Movies like H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds

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H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005)
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H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In this modern retelling of H.G. Wells' classic sci-fi horror, civilization is laid to ruin when a super race of aliens invades Earth. In a blink of an eye, massive "walkers" cover the planet, annihilating all in their path. As cities crumble and human flesh is ripped from the bone, one man struggles to find the one weapon that will turn the tide for mankind.
Style: intense, serious, suspenseful, mockbuster, suspense, futuristic, perverse, exciting, thought provoking, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, apocalypse, alien, survival, space travel, save the world, introspection, heroic mission, supernatural, danger, dystopian future, mars, space, soldier, time travel, evil alien, kaiju, distopia, ufo, priest, giant monster, martian, post apocalyptic, dystopia, heroes ...
Time: year 2005

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Most similar movies to H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, scary and suspense films with plots about danger, space and aliens, escapades, alien, deadly, supernatural and heroes mostly in Sci-Fi, Horror and Thriller genres. Some movies like H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Arrival (1996), Alien Raiders (2008), They Are Among Us (2004), The Day the Earth Stopped (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion, from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are ...
Style: disturbing, scary, suspenseful, creepy, psychological ...
Plot: alien invasion, alien, supernatural, dystopia, female nudity, body horror, end of the world, monster, parasite, evil wins, epidemic, great ending ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
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The Arrival (1996)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, conspiracy, evil alien, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, investigation, disguise, alien, space, supernatural, ufo, black hole ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, future
Place: mexico, latin america, central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Alien Raiders (2008)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It's the end of yet another night at Hastings Supermarket, a grocery store in Buck Lake, Arizona. But just before closing, a group of masked and armed to the teeth militants invades the store and take everyone hostage
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: evil alien, hostage, alien, alien creature, battles, investigation, isolation, captivity, alien invasion, race against time, save the world, small town ...
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
They Are Among Us (2004)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The film concerns a sleepy town that is populated mostly by aliens who have been pretending to be humans for a lengthy period of time in order to eventually strip the planet of resources they need to live.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, scary, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: evil alien, danger, hidden identity, alien encounter, chaos, imaginary, impostor, supernatural, survival, alien, space, creature feature ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two years after the Martian invasion, George Herbert's worst fears are realized: The Aliens have returned. As a second wave of Martian walkers lay waste to what's left of Earth, an alliance of military forces prepares a daring attack on ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, mockbuster, saga ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, mars, danger, rivalry, chaos, martian, fictional war, invasion, space, evil alien, distopia, apocalypse ...
Time: year 2008
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Day the Earth Stopped (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Hundreds of massive intergalactic robots appear in all of the world's major capitals with an ultimatum: Prove the value of human civilization or be destroyed.
Style: rough, suspenseful, bleak, mockbuster, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: androids and robots, evil alien, space travel, save the world, artificial intelligence, man versus machine, danger, dystopian future, apocalypse, imaginary, alien, giant monster ...
Time: 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Day of the Triffids (1963)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A shower of meteorites produces a rare night time spectacle that blinds anyone that looks at it. As it was such a beautiful sight, most people were watching, and as a consequence, 99% of the World's population go completely blind. In the ...
Style: scary, suspense, tense, enigmatic, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blindness, creature feature, post apocalyptic, monster, space and aliens, mutant, distopia, survival, post apocalypse, humanity, save the world, rescue ...
Time: year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place: paris france, england, united kingdom, london, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Alien³ (1992)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, bad ending ...
Audience: kids
Plot: alien, evil alien, outer space, prison, deadly creature, space travel, survival, human versus alien, cryogenics, monster, creature, alien invasion ...
Time: future, 90s, 22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Invaders from Mars (1986)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In this attempted remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting, slasher ...
Plot: alien invasion, alien, ufo, heroic mission, mars, danger, alien encounter, young heroes, space and aliens, imaginary, heroes, deadly creature ...
Time: future, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The X from Outer Space (1967)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with ...
Style: daikaiju, grindhouse, suspense, cult classic, retro ...
Plot: kaiju, giant monster, monster, ufo, mars, alien invasion, spacesuit, alien, spaceship, dinosaur, moon base, rescue ...
Time: 60s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Day of the Triffids (1981)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: BBC mini-series remake of the 1962 original. When a comet blinds nearly everyone in the world, a genetically-engineered species of plant takes over.
Style: apocalyptic, serious, stylized, suspenseful, vintage
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopia, survival, alien invasion, distopia, disaster, epidemic, ufo, mushroom, politics, doomsday ...
Time: 80s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
AVH: Alien vs. Hunter (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A journalist named Lee Custler (William Katt) is out jogging when a flying object passes behind him and crashes. Sheriff Joel Armstrong (Collin Brock) picks him up and they go to check it out. They find an abandoned caravan close to where the object ...
Style: semi serious, mockbuster, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: space travel, alien, supernatural, deadly creature, imaginary, escapades, danger, space and aliens, rivalry, chaos, heroes, chases and races ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 4.0
 3K
Parasite (1982)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, rough, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dystopian future, deadly creature, parasite, mad scientist, experiment gone awry, save the world, monster, survival, dystopia, alien, bio weapon, danger ...
Time: future, year 1982, year 1992, 90s, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Deadly Spawn (1983)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Two campers in the New Jersey woods have their outdoor fun interrupted by the arrival of a meteorite crashing nearby. They go to investigate the crater, but are suddenly attacked and devoured by alien parasites who have hitched a ride to Earth. ...
Style: retro, cult horror, classic horror, slasher, grindhouse ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, alien invasion, parasite, gory, creature feature, creature, deadly creature, space, killer animal, exploitation, supernatural horror, evil alien ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Queen of Blood (1966)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A spaceship is sent to Mars after a alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it's evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster.
