They Live

1988 · Directed by John Carpenter

Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.

action sci-fi thriller

Cast: Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason, Al Leong, George Buck Flower, Jeb Stuart Adams, Norman D. Wilson, Roddy Piper, Susan Barnes, Susan Blanchard

Rating: 7.303/10 from 2,393 votes