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10 Best Movies Like The War of the Worlds

If you loved The War of the Worlds, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Leila

Leila

1999★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The War of the Worlds for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

This film tells the story of a semi modern Iranian couple, who are trying to fight the old beliefs and old generation. This is a failing battle because the man is not strong enough...

#2
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad

Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The War of the Worlds for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris. Gilles, a young cyclist who was passing at that precise moment, is seriously in...

#3
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

2018★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The War of the Worlds for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Nanami Ishikawa works as an editor at a publishing company. She travels Hiroshima to go after her father Asahi who left home. During her visit to Hiroshima, she learns about the tr...

#4
20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The War of the Worlds for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him....

#5
La Hacienda

La Hacienda

2009★ 3.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The War of the Worlds for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Mark and his friends travel to South America seeking a fun time while he takes possession of his family Hacienda, but everything changes when they discover something evil lurking w...

#6
Apocrypha

Apocrypha

2011★ 4.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The War of the Worlds for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Griffith Townsend (Michael Fredianelli) enjoys a successful career as senior editor at the San Francisco Chronicle with only one problem: he is plagued with amnesia. With the help ...