Poster for The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

1953, action, science fiction

85 minutes

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

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8.0

Evan Popplestone of Cinema's Fringes

2017-05-11

Broadly holds up well as both a piece of sci-fi entertainment and a chilling parable of the 1950s era...

6.0

2022-07-08

The filmmakers’ optimism and favoring of luck (even with glimpses of rioters and looters and humanity crumbling under existential pressures) lends to an unforgettable resolution. Read more

6.0

1996-11-21

-- Remade by Steven Spielberg in the 2005 version, War of the Worlds. Read more

In other languages

8.5

2018-06-18

Het is een simpel, maar deftig slot dat nog steeds niets aan kracht heeft ingeboet. Read more

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