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| Type | Film |
| Directors | Denis Villeneuve |
| Genres | Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery |
| Release Date | Nov 10, 2016 |
| Note created | Jan 9, 2026 |
Arrival (2016)
Why are they here? Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Runtime: 1h 56m Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
Cast
- Amy Adams as Louise Banks
- Jeremy Renner as Ian Donnelly
- Forest Whitaker as Colonel Weber
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Agent Halpern
- Mark O’Brien as Captain Marks
- Tzi Ma as General Shang
- Abigail Pniowsky as 8-Year-Old Hannah
- Julia Scarlett Dan as 12-Year-Old Hannah
- Jadyn Malone as 6-Year-Old Hannah
- Frank Schorpion as Dr. Kettler
- Lucas Chartier-Dessert as Private Lasky
- Christian Jadah as Private Combs
- Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld as CNAC Anchor
- Andrew Shaver as Environmental Tech
- Pat Kiely as Environmental Tech
- Sonia Vigneault as Dr. J. Bydwell
- Mark Camacho as Richard Riley
- Sabrina Reeves as Press Secretary
- Julian Casey as Australian Scientist
- Tony Robinow as British Scientist
- Larry Day as CIA Officer Dan Ryder
- Matthew Willson as Preacher
- Ruth Chiang as Chinese Scientist
- Russell Yuen as Chinese Scientist
- Sergiy Marchenko as Russian Officer
- Anana Rydvald as Swedish Scientist
- Bineyam Girma as Sudan Representative
- Abdelghafour Elaaziz as African Representative
- Abdul Ayoola as Sierra Leone Representative
- Alex M. Yeuh as Japanese Minister
- Daniel Esteban as Venezuelan Representative
- Albert Kwan as Chinese Man
- Brittany Teo as Student with Smartphone
- Joe Cobden as Cryptographer
- Lorne Brass as Cryptographer
- Genevieve Sirois as Cryptographer
- Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon as Science Team Member
- Michael Nangreaves as Science Team Member
- Reda Guerinik as Communications Operator
- Adrien Benn as Communications Operator
- Sasha Samar as Communications Operator
- Kathleen Stavert as Communications Operator
- Kattia Thony as Nurse
- Leisa Reid as Nurse
- Brent Skagford as Lieutenant
- Gurdeep Ahluwalia as Soldier
- Shawn Campbell as TV Anchor
- Brian Dunstan as TV Anchor
- Dan Duran as TV Anchor
- Lori Graham as TV Anchor
- Orla Johannes as TV Anchor
- John Sanford Moore as TV Anchor
- Sangita Patel as TV Anchor
- Hal Roberts as TV Anchor
- Camille Ross as TV Anchor
- Ola Sturik as TV Anchor
- Tammie Sutherland as TV Anchor
- Max Walker as TV Anchor
- Marc-André Goulet as Motion Capture Heptapod
- Paul-Antoine Taillefer as Motion Capture Heptapod
- Martin Jr Pelletier as Motion Capture Heptapod
- Carmela Nozza Guizzo as 4-Year-Old Hannah (uncredited)
- Robert D. Morais as Master Sergeant Douglas (uncredited)
- Mustafa Haidari as Foreign Correspondent (uncredited)
- Philippe Hartmann as Halpern’s Deputy Director (uncredited)
- Laurean Adrian Parau as US Army Major (uncredited)
- Nathaly Thibault as Gala Guest (uncredited)
- Leslie Baker as Middle Aged Woman (uncredited)
- Dave Campbell as Soldier (uncredited)
- Alexander Da Mota as Venezuelan Military (uncredited)
- Akul Dang as Pakistani Scientist (uncredited)
- Frank Fiola as Soldier (uncredited)