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Movies based on books by
H. G. Wells
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movies based on books by
H. G. Wells.
The Invisible Man
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
TMDB ID: 570670
The Invisible Man
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
A modern retelling of H.G. Wells classic novel, The Invisible Man. Motivated by the death of his son, Griffin, a brilliant but eccentric scientist discovers a method to invisibility.
TMDB ID: 503658
War of the Worlds
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
TMDB ID: 74
The Time Machine
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th-century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.
TMDB ID: 2135
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
A plane crash surviving attorney stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.
TMDB ID: 9306
The Shape of Things to Come
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a brilliant but mad mechanic who places no value on human life. Omus wants to come to the Moon to rule and intends to attack it by ramming robot-controlled spaceships into the domes. Dr. John Caball, his son Jason, Jason's friend, Kim, and a robot named Sparks embark on Caball's space battlecruiser on an unauthorized mission to Delta Three to stop Omus.
TMDB ID: 41415
The Time Machine
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
A scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he puts it in motion, he gets more than he bargained for.
TMDB ID: 148948
The Food of the Gods
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. Looking for help, Morgan stumbles across a barn inhabited by an enormous killer chicken. After doing some exploring, they discover the entire island is crawling with animals that have somehow grown to giant size. The most dangerous of all of these, however, are the rats, who are mobilizing to do battle with the human intruders.
TMDB ID: 42245
The Time Machine
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
TMDB ID: 2134
The War of the Worlds
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
TMDB ID: 8974
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Invisible Agent
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.
TMDB ID: 28426
Kipps
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
A young tradesman learns that money doesn't necessarily bring happiness. Drama.
TMDB ID: 181353
The Invisible Man
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.
TMDB ID: 10787
Island of Lost Souls
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
TMDB ID: 3031
The First Men in the Moon
Based on the book by
H. G. Wells
The inventor of a space sphere flies to the moon and is marooned by a crooked financier.
TMDB ID: 337437