
Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Dax Shepard, Dax Shepard, Sigourney Weaver
6.0
63%
55
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The Tale of Despereaux
(2008)
Adventure, Animation, Family
Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble ...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Gary Ross, Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen
Cast:
Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson
6.1
57%
53
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Infamous
(2006)
Drama
While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Douglas McGrath
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Toby Jones, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sandra Bullock, Isabella Rossellini
7.0
74%
68
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Snow Cake
(2006)
Drama, Romance
A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Marc Evans
Cast:
Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Hampshire, James Allodi
7.4
64%
54
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You Again
(2010)
Comedy, Romance
History -- make that high school -- may repeat itself when Marni learns that Joanna, the mean girl from her past, is set to be her sister-in-law. Before the wedding bells toll, Marni must show her brother that a tiger doesn't change its stripes. On Marni's side is her mother, while Joanna's backed by her wealthy aunt.
Runtime:
105 min
Director:
Andy Fickman
Cast:
Kristen Bell, Sigourney Weaver, Betty White, Kristin Chenoweth, Odette Annable
5.8
17%
28
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Imaginary Heroes
(2004)
Comedy, Drama
Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with mixed results.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Dan Harris
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Daniels, Ryan Donowho, Emile Hirsch, Michelle Williams
7.1
35%
53
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Rampart
(2011)
Crime, Drama
Follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Oren Moverman
Cast:
Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Ben Foster, Robin Wright, Jon Bernthal
5.8
74%
70
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Abduction
(2011)
Action, Mystery, Thriller
A young man sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
John Singleton
Cast:
Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina, Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello
5.1
4%
25