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Sigourney Weaver is one of the most celebrated actors ever associated with horror in cinema, so it is worth ranking each of her contributions to the genre. Born Susan Weaver in 1949, Sigourney Weaver (chest)burst onto the scene in 1979 with the release of Ridley Scott's Alien. Following the film's success, Sigourney Weaver has become a highly respected and prolific actor, with over 60 film roles, across many different genres. She has earned a total of three Oscar nominations, along with the rare feat of being nominated for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same year, for Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl, respectively, in 1989.

Unlike many actors who have their big break in horror movies, Sigourney Weaver has never abandoned the genre, returning to it many times throughout her extensive career. In fact, some of Sigourney Weaver's best movies have been genre films, where acting is...

Bryce Dallas Howard in "The Village"

I feel sorry for M. Night Shyamalan. After “The Last Airbender” debacle and the graceless marketing scheme for “The Happening” as his first rated-r film, M. Night needs an overhaul, and maybe some kind-hearted praise for what he’s done right in his films. There is a divisiveness evident in nearly all of his films—you either watch them with derisive condescension for figuring out the plot-twist before anyone else (well, aren’t you so smart!) or your gullible, bleeding heart is pulled over to the side of admiration and even respect. I admit that for some of his films I fall into the latter category. There is something about Mr. Shyamalan’s unabashed earnestness and imaginative-audacity-verging-on-ridiculousness that I have always admired. Mr. Shyamalan’s best films are mercifully free of cynicism, but still have darkly humorous undertones, such as in “The Sixth Sense” and “Signs.