Name: The Arrival
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
Released: 1996-05-31
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Ron Silver, Teri Polo

1996·Science Fiction·1h 55m

5.4

★

Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.

Directed by David Twohy

greenhouse effect

global warming

alien

extraterrestrial

astronomer

conspiracy

scientist

alien invasion

foot chase

desert

climatologist

observatory

alien language

golf club

liquid nitrogen

screwdriver

cosmic zoom

rollerblades

radio telescope

satellite dish

aliens

Trailer

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Where to Watch

Cast

Charlie Sheen

Zane Zaminski

Lindsay Crouse

Ilana Green

Richard Schiff

Calvin

Ron Silver

Gordian

Teri Polo

Char

Phyllis Applegate

Mrs. Roosevelt

Tony T. Johnson

Kiki

Alan Coates

Terraformer

Leon Rippy

DOD #1

Buddy Joe Hooker

DOD #2

David Villalpando

Cabbie

Mónica Dionne

Reporter #1

Crew

David Twohy

Director

David Twohy

Screenplay

Hiro Narita

Director of Photography

Ted Field

Executive Producer

David Farmer

Sound Designer

Mary Jo Slater

Casting

Mayes C. Rubeo

Costume Design

Rich Thorne

Visual Effects Supervisor

Checco Varese

Steadicam Operator

Ethan Van der Ryn

Sound Effects Editor

Lora Hirschberg

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Buddy Joe Hooker

Stunt Coordinator

Popular Reviews

45 reviews

Alaska Young

1.0★ · 03/20/26

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Veronica Franco

8.0★ · 03/14/26

Um clássico dos filmes de extraterrestre, com uma ótima direção e roteiro mas sinto que faltou um pouco mais de tensão, confesso que esperava um final mais tenso o que acabou me decepcionado um pouco, mais é um filme muito bom com efeitos especiais excelentes se contar a época em que foi lançado.

Ganz

4.0★ · 03/12/26

Why

Caitie Jones

5.0★ · 11/27/25

look the english options were limited in austria… but this was actually kinda fun lol

hunt

8.0★ · 07/18/25

babyboy that goatee and that fuckass hair ruined my life why did they do that to you