FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
War of the Worlds
Scores
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer76%as of 2026-01-16
- Rotten Tomatoes average7/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic73/100as of 2026-01-16
What it is
War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, based on H. G. Wells' 1898 novel, The War of the Worlds. Tom Cruise stars in the main role alongside Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, and Tim Robbins, with narration by Morgan Freeman.
At a glance
- Genres
- Action / Science fiction / Thriller / Fantasy / Adventure / Drama
- Original language
- English
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