1997 Best Picture

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Men in Black

“Protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe.”

1997

98 min

Rated PG-13

7.3IMDB

72Metacritic

Overview

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

Genres

ActionAdventureComedyScience Fiction

Director

Barry Sonnenfeld

Cast

Tommy Lee JonesWill SmithLinda FiorentinoVincent D'OnofrioRip TornTony ShalhoubSiobhan Fallon HoganMike Nussbaum

Community Stats

Total Ratings1

Average Rating6.0

Seen It1

On Watchlist0

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Rating Distribution

Trailers & Videos

(4)

Backdrops & Images

(10)

Keywords

new york citycannonspace marineflying saucerundercoversecret identitysuperherodeportationillegal immigrationnew identitystay permitgiant cockroachbased on comicalienbuddy cop+1 more