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Independence Day

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

1996 · PG-13 · 2h 25m

Directed by Roland Emmerich

6.9

TMDB audience score
10,878 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Will Smith
    Capt. Steven Hiller

  • Bill Pullman
    President Thomas J. Whitmore

  • Jeff Goldblum
    David Levinson

  • Mary McDonnell
    Marilyn Whitmore

  • Judd Hirsch
    Julius Levinson

  • Robert Loggia
    General William Grey

  • Randy Quaid
    Russell Casse

  • Margaret Colin
    Constance Spano

  • James Rebhorn
    Albert Nimzicki

  • Harvey Fierstein
    Marty Gilbert

  • Adam Baldwin
    Major Mitchell

  • Brent Spiner
    Dr. Brackish Okun

  • James Duval
    Miguel

  • Vivica A. Fox
    Jasmine Dubrow

  • Lisa Jakub
    Alicia

  • Ross Bagley
    Dylan

  • Mae Whitman
    Patricia Whitmore

  • Bill Smitrovich
    Captain Watson