Movie

The Arrival

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

★ 6.0(837)19961h 55m

The Arrival is streaming on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels in Mexico, and available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store and Google Play Movies. Availability checked 10 June 2026.

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🇲🇽 Mexico

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Director: David Twohy
Release date: 1996-05-31
Runtime: 1h 55m
Language: French
Box office: $14,063,331
Budget: $25,000,000
Status: Released
Country: Mexico
Studio: Live Entertainment
Part of: The Arrival Collection

The Arrival — trailer

About The Arrival

The Arrival is a 1996 movie in the Science Fiction, Thriller and Horror genres, directed by David Twohy, starring Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse and Richard Schiff. It has a runtime of 1 hour 55 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.0/10 from 837 viewers. Below you can see where to watch The Arrival in Mexico — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Charlie Sheen

Zane Zaminski

Lindsay Crouse

Ilana Green

Richard Schiff

Calvin

Ron Silver

Gordian

Teri Polo

Char

Phyllis Applegate

Mrs. Roosevelt

Tony T. Johnson

Kiki

Alan Coates

Terraformer

Leon Rippy

DOD #1

Buddy Joe Hooker

DOD #2

Javier Morga

Co-Worker

David Villalpando

Cabbie

Themes & keywords

greenhouse effectglobal warmingalienextraterrestrialastronomerconspiracyscientistalien invasionfoot chasedesertclimatologistobservatoryalien languagegolf clubliquid nitrogen