>
Socially minded yet entertaining, The Day the Earth Stood Still imparts its moral of peace and understanding without didacticism. Read critic reviews
What to know
You might also like
See More
Crimson Pig
The General
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The 39 Steps
Where to watch The Day the Earth Stood Still
Rent The Day the Earth Stood Still on Amazon Prime Video, Vudu, Apple TV, or buy it on Amazon Prime Video, Vudu.
Rate And Review
-
What did you think of the movie? (optional)
You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.
You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.
What did you think of the movie? (optional)
How did you buy your ticket?
-
Fandango
-
AMCTheatres.com or AMC AppNew
-
Cinemark Coming Soon
We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.
-
Regal Coming Soon
We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.
-
Theater box office or somewhere else
The Day the Earth Stood Still videos
Top 5 Freshest Giant Movie Robots
The Day the Earth Stood Still Photos
Movie Info
When a UFO lands in Washington, D.C., bearing a message for Earth's leaders, all of humanity stands still. Klaatu (Michael Rennie) has come on behalf of alien life who have been watching Cold War-era nuclear proliferation on Earth. But it is Klaatu's soft-spoken robot Gort that presents a more immediate threat to onlookers. A single mother (Patricia Neal) and her son teach the world about peace and tolerance in this moral fable, ousting the tanks and soldiers that greet the alien's arrival.
-
Rating: G
-
Genre: Sci-fi
-
Original Language: English
-
Director: Robert Wise
-
Producer: Julian Blaustein
-
Writer: Harry Bates, Edmund H. North
-
Release Date (Theaters): wide
-
Release Date (Streaming):
-
Runtime:
-
Distributor: CBS/Fox, 20th Century Fox, Fox
-
Production Co: 20th Century Fox
-
Sound Mix: Mono
-
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Flat (1.37:1)
Cast & Crew
News & Interviews for The Day the Earth Stood Still
Critic Reviews for The Day the Earth Stood Still
Audience Reviews for The Day the Earth Stood Still
-
A very good film, classic and clearly influential in its scope and maturity. Reasonably thought-provoking sci-fi that gains incredibly by Robert Wise's sure-handed direction.
-
An intelligent and challenging science-fiction classic that makes elegant allusions to Jesus Christ's life (even in the character's alias, Carpenter) and speaks directly to the audience in the end defending the importance of non-aggression in a time dominated by fear.
-
An interplanetary traveler visits Earth to dissuade humans' violence and paranoia. As science fiction classics go, this one is up there among the best. Yes, it's moralistic, and its main character gets a little preachy at the end, but most good science fiction uses an extraordinary event to comment upon the ordinary, and <i>The Day the Earth Stood Still's</i> comment resonates today. The performances are a little choppy and over-rehearsed. Michael Rennie sounds like he's reading his lines out of a phone book, and Patricia Neal went to damsel school and graduated with high honors. But all of it is tempered by that classic movie pace and a strong story. Overall, science fiction when done well looks like this.
-
For such an old movie, this was actually extremely well done and very entertaining with a great message: End violence or we will end you!
Verified