59 Sigourney Weaver Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

Considered one of the greatest films of all time, this science-fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott is about space merchant vessel Nostromo whose crew respond to a distress call on their way back to earth. As a result they end up with a dangerous and aggressive extra-terrestrial creature on board.

A deep space salvage team recovers Ellen Ripley's escape shuttle 57 years after the events of the first film, but her alien story is dismissed by her company, which has now colonized the exomoon. However, once communication with the space colony is lost, Ripley is called back to assist space marines in a daring rescue mission.

One of the greatest movies of all-time, Annie Hall tells the story of comedian Alvy Singer who is trying to figure out the ups and downs of his failed relationship with singer Annie Hall. Alvy speaks directly to the audience, dissecting his childhood and relationships while revealing surreal and emotional moments from his life. 

After the sudden death of his twin brother, paraplegic former Marine Jake Sully replaces him on a mission to lush alien moon Pandora, inhabited by the Na'vi, and experiences newfound freedom assuming his Na'vi-human hybrid 'Avatar'. He falls in love with Neytiri, a female Na'vi, and helps her save the planet from the malicious plans of Colonel Miles Quaritch.

Three parapsychologists, fired from their job, establish Ghostbusters, a paranormal investigation and elimination service. Their business booms but an EPA inspector is sure that they are frauds and hence puts them behind bars. However, when New York is besieged by an ancient Sumerian God Gozer, it is the trio who are called upon to save the city. 

The cast of an old space-adventure series named Galaxy Quest are transported by aliens called Thermians, who believe the TV show is actually a historical documentary series. Unfortunately, while abroad the very real NSEA Protector, they are forced to go to war against the evil-warlord Sarris who wants Omega 13, a secret superweapon. 

With his single mother terminally ill, thirteen year old Conor is in great stress. He not only has to manage the household during his mother’s hospital trips, but also deal with tormenting classmates at school. Although he has a grandmother, he finds her rather cold. Friendless and alone, he finally finds an alley in a tree-monster, who comes calling on him. 

This 1997 drama film revolves around several middle class families in New Canaan, in Connecticut, who find their lives beyond control, after an ice storm strikes.  

Vivienne is an eccentric teenager, who hitches a ride from an Englishman named Alex Hughes. However, a transport truck rams their vehicle, and although Alex only gets a nosebleed, Vivienne is killed. Although it is not Alex’s fault, he pays a visit to Vivienne’s mother, Linda, to deliver some gifts that Vivienne had bought for her. However, Linda doesn’t show any signs of grief, as she is autistic.

Death and the Maiden is a mystery drama film which revolves around a woman named Paulina, a political activist, who suspects that her house guest is the very same man who had kidnapped, raped as well as tortured her.  She decides to hold him captive and make him confess that he was the one who committed the crimes.  

A young Australian journalist attempts to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the mid-60s, with the help of a photographer.

Infamous is a crime drama film which revolves around a reckless woman who along with her new boyfriend, commits several robberies, on a cross-country trip. She soon becomes a sensation on social media after she decides to post her exploits online.    

After their college athlete son commits suicide, members of a dysfunctional family begin to re-examine their lives and their relationships.  

The American horror comedy follows five friends Dana, Jules, Curt, Holden, and Marty who arrive at a deserted cabin in the woods for a weekend. Little do they know that it is a controlled environment filled with mind-altering drugs, nightmarish creatures and they are part of a ritualistic sacrifice to save humanity from the Ancient Ones.  

After being wrongfully convicted of stealing, a young Stanley Yelnats IV is sent to a brutal camp for juveniles. There, all the juveniles dig holes every day under the orders of warden Louise Walker, her assistant Mr. Sir and camp counselor Pendanski. Sinister motives are revealed when the young boys stumble upon a lost treasure. 

Gorillas in the Mist is a biographical drama film based on the life of wildlife expert Dian Fossey. She leaves the US for Rwanda and Uganda where she studies the gorillas.  She soon starts developing a bond with the animals, and feels worried as they may go extinct due to the ongoing poaching. She puts her own life at risk in order to try and protect the animals.  

British comic book enthusiasts Graeme Willy and Clive Gollings take a trip through America's UFO heartland and meet Paul, an alien attempting to flee Earth after 60 years of imprisonment. While helping Paul reach his spaceship at Area 51 avoiding FBI Special Agent Zoil, the nerd duo inadvertently abducts a religious woman whose father is also hunting them.

