The War of the Worlds fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Nerve-racking and spectacular
Fast from start to finish.
Melancholic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
The future, history, and war
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction
Standout cinematography, score, and sound design
Nerve-racking and spectacular
Fast from start to finish.
The War of the Worlds is nerve-racking, spectacular, and thrilling.
Melancholic
Emotionally, it's melancholic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
The future, history, and war
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around the future, history, and war. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout cinematography, score, and sound design
Look and sound: the cinematography, score, and sound design stand out.
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The War of the Worlds is included with a subscription to fuboTV, Peacock, Philo, and AMC+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Peacock, The CW, and Fandango at Home Free. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 58/100 (IMDb 5.2 and Rotten Tomatoes 68%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated TV-14 in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 season
It has 1 season with 3 episodes of about 55 minutes each.
Not quite. Critics rate The War of the Worlds higher (68) than audiences (39). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It ran from 2019 to 2019 and has ended.
It was made in English. Produced in United Kingdom, United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The War of the Worlds in 12 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 42 storytelling tropes for The War of the Worlds, including War of the World War One, Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds: Invasion.
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