Is The Arrival scary?

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Arrival easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Arrival end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Arrival violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Arrival

Name: The Arrival
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
Released: 1996
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Ron Silver, Teri Polo

The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.

Directed by David Twohy

Produced by Live Entertainment, Steelwork Films

1996115 min6.0 / 10

A paranoid sci-fi thriller about an astrophysicist uncovering an alien conspiracy, blending Hitchcockian suspense with existential stakes about planetary survival.

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.

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Questions people ask

Is The Arrival scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Is The Arrival easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Does The Arrival end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is The Arrival sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The Arrival violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.