science-fiction

War of the Worlds (or WOTW for shorts) is based on the HG Wells science-fiction classic.

a 2005 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, loosely based on the 1898 similarly-titled novel by H. G. Wells and jointly produced and released by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures

War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, loosely based on the 1898 similarly-titled novel by H. G. Wells and jointly produced and released by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures.

an archetypical piece of science fiction

War of the Worlds is an archetypical piece of science fiction, and one of the most influential books in the canon.