Sigourney Weaver's Best Movies
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Sigourney Weaver's Best Movies

She made her name with the Alien franchise and Ghost Busters, but how would you rank the movies in her impressive career?

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1 Alien
As the fearless, ass-kicking Ripley, Weaver proves that sci-fi and action are not boys-only clubs and nets her first Oscar nod. 430 602
2 Aliens
Weaver confirms that the franchise and she herself have staying power. Also she shows that she can shoot a really big gun. 429 619
3 Ghostbusters
Co-starring with SNL vets Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray, Weaver plays a Gothamite possessed by a Sumerian god. 298 518
4 Galaxy Quest
The sole female cast member of the titular TV series, Weaver parodies the stereotype of the buxom sci-fi heroine in dual roles. 94 466
5 Gorillas in the Mist
Weaver plays Dian Fossey in this biopic about the Rwanda-based naturalist who was mysteriously murdered. 89 425
6 Dave
Starring opposite Kevin Kline, Weaver is an estranged First Lady who finds new love with her husband's look-alike. 51 383
7 Working Girl
As a ruthless executive unafraid to steal ideas from colleagues, Weaver loses out on a big deal and Harrison Ford. 40 378
8 Holes
As the hardened warden of a juvenile reformatory, Weaver uses her child laborers to hunt for buried treasure. -15 149
9 The Village
Strange and ambitious and with a crazy twist ending, The Village is exactly what you'd expect from M. Night Shyamalan. -26 236
10 Heartbreakers
As the senior half of a con-artist team, Weaver tries to bamboozle Ray Liotta before falling for and teaming up with him. -27 363
11 The Ice Storm
Reteaming with Kevin Kline, Weaver plays a suburban housewife circa 1973, too caught up in her own problems to look out for her kids. -31 337
12 Death and the Maiden
One of her several stage-to-screen adaptations, this one is about a housewife who holds a man hostage, believing he once tortured her. -64 312