The War of the Worlds

"Mighty panorama of Earth-shaking fury as an army from Mars invades!"

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6.8/10

693 votes

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Academy Awards

🏆 1 win•📋 2 nominations

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Best Special Effects

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Best Film Editing

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Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$2.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$2.0M

Global Box Office

Loss

ROI: 0%

Budget Recovery100% of budget

$0|Budget: $2.0M|Revenue: $2.0M

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22.4K

Daily Avg

379

7-Day Trend

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Based On

The War of the Worlds

literary work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

California

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Story Setting

Set In

Los AngelesBerlin

Time Period

1950s

Themes & Subjects

#alieninvasion#flyingsaucer

Series & Franchise

Part of

Family Classics

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

George Barnes

Film Editing

Everett Douglas

Music / Score

Leith Stevens

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Distributors

NetflixParamount PicturesBullee Trading

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The War of the Worlds

Available in 70 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaG	—	Hoopla	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United KingdomPG	—	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
CanadaG	—	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaG	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
India	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	—	Amazon Video	—

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesG

United KingdomPG

CanadaG

AustraliaG

Germany16

Denmark11

FinlandK-16

ItalyT

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Production

Director

Byron Haskin

Writers

H. G. Wells, Barré Lyndon

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Cast

Gene Barry

Clayton Forrester

Ann Robinson

Sylvia Van Buren

Lewis Martin

Matthew Collins

Les Tremayne

General Mann

Frank Kreig

Fiddler Hawkins (uncredited)

Vernon Rich

Ralph Heffner

Sandro Giglio

Dr. Bilderbeck

Ann Codee

Dr. Duprey (uncredited)

Robert Cornthwaite

Dr. Pryor

Cedric Hardwicke

Commentary (voice)

No Image

Houseley Stevenson Jr.

General Mann's Aide

William Phipps

Wash Perry

Tags & Keywords

laser gunbased on novel or bookdystopiamountain villagestreet riotsspace invasionradioactivitymartianreligionlos angeles, californiaalien invasionscientist heromartian invasionmass evacuationmeteor space ship

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