21 Years Later, Tom Cruise’s 116-Minute Sci-Fi Blockbuster Is Officially Free to Stream
Steven Spielberg’s 2005 sci-fi thriller War of the Worlds, starring Tom Cruise, is now available to stream free on Pluto TV, 21 years after its release. The article highlights the film’s continuing appeal as a tense, ground-level alien-invasion story centred on a father trying to protect his children, rather than on military or political responses.
Based on H. G. Wells’s novel, the 116-minute film follows divorced dockworker Ray Ferrier as colossal alien Tripods attack Earth during a weekend with his children. Alongside Cruise, the cast includes Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins and Rick Gonzalez; it is also available through MGM+.
- War of the Worlds is free on Pluto TV.
- Tom Cruise plays a father fleeing an alien invasion.
- Spielberg’s 2005 film runs for 116 minutes.