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

The Day After Tomorrow
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to War of the Worlds for fans of Adventure & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when...

Minority Report
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to War of the Worlds for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigat...

Planet of the Apes
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to War of the Worlds for fans of Adventure & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate...

Collateral
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to War of the Worlds for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin....

The Last Samurai
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to War of the Worlds for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that ru...

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to War of the Worlds for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more be...