War of the Worlds

About War of the Worlds

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

War of the Worlds (2005) is a science fiction thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg. It runs 117 minutes and was released in June 2005.

Tom Cruise appears as Ray, Dakota Fanning as Rachel, Miranda Otto as Mary Ann, and Justin Chatwin as Robbie. Written by David Koepp and Josh Friedman. It was produced by Amblin Entertainment, Cruise/Wagner Productions, and DreamWorks Pictures. The film began as a novel.

Members will find daughter, airplane, alien invasion, and disaster in it. American members can watch it on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel, and Cinemax Amazon Channel.

The 5th Wave, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, and World War Z make useful companions to War of the Worlds, all filed under alien and dystopia. It scores 6.6 out of 10 from 9,675 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.