Style: suspenseful, serious, exciting, bleak, space horror ...
Plot: vampire, alien, mars, rescue, spacecraft, supernatural, space, space travel, save the world, danger, survival, femme fatale ...
Time: year 1966, 90s, year 1990, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Day of the Triffids (2009)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 186 min.
TV show
Story: It's an up-to-date setting of the 1951 sci-fi thriller. With the world blinded and the Triffids set loose, it falls upon a band of scattered, sighted survivors to fight this carnivorous plant invasion. With a brave new world of maniacs, warring ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic, scary
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: apocalypse, survival, survival horror, supernatural, save the world, deadly creature, heroic mission, escapades, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, monster, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 3.8
 767
Evilution (2008)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An alien bacterium resurrects the dead on Earth.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, scary, exciting ...
Plot: zombie, alien encounter, save the world, survival, apocalypse, danger, soldier, escapades, chaos, imaginary, chases and races, mentally unstable ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Silent Warnings (2003)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After the accidental death of his cousin Joe Vossimer, the just-graduated electronic engineer Layne Vossimer joins his girlfriend and four friends of them to visit and clean the inherited farm in the country. The local Sheriff Bill Willingham is an ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien abduction, supernatural, deadly creature, danger, save the world, teenage life, family in danger, alien encounter, rivalry, alien invasion, alien, ufo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min.
Story: A crack space pilot returns to earth to find the planet has been devastated by some unknown forces. There are a few survivors, so he organizes them in a plan to ward off control by a group of killer robots.
Style: apocalyptic, psychotronic, cult classic, suspense, offbeat ...
Plot: zombie, alien invasion, alien, post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival, robot, epidemic, survival horror, post apocalyptic, evil robot, dystopia ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Slime People (1963)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: After Los Angeles is invaded by an army of subterranean monsters a small group of people must fight for survival in the deserted metropolis.
Style: serious, scary, suspense, tense, grindhouse ...
Plot: mutant, monster, battles, chaos, heroes, danger, supernatural, deadly creature, save the world, apocalypse, fog, evil alien ...
Time: year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Heatstroke (2008)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: An ex-model teams up with a soldier to thwart aliens who are propelling global warming to make Earth habitable for their species
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, computer animated
Plot: dinosaur, soldier, heroes, dangerous animal, escapades, evil alien, danger, apocalypse, space travel, space and aliens, gory, global warming ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 3.8
 1K
Dead Shadows (2012)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Dead Shadows tells the terrifying story about a young man, Chris, whose parents were brutally killed 11 years ago, on the same day that the comet of Haley could be seen from earth. Tonight, a new comet is going to appear and everyone in Chris’s ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, tense, suspense ...
Plot: survival, supernatural, danger, chaos, mutant, creature, post apocalypse, zombie, post apocalyptic, paranormal, virus, alien ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the sequel to Paul Verhoeven's loved/reviled sci-fi film, a group of troopers taking refuge in an abandoned outpost after fighting alien bugs, failing to realize that more danger lays in wait.
Style: futuristic, suspense, stylized, intense, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space and aliens, military, space travel, war, space, alien, survival, battles, alien invasion, heroes, soldier, mars ...
Time: future, distant future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Forbidden Dimensions (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Jack Slade was born during a solar eclipse in the year 1980. 18 years later, he finds out he has the ability to travel into the future. He projects himself into the year 2035, where society has been destroyed by a fascist regiment of psychopathic ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, futuristic, independent film
Plot: apocalypse, changing the past or future, survival, save the world, danger, chaos, heroes, mutant, post apocalypse, space and aliens, distopia, epidemic ...
Time: future, year 1998
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 3.5
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Hybrid (1997)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A group of space renegades hook up with a drifter named McQueen. Together they hole up in an abandoned research facility for the night and are relentlessly pursued by a human/monster hybrid.
Style: scary, serious, rough, bleak, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, danger, evil alien, isolation, confined, experiment, laboratory, desert, stalking, mutant, monster, creature feature ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 3.7
 937
Alien Lockdown (2004)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After an experiment to make the ultimate weapon goes wrong, a team of commandos is sent into a genetic research lab and end up getting stalked by a creature that looks a lot like the Predator
Style: suspenseful, rough, stylized, serious, fast ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: evil alien, experiment gone awry, soldier, heroic mission, supernatural, deadly creature, survival, gory, danger, save the world, mad scientist, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.0
 21K
Body Snatchers (1993)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, exciting, grindhouse, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: alien invasion, evil alien, alien, soldier, toxic, research, zombie, emotionless, invasion, teenage life, military, monster ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: alabama, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Guyver: Dark Hero (1994)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Sean Barker became the unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver. A year ago he destroyed the Kronos Corporation, an organization of mutants who want the Guyver. Now he is trying to find why the Guyver unit forces him to fight and ...
Style: suspense, epic, manga, perverse, independent film ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, alien, martial arts, space, avenger, astronaut, creature, alien invasion, exploitation, superpower, comic hero, villain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
King of the Lost World (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's action-adventure classic, four plane crash survivors encounter danger in a world that time forgot.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, mockbuster ...
Plot: lost world, giant ape, parallel world, save the world, obsessive quest, supernatural, adventurer, danger, kaiju, giant monster, creature, monkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 3.5
 4K
Stranded (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The Lunar Base Ark explores ore and unexpectedly is hit by a meteor shower and has severe damages. Colonel Gerard Brauchman sends the crewwoman Ava Cameron to repair a wing that is full of CO2. Dr. Lance Krauss warns that the gas may cause paranoia ...
Style: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, space horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, trapped in space, space, supernatural, isolation, danger, alien encounter, space exploration, trapped, alien, fear, paranoia ...
Time: future, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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