Directed by:
John CarpenterScreenplay:
John CarpenterCinematography:
Gary B. KibbeCast:
Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason, Raymond St. Jacques, Jason Robards III, Sy Richardson, Susan Barnes, Tommy Morrison, John F. Goff, Al Leong (more)Plots(1)
Nada (Roddy Piper) arrives in Los Angeles, finds work on a construction site and a bed in a homeless camp. He notices the extent to which the people around him seem obsessed with television and obtaining material wealth, and one night, when he stumbles across a cache of special sunglasses, he finds out why. The American middle-classes have been taken over by capitalist aliens who use television and advertising to keep humans docile and ignorant about what is really going on. The sunglasses reveal the aliens as they really are and, with the aid of the glasses and a submachine gun, Nada begins to fight back. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
![Roddy Piper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/700/168700578_c54wxd.jpg)
Roddy Piper
Canada
Best movies:
They Live (1988)
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011)
Marked Man (1995)
![Keith David](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271686_45b61d.jpg)
Keith David
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Thing (1982)
![Meg Foster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271685_4e6f0c.jpg)
Meg Foster
USA
Best movies:
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) (TV movie)
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017)
They Live (1988)
![Peter Jason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/464/163464111_97d615.jpg)
Peter Jason
USA
Best movies:
Seabiscuit (2003)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Milk (2008)
![Raymond St. Jacques](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712279_4e90f0.jpg)
Raymond St. Jacques
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roots (1977) (series)
Jason Robards III
USA
Best movies:
Witness to the Mob (1998) (TV movie)
They Live (1988)
A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
![Sy Richardson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/069/160069817_eb1530.jpg)
Sy Richardson
USA
Best movies:
Mystery Train (1989)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Floundering (1994)
![Susan Barnes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/636/160636513_154c8a.jpg)
Susan Barnes
USA
Best movies:
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Speed (1994)
Nothing to Lose (1997)
![Tommy Morrison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319128_652e42.jpg)
Tommy Morrison
USA
![John F. Goff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/806/160806228_084526.jpg)
John F. Goff
Best movies:
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
The Fog (1980)
They Live (1988)
![Al Leong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/354/21354134_950ece.jpg)
Al Leong
USA
Best movies:
Die Hard (1988)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
They Live (1988)
Robert Grasmere
Best movies:
Demolition Man (1993)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
They Live (1988)
![George 'Buck' Flower](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/064/158064203_4516b9.jpg)
George 'Buck' Flower
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989)
![Norman Alden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354680_493c82.jpg)
Norman Alden
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future (1985)
K-Pax (2001)
Ed Wood (1994)
![Susan Blanchard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/227/160227917_b34a28.gif)
Susan Blanchard
USA
Best movies:
Prince of Darkness (1987)
They Live (1988)
Russkies (1987)
Larry Franco
USA
Best movies:
The Thing (1982)
They Live (1988)
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
John Lawrence
USA
Best movies:
Seconds (1966)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
The Arrangement (1969)
Jeb Stuart Adams
Best movies:
The Goonies (1985)
They Live (1988)
Flowers in the Attic (1987)
Jimmy Nickerson
Best movies:
My Fellow Americans (1996)
The Streetfighter (1975)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Norman Howell
USA
Best movies:
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Wyatt Earp (1994)
They Live (1988)