# This Island Earth (1955)

> A brilliant atomic scientist follows an impossible machine into a colorful extraterrestrial conspiracy where scientific wonder collides with monster-movie peril.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/676

## Facts

- Runtime: 85 min
- Genres: Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror
- Director: Joseph M. Newman
- Cast: Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow, Lance Fuller, Robert Nichols, Russell Johnson, Douglas Spencer, Karl Ludwig Lindt
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047577/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: imaginative, eerie, pulp adventure, classic sci fi marathon, retro movie night

## Movies like This Island Earth

- [The Crawling Eye (1958)](https://ember.film/movie/28040)
- [The War of the Worlds (1953)](https://ember.film/movie/4343)
- [The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)](https://ember.film/movie/21852)
- [It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)](https://ember.film/movie/16309)
- [Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)](https://ember.film/movie/10913)
- [The Thing from Another World (1951)](https://ember.film/movie/5838)
- [It Came from Outer Space (1953)](https://ember.film/movie/11779)
- [The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)](https://ember.film/movie/673)
- [Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)](https://ember.film/movie/11298)
- [When Worlds Collide (1951)](https://ember.film/movie/9920)

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