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Men in Black (1997)
- PG-13
- 07/02/1997 (US)
- Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
- 1h 38m
Protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe.
Overview
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.
Barry Sonnenfeld
DirectorEd Solomon
ScreenplayCast
![Tommy Lee Jones's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/mCiZNRAzbnPojJEZwVZWLw9kzxR.jpg)
Tommy Lee Jones
Kay![Will Smith's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/5vtHreCntxLx5uC36ZA5ZXwfTjL.jpg)
Will Smith
Jay![Linda Fiorentino's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/kG0O5DRNJfIgxqv9eXkCq8eeR9U.jpg)
Linda Fiorentino
Laurel![Vincent D'Onofrio's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/qkyiLolEqYMGH25xD4sFIXAjZQB.jpg)
Vincent D'Onofrio
Edgar![Rip Torn's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/6PkCQLhUor8VcZdPstDQVf37Y2A.jpg)
Rip Torn
Zed![Tony Shalhoub's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/1zfBSuAmOr1xXjNg4WzFWPm5B0Z.jpg)
Tony Shalhoub
Jeebs![Siobhan Fallon Hogan's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/5OExagnRsUcOYLMPTSrv4x2G95R.jpg)
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Beatrice![Mike Nussbaum's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/7mg6l8P5Tu8EZysHrfsP8kdScyV.jpg)