On this day in movie history - Aliens (1986):

Aliens,

directed and written by James Cameron,

based on a story by James Cameron, David Giler and Walter Hill,

was released in the United States on July 18, 1986.
Music by James Horner.

Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Jenette Goldstein, Al Matthews, Mark Rolston, Ricco Ross, Colette Hiller, Daniel Kash, Cynthia Dale Scott, Tip Tipping, Trevor Steedman, Paul Maxwell, Valerie Colgan, Alan Polonsky, Alibe Parsons, Blain Fairman, Barbara Coles, Carl Toop, John Lees, William Armstrong, Jay Benedict, Holly De Jong, Jill Goldston, Christopher Henn, Elizabeth Inglis, Mac McDonald, Stuart Milligan, Eddie Powell, Bob Sherman, Chris Webb, Tom Woodruff Jr.

Born on this day – Bill Paxton:

Bill Paxton

Actor

Director

Musician

May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017

Credits:

100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 12 Mighty Orphans (2021); 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); 2 Guns (2013); 2 Guns: Boston Premiere Documentary (2013); 5 Things I Learned Today (2010); 8th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards (2010); A Bright Shining Lie (1998); A Simple Plan (1998); A World on the 'Edge of Tomorrow' (2014); Abducted: An MTV News Special Report (1997); Access Hollywood (1996); Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014 / 2017); Aliens (1986); Aliens vs. Pinball (2016); America in Primetime (2011); American Experience (2001); An Early Frost (1985); Anatomy of a Scene (2002); Anatomy of a 'Twister' (2000); Apollo 13 (1995); Arctic Void (2022); Avatar: The Way of Water (2022); Back to Back (1989); Barnes & Barnes: Ah A (1984); Barnes & Barnes: Fish Heads (1980); Barnes & Barnes: Love Tap (1981); Barnes & Barnes: Soak It Up (1983); Beach Blanket Bango (1975); Big Bad Mama (1974); Big Love (2006–2011); Big Love: In the Beginning (2007); Biography (1999–2008); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Boxing Helena (1993); Brain Dead (1990); Breaking the Silence: The Making of 'Hannibal' (2001); Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981); Call Me by Your Name (2017); Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Exo Zombies (2015); Carried Away (2009); Charlie Rose (1998); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2013); Club Dread (2004); Commando (1985); Crazy Mama (1975); Curiosity (2011); Deadly Lessons (1983); Death Game (1977); Derailroaded (2005); Directors: James Cameron (1997); Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection / Fish Heads (1991); Drift (2023); E! True Hollywood Story (2008); Eat My Dust (1976); Edge of Tomorrow (2014); Edge of Tomorrow: Storming the Beach (2014); Edge of Tomorrow: Weapons of the Future (2014); Entertainment Tonight (2008–2017); Extra (2017); Festival Pass with Chris Gore (2002); Flicks (1983); Frailty (2001); Frank & Jesse (1994); Frasier (2003); Fresno (1986); Future Shock (1994); Galaxy of Terror (1981); Ghosts of the Abyss (2003); Good Morning America (2015); Good Morning, Texas (2015); Great Day (1983); Hate* (*a comedy) (1999); Hatfields & McCoys (2012); Haven (2004); Haywire (2011); HBO First Look (1996–2000); Head Smash: The Prequel (2013); His Highness Hollywood (2008); Hollywood Today (2016–2017); Impulse (1984); Indian Summer (1993); Invasion of Independence Day (1996); JFK: The Final Hours (2013); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); Jurassic World Dominion (2022); Larry King Live (2000); Larry King Now (2013–2015); Last Call with Carson Daly (2005–2017); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1998); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009–2012); Late Show with David Letterman (1995); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2007); Limp Bizkit: Eat You Alive (2003); Limp Bizkit: Greatest Videoz (2005); Live with Kelly and Mark (2007–2012); Living in Darkness (2002); Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (1996); Made in Hollywood (2013); Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005); Martini Ranch: How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self-Culture (1988); Martini Ranch: Reach (1988); Maury (1994); McClain's Law (1982); Mean Dreams (2016); Miami Vice (1986); Mighty Joe Young (1998); Million Dollar Arm (2014); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Modern Marvels (2003); Monolith (1993); Mortuary (1982); Movie Guide (2013); Navy Seals (1990); Near Dark (1987); Nerdist Presents: A Conversation with... Bill Paxton (2013); Next of Kin (1989); Nightcrawler (2014); No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds (2003); Nostalgia Critic (2011); Olhó Popular (1995); One False Move (1991); Overheard (2011); Parkland (2013); Pass the Ammo (1987); Pat Benatar: Choice Cuts - The Complete Video Collection (2003); Pat Benatar: Hit Videos / Shadows of the Night (1984); Pat Benatar: Shadows of the Night (1982); Pat Benatar: The Visual Music Collection / Shadows of the Night (1986); Pixies (2015); Predator 2 (1990); Rachael Ray (2010); Reckless (1983); Red Wing (2013); Reflections on Titanic (2012); Reinventando Hollywood (2008); Resistance (2003); Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited (2013); SAG Foundation Conversations (2009); Saturday Night Live (1980 / 1999); Saturday Night Live / Fish Heads (1980); Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts (2009); Secret's Out (2007); Séries express (2009); Sexo en serie (2008); Shanghai Calling (2012); Shootout (2006); Showbiz Today (1995); Sky Soldier (2012); Slipstream (1989); Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002); Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003); Streets of Fire (1984); Stripes (1981); Superior Firepower: The Making of 'Aliens' (2003); Taking Tiger Mountain (1983); Taking Tiger Mountain: Revisited (2019); Taking Tiger Mountain: Revisited (2019); Tales from the Crypt (1993); Tattoo (2011); Tavis Smiley (2009); TCM Guest Programmer (2013); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); Term Life (2016); Texas Rising (2015); Texas Rising: Capturing the Revolution - Filming Texas Rising (2015); Texas Rising: General Santa Anna: Leading Mexico (2015); Texas Rising: Sam Houston - A Man of the Revolution (2015); The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2001); The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards (1995); The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1996); The 43rd Annual People's Choice Awards (2017); The 48th NAACP Image Awards (2017); The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999); The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 (2001); The 5th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards (2015); The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007); The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2010); The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017); The 9th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (1994); The 'Alien' Saga (2002); The Annual 1995 ShoWest Awards (1995); The Atlanta Child Murders (1985); The Circle (2017); The Cleaner (2021); The Colony (2013); The Dark Backward (1991); The EE British Academy Film Awards (2018); The Egyptian Princess, an Unfolding Fantasy (1977); The Evening Star (1996); The Fanatic (2019); The Gamechangers (2015); The Good Life (2007); The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005); The Hitchhiker (1987); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Howard Stern Show (1991); The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' (2005); The Jay Leno Show (2010); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Last Supper (1995); The Late Late Show with James Corden (2017); The Lords of Discipline (1983); The Making of 'Alien 3' (1992); The Making of 'Frailty' (2002); The Making of 'Terminator' (1984); The Making of 'Tombstone' (2002); The Making of 'Trespass' (1992); The Making of 'True Lies' (1994); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1996); The Predator 2: International (1990); The Predator Goes to Town (2005); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The Reichen Show (2005); The Roommate (1989); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Talk (2017); The Terminator (1984); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1986); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1996–2005); The Vagrant (1992); The View (2006); The WIN Awards 2006 (2006); The Year in Memoriam (2017); Thunderbirds (2004); Titanic (1997); Titanic: 100 Years On (2012); Titanic: Deleted Scenes (2012); Today (2016); Tom Hanks: A League of His Own (2016); Tombstone (1993); Tornado Alley (2011); Training Day (2017); Trap (1998); Traveller (1997); Trespass (1992); Trespass: Behind the Scenes (1992); True Lies (1994); Twister (1996); Twister: Ride It Out (1998); U-571 (2000); Vedro (2017); Vertical Limit (2000); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); Weird Science (1985); Who Do You Think You Are? (2015); WTF with Marc Maron (2017); WWE Smackdown! (2000).

