This Island Earth
Taste attributes: adventurehorrorscience fictionrobots/ai/spacemonster/alien/supernaturalmysteryfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryglossyemotionally undemandingfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeFantastical and inventive: an unsavoury horror film. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
Quality rating
5.9 /10
TMDB · 134 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Adventure
- Year
- 1955
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
