Movie · 145 min · 12 · act, scf
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.
Where to watch Independence Day
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Available on 24 platforms across 25 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 23 countries, best placed at #51 in Costa Rica.
- Costa Rica #51
- Romania #59
- Bolivia #73
- Finland #83
- Denmark #84
- Thailand #102
- United Kingdom #141
- Chile #143
- Turkey #147
- Ireland #247
- Singapore #394
- Croatia #396
- Greece #440
- Switzerland #447
- United States #458
- Malaysia #473
- Portugal #492
- South Korea #500
- Slovakia #502
- Canada #565
- Colombia #565
- Bulgaria #609
- Poland #639
Available languages
Audio: Czech, ES-419, English, FR-CA, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, PT-BR, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Thai, Turkish
Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, ES-419, English, Estonian, FR-CA, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, NB, Norwegian, PT-BR, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
Chart history
Independence Day has spent 24 days in a top 3, 39 days in a top 10 and 156 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #1.
Cast
Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein, Adam Baldwin, Brent Spiner, James Duval, Vivica A. Fox, Lisa Jakub, Ross Bagley, Mae Whitman, Bill Smitrovich
Crew
Roland Emmerich (director,screenplay), Dean Devlin (producer,screenplay)
Awards
8 wins from 20 nominations.
- Saturn Award for Best Director 1997 — won
- Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie 1997 — won
- Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film 1997 — won
- Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film 1997 — won
- Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects 1997 — won
- MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss 1997 — won
- Satellite Award for Best Editing 1997 — won
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 1997 — won
- MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance 1997 — nominated
- Satellite Award for Best Editing 1997 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 1997 — nominated
- BAFTA Award for Best Sound 1997 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Sound 1997 — nominated
- MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance 1997 — nominated
- Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film 1997 — nominated
- BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects 1997 — nominated
- MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence 1997 — nominated
- MTV Movie Award for Best Movie 1997 — nominated
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 1997 — nominated
- Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects 1997 — nominated