John Nada loopt voornamelijk maar een beetje rond in de grote stad, op zoek naar een baan. Op een dag vindt hij per toeval een zonnebril waarmee hij kan zien hoe sommige mensen er werkelijk uitzien onder hun gezicht: het zijn aliens die vermomd zijn als mens en ze zijn van plan om de wereld langzaamaan over te nemen.
Nee, helaas is They Live nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | John Carpenter | Director |
| Writing | Ray Nelson | Novel |
| Writing | John Carpenter | Screenplay |
| Production | Larry Franco | Producer |
| Sound | John Carpenter | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Alan Howarth | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Gary B. Kibbe | Director of Photography |
| Production | Andre Blay | Executive Producer |
| Production | Shep Gordon | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Mike Johnson | Stunts |
| Art | Jack Eberhart | Leadman |
| Crew | Roy Arbogast | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | David Blitstein | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Michael Arbogast | Special Effects Assistant |
| Editing | Margaret Goodspeed | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Frederick Wardell | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Jeff Imada | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Rick Avery | Stunts |
| Crew | Diamond Farnsworth | Stunts |
| Crew | Bennie Moore | Stunts |
| Crew | Christine Anne Baur | Stunts |
| Crew | George Fisher | Stunts |
| Crew | Donna L. Noguchi | Stunts |
| Crew | Simone Boisseree | Stunts |
| Crew | Joe Gilbride | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Picerni Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | John Borland | Stunts |
| Crew | Andy Gill | Stunts |
| Crew | Branscombe Richmond | Stunts |
| Crew | Brad Bovee | Stunts |
| Crew | Allan Graf | Stunts |
| Crew | Danny Rogers | Stunts |
| Crew | John Branagan | Stunts |
| Crew | Randy Hall | Stunts |
| Crew | Ronnie Rondell Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
| Crew | Steve Hart | Stunts |
| Crew | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Kurt Bryant | Stunts |
| Crew | Eddie Hice | Stunts |
| Crew | David Burton | Stunts |
| Crew | Freddie Hice | Stunts |
| Crew | Debbie Lynn Ross | Stunts |
| Crew | David Cadiente | Stunts |
| Crew | Marcia Holley | Stunts |
| Crew | Michael Runyard | Stunts |
| Crew | James J. Casino | Stunts |
| Crew | Norman Howell | Stunts |
| Crew | Ben Scott | Stunts |
| Crew | Brian Imada | Stunts |
| Crew | John-Clay Scott | Stunts |
| Crew | Phil Chong | Stunts |
| Crew | Walter Scott | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary Combs | Stunts |
| Crew | Matt Johnston | Stunts |
| Crew | Jan Michael Shultz | Stunts |
| Crew | Gilbert B. Combs | Stunts |
| Crew | Russell Solberg | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob K. Cummings | Stunts |
| Crew | Henry Kingi | Stunts |
| Crew | Ceci Vendrell | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary Davis | Stunts |
| Crew | Joel Kramer | Stunts |
| Crew | Michael M. Vendrell | Stunts |
| Crew | Tim A. Davison | Stunts |
| Crew | Shane Dixon | Stunts |
| Crew | Al Leong | Stunts |
| Crew | Danny Weselis | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard L. Duran | Stunts |
| Crew | James Lew | Stunts |
| Crew | Cheryl Wheeler Duncan | Stunts |
| Crew | Eurlyne Epper | Stunts |
| Crew | Billy D. Lucas | Stunts |
| Crew | Scott Wilder | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary Epper | Stunts |
| Crew | Eric Mansker | Stunts |
| Crew | Dianne L. Wilson | Stunts |
| Crew | Jon H. Epstein | Stunts |
| Crew | Matt McColm | Stunts |
| Crew | Merritt Yohnka | Stunts |
| Crew | Debbie Evans | Stunts |
| Crew | John C. Meier | Stunts |
| Production | Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Production | Joy Ewing | Production Accountant |
| Crew | Frank Leasure | Propmaker |
| Crew | Kenny Searle | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Tim Roslan | Transportation Captain |
| Editing | Phil Downey | Color Timer |
| Editing | Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Douglas Greenfield | Dolby Consultant |
| Editing | Gib Jaffe | Editor |
| Editing | Frank E. Jimenez | Editor |
| Art | William J. Durrell Jr. | Art Direction |
| Art | Daniel A. Lomino | Art Direction |
| Art | Marvin March | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robin Michel Bush | Costume Supervisor |
| Production | Sandy King | Associate Producer |
| Production | Stratton Leopold | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Alan Levine | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Ken Lavet | Location Manager |
| Crew | James Deeth | Pilot |
| Crew | Billie Don Evans | Pilot |
| Directing | Sandy King | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Marian Shambo | Production Coordinator |
| Crew | John Casino | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elle Elliott | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francisco X. Pérez | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Jud Kehl | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Raymond Stella | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Dave Wachtman | Dolly Grip |
| Lighting | Ken Spencer | Gaffer |
| Camera | Ron Cardarelli | Key Grip |
| Camera | Bruce Birmelin | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Sidney Ray Baldwin | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Ric Roman Waugh | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Mills | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Art | Michael Wright | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Vic Petrotta Jr. | Property Master |
| Sound | Solange S. Schwalbe | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Gary D. Rogers | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Thomas J. O'Connell | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Robert Jackson | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Gregg Barbanell | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Gary A. Hecker | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Bob O'Brien | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Shawn Sykora | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Michael Hoskinson | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Timothy A. Hoggatt | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Roberta Alstadter | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Richard E. Yawn | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Larry Carow | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Samuel C. Crutcher | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Hector C. Gika | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Leveque | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Donald L. Warner Jr. | Sound Editor |
| Sound | J.H. Arrufat | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ron Judkins | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tim Webb | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Robert J. Litt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Sergio Reyes | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Elliot Tyson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Becky Sullivan | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Jeffrey L. Sandler | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Lighting | Kevin Arnold | Electrician |
| Lighting | Sanford Barr | Electrician |
| Lighting | Robert DePerna | Electrician |
| Lighting | Richard Smock | Electrician |
| Directing | Larry Franco | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Artist W. Robinson | Second Assistant Director |