On this day in movie history - One False Move (1992):

One False Move,

directed by Carl Franklin,

written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson,

was released in the United States on May 8, 1992.
Music by Peter Haycock, Derek Holt and Terry Plumeri.

Cast:
Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Beach, Earl Billings, Jim Metzler, Robert Anthony Bell, Natalie Canerday, Robert Ginnaven, Kevin Hunter, Phyllis Kirklin, Meredith 'Jeta' Donovan, Jimmy Bridges, Phyllis Sutton, Derrick Williams, June Jones, Loren Tyler, Deniese Payne, John Mahon, J. Robert Bailey, Max Segar, Duncan Rouleau, Don Brunner II, Layne Beamer, Mea Combs, Jesse Dabson, Jennifer Watson-Johnston, Rocky Giordani, Curtis York, Jeff Bailey, Lilli Rouleau, Walter Norman, Rebecca Ortese, Jackie Stewart, Leslie Mauldin, Steven Reich, Leo Tillman, Wynn Reichert, Rita Westbrook.

On this day in movie history - Frailty (2001):

Frailty,

directed by Bill Paxton,

written by Brent Hanley,

was released in the United States on November 17, 2001.
Music by Brian Tyler.

Cast:
Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary, Jeremy Sumpter, Luke Askew, Levi Kreis, Derk Cheetwood, Missy Crider, Alan Davidson, Cynthia Ettinger, Vincent Chase, Gwen McGee, Edmond Scott Ratliff, Rebecca Tilney, Blake King, Brad Berryhill, Greg Serano, Edgar L. Davis, Jim Flowers, Lance E. Nichols, John Paxton, Richard A. Bell, Chelsea Butler, Jennifer Drake, Betty Gurule, Ona Harris, Greg Bronson, Dave Power.