

The Day the Earth Stood Still
From out of space...A warning and an ultimatum.
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $995K
- Box office
- $1.9M
- Language
- German
- spacecraft
- flying saucer
- peace
- remote control
- ufo
- social commentary
- giant robot
- black and white
- military
- curious
- physics professor
- humanity
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical18 Sept 1951
- TheatricalGLos Angeles, California28 Sept 1951
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU28 Sept 1951
- PhysicalUDVD5 Nov 2012
AustriaAT
- Theatrical121 May 1953
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1828 Sept 1951
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL25 Dec 1951
FranceFR
- TheatricalMondes possibles : la science-fiction sur grand écran, Institut Lumière, Lyon6 Jun 2026
- TheatricalMondes possibles : la science-fiction sur grand écran, Institut Lumière, Lyon11 Jul 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical122 May 1952
IrelandIE
- TheatricalG28 Sept 1951
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT20 Mar 1952
JapanJP
- TheatricalG28 Mar 1952
NetherlandsNL
- Physical12Blu ray13 May 2009
- Physical12DVD2 Dec 2009
- TV12RTL 54 Feb 2011
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1214 May 1953
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The Day the Earth Stood Still was released on 18 September 1951.
Audience reviews
4- J10/10
John Chard
11/2/2013
I'm impatient with stupidity. My people have learned to live without it. The Day the Earth Stood Still is directed by Robert Wise and adapted to screenplay by Edmund H. North from the story Farewell to the Master written by Harry Bates. It stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray and Frances Bavier. Music is by Bernard Herrmann and cinematography by Leo Tover. Classic sci-fi is…
- F7/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
9/13/2023
**An excellent sci-fi film.** This is one of the best and most influential films from the early days of sci-fi. The theme was not new, there were several films about aliens and flying saucers, but this is one of the best and most impactful. The script is simple: the atomic arms race was threatening the world with yet another war and the hypothetical insertion of nuclear weapons into rockets led to an alien species…
- C8/10
CinemaSerf
6/14/2024
This is probably Michael Rennie's best cinema role here as he lands his spaceship in the middle of Washington DC. Of course, the Americans panic and surround the thing with tanks and machine guns, and when he emerges looking as human as the rest of us, only clad in a silver suit, they go and shoot him! Luckily, "Klaatu" isn't a man to bear a grudge and from his hospital bed informs the powers that be that he wants a …
- T10/10
TkA
7/31/2026
**What an excellent movie..** Although this movie is from 1951, not many movies made today can hold a candle to this one. It's a great story with great camera play, and great suspense and thrills as well. If you haven't seen it yet, please do so shortly, but nothing i write here can do it true justice.\ \ I was a star wars fanatic, and I couldn't stop talking about the matrix either, oh and by the way.. if you k…
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