War of the Worlds (2005)

We know the biggest fears are those of the unknown and whether we like to imagine them as little green men or menacing, lizard-like creatures with razor sharp teeth, no one has a clue what life forms from the far reaches of space are like. In Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, we get a glimpse that is more seek and destroy than “We come in peace.”
Based on H.G. Wells’ book of the same name, WotW exploits our most chilling sci-fi fears: an all out war with an alien race. The most frightening aspect of the story isn’t that tripod-steering aliens are out to destroy Tom Cruise, it’s the story’s potential to become a truth.
Next: The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Towering Inferno (1974)

Considered a genre classic by “Master of Disaster” Irwin Allen, it’s not Inferno‘s epic film cred that gives it an edge on that famous sinker.
Actually, the simularities between the two seem to outweigh most of the differences: Both events are caused by human error and a large casualty amount is ensured by the pathetic ego of a greedy man on a power trip. All star casts, multiple Academy Awards and the death of major characters also tie these two films together, but with one main point of separation: It takes nearly two hours for Cameron’s Titanic to reach critical mass, where as in Inferno, the flames get just as much screen time as Paul Newman.
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