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1. Radio Days (1987)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Mike Starr, Paul Herman
Votes: 36,360 | Gross: $14.79M
2. Spaced Invaders (1990)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Dimwitted Martians drop into a little Illinois town on the day that the local radio station happens to rebroadcast Orson Welles 1938 "War Of The Worlds".
Director: Patrick Read Johnson | Stars: Douglas Barr, Royal Dano, Ariana Richards, J.J. Anderson
Votes: 3,944 | Gross: $15.37M
3. War of the Worlds (1988–1990)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s.
Stars: Jared Martin, Lynda Mason Green, Philip Akin, Richard Chaves
Votes: 1,470
4. The Night That Panicked America (1975 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles's radio play "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provokes mass panic.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Vic Morrow, Cliff De Young, Michael Constantine, Walter McGinn
Votes: 745
5. Brave New Jersey (2016)
TV-MA | 86 min | Comedy, History
A comedy about a small New Jersey town on the night of Orson Welles' legendary 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, which led millions of listeners to believe the U.S. was being invaded by Martians.
Director: Jody Lambert | Stars: Anna Camp, Tony Hale, Heather Burns, Erika Alexander
Votes: 675 | Gross: $8.92M
6. Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?) (1995 TV Movie)
PG | 48 min | Documentary, Mystery, Sci-Fi
FOX Network television special investigating The Alien Autopsy (1995) footage that was allegedly filmed by the United States military after the legendary UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.
Director: Tom McGough | Stars: Jonathan Frakes, Walter Haut, Jesse Marcel Jr., Kevin D. Randle
Votes: 557
7. Pardon My Blooper (1974)
R | 75 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
A collection of classic bloopers (mistakes) from radio and television broadcasts, based on Kermit Schafer's blooper books and recordings.
Stars: John Dale, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ben Hogan, Fred Waring
Votes: 68
8. Broadcast (2002)
10 min | Comedy, Short, Thriller
A group of friends turn against each other because of the confusion started by a radio broadcast pronouncing the end of the world by means of Martian invasion, and a subsequent, yet totally unrelated, forest fire.
Director: Mark Cartier | Stars: Josh Miller, Emily Adams, Bo Barron, Nathan McCoy
Votes: 21
9. Who's Out There? (1975)
28 min | Documentary, Short
This 1975 NASA documentary narrated by the great Orson Welles delves into the possibilities of extraterrestrial life as gleaned from the results of planetary probes, interstellar discoveries and findings about the nature of life itself.
Stars: Orson Welles, Richard Berendzen, Ashley Montagu, Philip Morrison
Votes: 105
10. Martian Mania: The True Story of The War of the Worlds (1998 TV Movie)
Documentary
The story of the panic caused by Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds".
Director: Melissa Jo Peltier | Stars: Steve Allen, James Cameron, Orson Welles
Votes: 40
11.
Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode:
Space Probed/Battle for the Planet
(1993)
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Aliens abduct Yakko, Wakko, and Dot. Inspired by the Orson Welles "War of the Worlds" radio drama, Brain stages a similar hoax on television, hoping to cause a nationwide panic.
Directors: Rich Arons, Alfred Gimeno, Gary Hartle, David Marshall | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche
Votes: 192
12.
Perversions of Science (1997)
Episode:
Panic
(1997)
TV-MA | 26 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
It's the 1930s and Bob and John are attending a Halloween party with their friends. When the infamous radio broadcast of War of the Worlds begins, all hell breaks loose and people end up dead. Is it real, a fiction or somewhere in-between?
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Jason Lee, Jamie Kennedy, Laraine Newman, Edie McClurg
Votes: 85
13.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
The Night America Trembled
(1957)
60 min | Drama
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles' Mercury Players performed a radio play version of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Some people in the unsuspecting public took the broadcast as a real ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Donovan | Stars: Edward R. Murrow, Alexander Scourby, Robert Blackburn, Casey Allen
Votes: 146
14.
War of the Worlds (1988–1990)
Episode:
Eye for an Eye
(1988)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
The team is sent to Grover's Mill when it is discovered the 1938 radio broadcast of invasion was real. They meet with a group of local men who successfully fought the Martians 50 years ago ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Sobel | Stars: Jared Martin, Lynda Mason Green, Philip Akin, Richard Chaves
Votes: 58
15.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Treehouse of Horror XVII
(2006)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
A meteorite turns Homer into a rampaging blob with a voracious appetite; Bart brings a Golem to life; an alien invasion hoax turns real.
Directors: David Silverman, Matthew Faughnan | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 1,923
16.
UFO Files (2004–2007)
Episode:
Beyond the War of the Worlds
(2005)
TV-PG | 46 min | Documentary
In print for over 100 years, H.G. Wells' seminal work "The War of the Worlds" has thrilled millions. We now bring you the inside story of not just the book but the phenomena of this amazing... See full summary »
Director: Rod Pyle | Stars: Mark Adler, Kevin J. Anderson, Simon P. Balm, Gene Barry
Votes: 27
17.
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995–2002)
Episode:
Blackboard Jumble/What's the Frequency, Kitty?
(1999)
TV-G | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In 'Blackboard Jumble' Sylvester and Hector face off during a school recess in a duel of wits and drawing, armed with colored chalk. / In 'What's the Frequency Kitty?' Granny and her pets ... See full summary »
Directors: Karl Toerge, Charles Visser | Stars: Joe Alaskey, June Foray, Frank Welker, Jim Cummings
Votes: 25
18.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
War of the Worlds
(2013)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An account of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama broadcast that inadvertently started a mass panic.
Director: Cathleen O'Connell | Stars: Charissa Allen, Julian Arahanga, Edgar Bergen, Peter Bogdanovich
Votes: 323