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Film · 0 connectionsIndependence Day (1996)
- Action
- Adventure
- Science Fiction
- 145 min
- 12 age guide
- ★ 6.9/10 from 10,715 ratings
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.
Directed byRoland Emmerich
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