Movie connections for
The War of the Worlds (1953)

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Followed by

"War of the Worlds" (1988)

Version of

"War of the Worlds" (1988)
War of the Worlds (2005)
The War of the Worlds (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005) (V)
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of the Worlds' (2006) (V)

Edited from

When Worlds Collide (1951)

Edited into

The Giant Claw (1957)

References

Tulips Shall Grow (1942)
Samson and Delilah (1949)

Referenced in

"M*A*S*H: War of Nerves (#6.4)" (1977)
 -  title reference
"The Incredible Hulk: Prometheus: Part 2 (#4.2)" (1980)
 -  mentioned by Jason
Repo Man (1984)
Chopping Mall (1986)
Innerspace (1987)
Remote Control (1988)
"The Simpsons: The War of the Simpsons (#2.20)" (1991)
 -  title reference
Mosquito (1995)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
Mother (1996/II)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Antz (1998)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
 -  on shelf in video store
Bob Came from Outer Space (2000) (V)
 -  Referred to in dialog.
"Midsomer Murders: The Electric Vendetta (#4.3)" (2001)
 -  Film playing at local theater.
Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' (2001) (V)
The Time Machine (2002)
"Frasier: War of the Words (#9.18)" (2002)
 -  title reference
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Signs (2002)
Gojira: Kaijû dai rantô (2002) (VG)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV)
Dixon Maison: Mystery at Hillyard Manor (2004)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
 -  The giant robots' laser beams make the same noise as those of the ships in "War of the Worlds."
The Incredibles (2004)
 -  Strange machine descends on city, uses a ray beam to cause destruction
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004) (VG)
 -  Para-Medic mentions the film during her codec conversation with Snake.
The Naked Monster (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
"Tripping the Rift: Chode's Near Death-Experience (#2.12)" (2005)
 -  Mentioned by Gus while playing 'charades'
Mammoth (2006) (TV)
 -  "This is too war of the worlds for me" "I hope you're talking about the original" "I was thinking more of the remake"
The Tripods (2009)
 -  the tripod-aliens

Featured in

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
 -  One of the scenes of a Washington building exploding is the Los Angeles City Hall being destroyed by the Martians from The War of the Worlds (1953).
It Came from Hollywood (1982)
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors (1982) (TV)
 -  Clips from the film is showed during the show
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1985)
Explorers (1985)
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here (1988)
A Century of Science Fiction (1996) (V)
Monsterama Sci-Fi Late Night Creature Feature Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)
 -  This film's theatrical trailer is featured.
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)
Hollywood Aliens & Monsters (1997) (TV)
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000) (V)
 -  footage is shown from this film
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)
 -  Shown in the opening montage
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV)
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
 -  Excerpts appear in the film.
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005) (TV)
 -  Excerpt shown
H.G. Wells: The Father of Science Fiction (2005) (V)
 -  clips shown
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds' (2005) (V)
 -  clips shown
'War of the Worlds': Revisiting the Invasion (2005) (V)
 -  clips shown
Designing the Enemy: Tripods and Aliens (2005) (V)
 -  clips shown
Steven Spielberg and the Original 'War of the Worlds' (2005) (V)
 -  clips shown
The H.G. Wells Legacy (2005) (V)
 -  clips shown

Spoofed in

The Creature Wasn't Nice (1983)
Whore of the Worlds (1985) (V)
"Saturday Night Live: Tony Danza/John Hiatt (#14.11)" (1989)
 -  Spoofed as 'Da War of Da Woilds'
Mazâ 2: Gîgu no gyakushû (1994) (VG)
Antz (1998)
The Chubbchubbs! (2002)
 -  A Martian War Machine is seen escaping the Chubbchubbs.
The Naked Monster (2005)
 -  Les Tremayne ("General Mann") and Ann Robinson ("Sylvia van Buren") send up their original roles.
Cars (2006)
 -  they have Lightning fighting off Tripods
"Robot Chicken: Suck It (#2.1)" (2006)
 -  The final exchange in the "Space Invaders" parody spoofs the ending of the film.

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