H.G. Well's schokkende boek over een invasie van de aarde door Marsbewoners wordt nog angstaanjagender in deze verfilming uit 1952. De film wordt wijd en zijd als een van de beste SF-films alles tijden beschouwd en kreeg een Oscar voor Special Effects.
Nee, helaas is War of the Worlds nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Crew | Robert S. Richardson | Technical Advisor |
| Production | Gae Griffith | Producer's Assistant |
| Crew | Chesley Bonestell | Technical Advisor |
| Editing | Monroe W. Burbank | Color Grading |
| Sound | George Parrish | Orchestrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diana Gemora | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles Gemora | Costumer |
| Camera | Murray Young | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Soldier Graham | Gaffer |
| Crew | Fred Zendar | Stunts |
| Crew | Bud Wolfe | Stunts |
| Crew | Chalky Williams | Stunts |
| Crew | Dale Van Sickel | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Stoney | Stunts |
| Crew | Bobby Somers | Stunts |
| Crew | David Sharpe | Stunts |
| Crew | Charles Morton | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Morgan | Stunts |
| Crew | George Magrill | Stunts |
| Crew | Tex Holden | Stunts |
| Crew | Herman Hack | Stunts |
| Crew | Joe Gray | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Graham | Stunts |
| Crew | Slim Gaut | Stunts |
| Crew | Jimmie Dundee | Stunts |
| Crew | Mushy Callahan | Stunts |
| Crew | George Bruggeman | Stunts |
| Crew | Chet Brandenburg | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | Cliff Shirpser | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Walter Hoffman | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Marcel Delgado | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Jack Caldwell | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Irmin Roberts | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Paul K. Lerpae | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | W. Wallace Kelley | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Gordon Jennings | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Jan Domela | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Ivyl Burks | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Barney Wolff | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Aubrey Law | Visual Effects |
| Crew | A. Edward Sutherland | Special Effects |
| Crew | Ken Strickfaden | Special Effects |
| Crew | Bob Springfield | Special Effects |
| Crew | Chester Pate | Special Effects |
| Sound | Loren L. Ryder | Sound Director |
| Sound | Walter Oberst | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Lovell Norman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Tommy Middleton | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Dan Johnson | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Howard Beals | Sound Effects |
| Sound | William M. Andrews | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Harry Lindgren | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Gene Garvin | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Lee Vasque | Props |
| Art | Milt Olson | Props |
| Art | Gene Lauritzen | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Charles Davies | Props |
| Art | Gordon Cole | Property Master |
| Art | Ivyl Burks | Props |
| Art | Romaine Birkmeyer | Props |
| Art | Chesley Bonestell | Painter |
| Directing | Michael D. Moore | Assistant Director |
| Production | Frank Caffey | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Art | Emile Kuri | Set Decoration |
| Art | Albert Nozaki | Set Decoration |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Art | Albert Nozaki | Art Direction |
| Editing | Everett Douglas | Editor |
| Camera | George Barnes | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Leith Stevens | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Cecil B. DeMille | Executive Producer |
| Production | George Pal | Producer |
| Production | Frank Freeman Jr. | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Barré Lyndon | Screenplay |
| Writing | H. G. Wells | Novel |
| Directing | Byron Haskin | Director |