Film

Independence Day 1996

Directed by Roland Emmerich

  • Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
  • 145 min
  • PG-13

The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered.

Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.

ActionAdventureScience Fictionspacecraftshowdownindependencepatriotismcountdowninvasionalienufoextraterrestrialdisastercreaturebattle

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