IMDb
7.2 /10
7k votes


Science Fiction · Drama · 1961 · 1h 38min
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.
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The Day The Earth Caught Fire ≣ 1961 ≣ Trailer
IMDb
7.2 /10
7k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86 /100
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Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
6.8 /10
168 votes
Letterboxd
7.3 /10
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Weighted average
7.5/10