Film

Men in Black

1997 · 1h 38m · Action · Adventure · Comedy

Protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe.

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Metacritic

72

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.

Tommy Lee Jones

Kay

Will Smith

Jay

Linda Fiorentino

Laurel

Vincent D'Onofrio

Edgar

Rip Torn

Zed

Tony Shalhoub

Jeebs

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Beatrice

Mike Nussbaum

Gentle Rosenburg

Jon Gries

Van Driver

Sergio Calderón

Jose

Carel Struycken

Arquillian

Fredric Lehne

INS agent Janus

Richard Hamilton

Dee

Kent Faulcon

1st Lt. Jake Jensen

John Alexander

Mikey

Keith Campbell

Perp

• Barry SonnenfeldDirector
• Ed SolomonScreenplay
• Laurie MacDonaldProducer
• Walter F. ParkesProducer
• Steven SpielbergExecutive Producer
• Donald PetermanDirector of Photography
• Danny ElfmanOriginal Music Composer
• Jim MillerEditor
• David RubinCasting
• Debra ZaneCasting

TrailerTeaser Trailer

Release date

July 2, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$90,000,000

Revenue

$589,390,539

Genres

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

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