They Live
“You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they're people just like you. You're wrong. Dead wrong.”
John CarpenterCast
Roddy Piper 
Keith David Meg Foster
Credits
Written by: Ray Nelson
Plot
A drifter finds sunglasses that reveal that aliens control society through hidden subliminal messages.
Sinekatalog’s take
John Carpenter's cheeky sci-fi satire hides alien control in billboards and sunglasses. It is blunt, funny and surprisingly pointed, with an epic alley fight that has become cult legend.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (168,301 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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