IMDb
6.4 /10
259k votes


Comedy · Fantasy · Science Fiction · 1996 · 1h 46min
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
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Warner Bros. Pictures
Tim Burton ProductionsOfficial Trailer
IMDb
6.4 /10
259k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
57 /100
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Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
6.4 /10
6k votes
Letterboxd
6.5 /10
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Weighted average
6.2/10


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