When Worlds Collide
Planets destroy earth!
1951 • 83 min • Science Fiction · Drama
Synopsis
When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.
Our family guide
Best from age 7- 50 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 64 Audience · 210 · 49%
As a rogue star hurtles towards Earth, a group of scientists races against time to build a space ark. They hope to save a select few from global catastrophe and transport them to a new planet. This classic sci-fi film explores humanity's struggle for survival.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 6/10
Heads up
- Scenes of global destruction
- Mild peril during space travel
- Discussions of death and survival
What it models well
- Cooperation in crisis
- Human resilience
- Scientific ingenuity
Talk about it after
- What would you do in a global emergency?
- The importance of planning and science
- Protecting our planet
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Top billed cast
Director: Rudolph Maté • Crew: Sydney Boehm
Trailers & clips
When Worlds Collide ≣ 1951 ≣ Trailer
When Worlds Collide (1951) - Movie Trailer
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersEntertaining enough apocalyptic disaster film from the 1950s has some absolutely adorable miniatures and one awful matte painting at the end. Still, has its moments and the acting at least was passable. **2.75/5**
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers"Suggest we fly to another world" Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with other amateur reviewers on line that stress you have to put yourself back to 1951 to appreciate the film more, it still doesn't take away from the fact that the film is one of the poorer offerings from the disaster/sci-fi genre of years gone by.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.4/10 (210)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $936,000
- Box office
- $1,600,000
- IMDb
- tt0044207