The remake of the 1984 classic Ghostbusters, follows paranormal researchers Abigail Yates, Erin Gilbert, Jilian Holtzman, and Patty Tolan. They take up the mantle of the Ghostbusters to stop occultist Rowan North who is summoning an army of deadly ghosts to bring an end to the world. 

With crime at an alarming high, the city of Johannesburg commissions a weapons manufacturer to build a force of robots to support the overwhelmed human police. Things turn when a prototype attack robot, equipped with near-human artificial intelligence, is stolen and trained by a criminal gang.

Hard working secretary Tess McGill gets upset as she discovers that boss Katherine Parker is about to pinch her idea. When Katherine suffers a broken leg, Tess poses as Katherine and uses her own idea to close a deal with help of investment-broker Jack Trainer. Both grow closer, but Tess is unaware that Jack is Katherine’s boyfriend. Soon, Katherine finds out everything.

Dave is a political comedy film, which revolves around the life of Dave Kovic, a man who bears an uncanny resemblance with the President of the United States, Bill Mitchell. When Mitchell suffers a stroke, Dave is hired by the Secret Service to impersonate the President on an ongoing basis. 

Jeffrey is a comedy drama film which tells the story of a gay man named Jeffrey, who has an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS. He meets a handsome guy named Steve Howard, but problem is the latter’s HIV-positive status.

Covington in the 19th-century rural Pennsylvania has a small population that lives peacefully within the boundaries of the village. Beyond the boundaries, there are fearful creatures inhabiting the wood that do not forgive any intrusion. When a determined man, Lucius Hunt decides to step out into the woods, the creatures are upset. But then, someone else must also step out into the woods.

Despite saving New York City from demigod Gozer earlier, the Ghostbusters were forced to disband following myriads of property damage lawsuits. They come out of retirement to again help Dana Barrett after her son becomes the target of a demonic plot threatening the entire city, but they must first fight against the law and the government.

The movie employs storytelling from multiple perspectives where the different viewpoints of witnesses are used to unravel a plot on U.S. President Henry Ashton’s life. Secret Service agent Thomas Barnes must not only uncover the plot but get the President back after he ends up being kidnapped. 

A respected criminal psychologist specializing on serial killers develops agoraphobia after being attacked by one of her subjects and seals herself in a high tech apartment until a new series of murder starts taking place. Drawn by the fact that the killer is copying previous killings, she starts working with the police in order to track him down. 

The TV Set is a comedy drama film which tells the story of Mike Klein, who creates a TV pilot titled ‘The Wexler Chronicles’. He soon learns about how TV shows evolve from concept to reality. Although his plot involves serious subject matter, he is annoyed as a network executive asks him to compromise again and again, as they plan to lighten up and dumb down the show so that it can appeal to a broader audience.

Ellen Ripley crash-lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet housing hardened convicts, and for a while it appears that she is the sole survivor. However, an alien stowaway has managed to survive as well, and is now hunting down prisoners and guards. As prisoners try to save themselves without any weapon, Ripley discovers yet another danger.

Elroy Fletcher, the owner of ‘Be Kind Rewind Video Store’ in Passaic, NJ, goes on a trip leaving the store in care of his foster-son Mike, whose friend Jerry accidently wipes out all the video tapes. On Mr. Fletcher’s request, his friend Miss Falewicz routinely checks on the store. So, to hide their blunder, the two start re-creating movies using indigenous techniques. 

This film revolves around the journey of Christopher Columbus, who was determined to find a sea route to India. He set sail with three ships, after convincing the Queen to finance his expedition. Eventually, he discovers North America, and upon his return, he is appointed governor of the new territory.  

My Salinger Year is a drama film which takes us to 1990s New York, and revolves around the life of Joanna Rakoff, an aspiring writer and poet, who takes up a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned but reclusive writer JD Salinger. Meanwhile, her boss believes that computers are not that helpful, and therefore, Joanna has to work using a typewriter.

Tim Lippe, a naïve insurance agent with simplistic views of life, is chosen to represent this company at an insurance convention at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as the company’s star-presenter dies unexpectedly under shady circumstances. But the three veteran conventioneers he meets there – Joan Ostrowski-Fox of Nebraska, his roommates Ronald Wilkes and Dean Zeigler, ‘help’ him change the way he looked at life.

The fourth installment of the Alien film series, the movie is set in  2379, two hundred years after the events of Alien 3. Ellen Ripley is cloned and an Alien Queen is surgically removed from her body, leading to the creation of a hybrid who turns violent and kills the Alien Queen. 

Psychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant Tom Buckley, a physicist, are devoted to the study of paranormal activities and ruthlessly oppose Simon Silver, a world renowned psychic. Shortly Matheson dies from a chronic vascular condition. Around the same time, Silver resurfaces in public and begins to perform.  

Max and Page Corners are a brilliant mother-daughter con team, targeting rich and wealthy men. Their modus operandi is simple. First Max marries a willing target and then Page seduces him. Later Max catches her husband, leading to quick divorce and a hefty alimony. Once that is done, they start looking for their next target. It generally works. 

A fifteen year old boy Oscar falls for his stepmother Eve. He is sure that he can be a better partner to her than his father, who is always obsessed with work. However, Eve rejects his advances, but Oscar is still determined to win over her heart.

Fredrick’s wife passes away while giving birth to their daughter Lilli. He soon gets remarried to Lady Claudia, unaware that she is a practitioner of the dark arts.  Lilli grows up into a beautiful but self-centered woman, and doesn’t get along with Claudia. After Claudia delivers a stillborn, it worsens the relationship between her and her stepdaughter. She orders her mute brother Gustavo, to kill Lilli.

Ramesses is the real son of the Pharaoh of Egypt, Seti while Moses is his adopted son. When Seti dies, Ramesses becomes the new Pharaoh and learn of Moses Hebrew origin. Moses is banished but, on God’s will soon becomes the leader of Jews and takes up a difficult task of leading six-hundred-thousand of them across the Red Sea.

Kate Holbrook, a successful single career-woman, discovers that she has only one-in-million chance of conceiving. Determined to have a child, she hires working-class Angie Ostrowiski as surrogate. When a homeless Angie turns up at Kate’s place, the two incompatible, diverse personalities struggle to co-exist as they prepare for the big arrival. However, in the process, each one learns something from the other. 

Rampart is a crime drama film which revolves around the life of Dave Brown, a police officer who had also previously served in the Vietnam War. One day, he finds himself in serious trouble and struggles for his survival.

A successful woman, Marni, realizes that her brother is going to marry the same girl who bullied her in high school. Therefore, she attempts to expose his fiancee's true colors, but things don’t go as planned. 

While planning an escape from the Soviet Union, a Jewish man gets locked up in a mental asylum, and faces torture for several years. After his release, he is able to defect to Israel. He eventually joins the Israeli Army, even though he is not in a good condition to fight. His plan is to seek revenge against the Russians, but instead he is sent to conflict on the Syrian border.  

Crazy on the Outside is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of Tommy, an ex-convict, who has recently received a parole after spending three years in prison. However, he is unable to adjust to the normalcy of the outside world. He is forced to deal with his controlling sister and his ex-girlfriend. Things get interesting when he falls in love with a parole officer.

Two young and seductive vampires living in New York are compelled to make tough choices when love comes their way.

High school senior, Nathan Harper, discovers that he is a missing child named Steven Price and his parents are not biologically related. When he confronts them, they confirm his suspicions but are immediately killed by assassins. As Nathan escapes to find the truth, he and his neighbor Karen are chased by assassins. 

During a family vacation in Spain, Wall Street businessman Will Shaw is stunned when his family is kidnapped by some agents who are after a mysterious briefcase allegedly stolen by Will’s father, Martin. As Will and Martin get entangled in a dangerous chase and cat-and-mouse games of powerful international agencies, Will has to find a way to save his family and himself. 

This Golden Globe & Academy Award winning sci-fi adventure animation film follows the life of the sole trash compactor robot, WALL-E,  on an abandoned garbage strewn earth. When he falls for EVE, a search robot sent by humans to find plant life on earth, he follows her across the galaxy in a journey that has its effect on the future of humanity.

Dory, a regal blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss, regains some memory of her parents during a field trip and embarks on a journey to reach Jewel of Morro Bay, California, across the ocean. She is accompanied by her new family, clownfish Marlin and his son Nemo, and makes more friends along the way.

This animation comedy adventure film tells the story of a brave mouse who forms a friendship with a gentleman rat, and helps restore happiness to a forlorn kingdom. 

Ella is a young girl who works as a servant, and she is infatuated with the Prince and hopes to meet her someday. Her best friend is Rick, who works at the palace. Although he secretly likes Ella, and doesn’t understand why she is attracted to the Prince, he takes it upon himself to deliver the invitation to the royal ball to Ella, so that she can meet the Prince.