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 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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Sigourney Weaver Movies
Discover the best Sigourney Weaver movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Sigourney Weaver ranked by year and score.
1
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
The Empire is gone, but the galaxy is far from peaceful. Remnant warlords still cling to power across forgotten systems, and the young New Republic lacks the muscle to root...
Score
7.3
2
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
Adventure
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Still grieving the death of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri find no peace on a Pandora scarred by war. A new enemy emerges from the volcanic margins of...
Score
7.6
3
Dust Bunny (2025)
Action
Fantasy
Horror
When a ten-year-old girl convinces her unlikely protector, a professional assassin living next door, that something monstrous has claimed her family, he finds himself defending her against two threats at...
Score
6.7
4
The Gorge (2025)
Romance
Science Fiction
Thriller
Two elite soldiers are each assigned to watch over opposite rims of an vast, classified gorge, forbidden from crossing it and forbidden from knowing what lives inside. They find each...
Score
7.6
5
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
More than a decade after Jake Sully made Pandora his permanent home, he and Neytiri are raising a family when old enemies force them to flee everything they have built....
Score
7.6
6
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
A broke single mother moves her two kids into a crumbling Oklahoma farmhouse left by a grandfather they barely knew. What they find buried beneath the property, and the strange...
Score
7.3
7
A Monster Calls (2016)
Adventure
Family
Fantasy
Conor is twelve, quiet, and carrying more than any kid should have to. His mother is gravely ill, school has become its own kind of cruelty, and the nights bring...
Score
7.3
8
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
Action
Adventure
Drama
Raised as brothers in the Egyptian court, Moses and Ramses eventually find themselves on opposite sides of history. When Moses learns of his Hebrew origins and witnesses the brutality visited...
Score
5.9
9
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Comedy
Horror
Mystery
Five college friends drive out to a secluded cabin for a long weekend, and for a while it looks like every horror movie you have ever seen. That is exactly...
Score
6.6
10
The Cold Light of Day (2012)
Action
Mystery
Thriller
A Wall Street trader's Spanish vacation turns into a nightmare when his family vanishes. Left to navigate a labyrinth of espionage and deception, he discovers shadowy intelligence operatives want something...
Score
5.4
11
Rampart (2011)
Crime
Drama
Dave Brown has been bending the rules of the LAPD for so long he no longer recognizes them as rules at all. Set against the smoldering aftermath of the Rampart...
Score
5.5
12
Paul (2011)
Adventure
Comedy
Science Fiction
A wisecracking extraterrestrial has spent six decades confined within Area 51, serving as a government asset while his expiration date approaches. When Paul's continued existence becomes inconvenient to his captors,...
Score
6.7
13
Crazy on the Outside (2010)
Comedy
Crime
Romance
Released after three years inside for covering his accomplice's crime, a man discovers that freedom presents its own complications. Reentry proves disorienting as he navigates family dynamics, romantic complications, and...
Score
5.3
14
Avatar (2009)
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Jake Sully is a former Marine confined to a wheelchair, sent to the lush extraterrestrial moon of Pandora as part of a corporate mining operation in the 22nd century. Inhabiting...
Score
7.6
15
WALL·E (2008)
Animation
Family
Science Fiction
Seven centuries of solitude have made WALL-E something his designers never intended: sentimental. He stacks trash into towers, collects human trinkets, and watches old musicals on repeat. Then a sleek...
Score
8.1
16
Infamous (2006)
Crime
Drama
Truman Capote arrives in Kansas to research a brutal farmhouse murder, intending to write a definitive true crime account. What begins as journalistic detachment transforms into something far more complicated...
Score
6.5
17
The Village (2004)
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
A cloistered community in rural Pennsylvania maintains an elaborate fiction to protect itself from the outside world. When a young resident begins questioning the boundaries that confine them, he unwittingly...
Score
6.5
18
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Adventure
Comedy
Science Fiction
When a desperate alien race mistakes reruns of a cancelled 1970s sci-fi sitcom for actual historical records, they recruit the show's washed-up cast to defend their planet from annihilation. These...
Score
7.1
19
Alien Resurrection (1997)
Action
Horror
Science Fiction
Two centuries after her death, Ellen Ripley has been rebuilt from recovered DNA, a science project with memories she was never meant to keep. The military wants the alien queen...
Score
6.2
20
The Ice Storm (1997)
Drama
Thanksgiving 1973 finds the Hood family already fracturing from within: marriages dissolving, teenagers adrift, parents grasping at fading desires. Then nature intervenes with brutal force, a century's worth of ice...
Score
6.9
21
Copycat (1995)
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
When a serial killer begins recreating the murders of history's most infamous predators, a reclusive criminal psychologist becomes an unlikely partner to a determined detective. Trapped by her agoraphobia yet...
Score
6.5
22
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.
Score
6.6
23
Alien³ (1992)
Action
Horror
Science Fiction
Ripley survives the crash onto Fiorina 161, a bleak penal colony where the inmates are all male, all dangerous, and all completely unarmed. The good news ends there. Something else...
Score
6.4
24
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Comedy
Fantasy
Five years after hanging up their proton packs, the Ghostbusters are dragged back into action when Manhattan's supernatural temperature rises dramatically. An underground river of pure ectoplasm begins flowing beneath...
Score
6.6
25
Aliens (1986)
Action
Science Fiction
Thriller
Fifty-seven years in hypersleep is a long time to be haunted by something no one else believes in. Ellen Ripley wakes to find the planet where her crew first encountered...
Score
8.0
26
Ghostbusters (1984)
Comedy
Fantasy
Three disgraced academics with more ambition than funding decide to do the only logical thing after getting fired: go into business catching ghosts. Operating out of a converted Manhattan firehouse,...
Score
7.5
27
Alien (1979)
Horror
Science Fiction
A routine freight run through deep space turns fatal when the crew of the Nostromo diverts to investigate a cryptic signal on a desolate moon. What they find in the...
Score
8.2
28
Annie Hall (1977)
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Alvy Singer is a neurotic, joke-cracking New York comedian who talks to strangers on the street and argues with his own memories. When he meets the free-spirited, wonderfully odd Annie...
Score
7.7
Sigourney Weaver TV Shows
Browse the ultimate list of Sigourney Weaver TV shows. Find top-rated television series, critically acclaimed dramas, and hit shows starring Sigourney Weaver.
1
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023)
Drama
Mystery
A fire takes Alice's parents when she's just a child, delivering her into the care of her grandmother on a sprawling flower farm. Amid rows of carefully tended blooms, June...
Score
7.6
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the highest-rated movies starring Sigourney Weaver?
According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Sigourney Weaver are Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Avatar: Fire and Ash, and Dust Bunny.
How many movies and TV shows has Sigourney Weaver starred in?
Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 29 titles starring Sigourney Weaver, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
Are the movies starring Sigourney Weaver worth watching?
Yes! The overall filmography starring Sigourney Weaver maintains a strong average user rating of 6.9 out of 10 across all tracked titles.