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Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 41m
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Avg Percentile 44.67% from 1068 total ratings

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Rated 30 Sep 2020
82
51st
No, it's not great, but that's nothing to lose your head over.
Rated 13 Jul 2013
62
42nd
The good news: No animals were harmed in the making of this film. But, uh, the bad news...
Rated 06 Jul 2015
75
54th
Though not very great on its own, it's still the best film to feature the word "twilight"'in the title.
Rated 10 Jan 2010
45
40th
lol John Landis is a murderer
Rated 01 Sep 2016
55
43rd
Prologue is neat, Landis' segment might be the laziest piece of moralistic bullshit of the entire decade, Spielberg's dreamy fable about old dudes wanting to be young also fails big, Dante's is by far the most imaginative and well-shot of them all and Miller's at least delivers some chills.
Rated 19 Dec 2008
70
51st
John Lithgow's performance in "Nightmare at 50,000 Feet" just blows Shatner's away, and the updated "It's A Good Life" has some really cool set design and effects. Spielberg's and Landis's segments are iffy at best.
Rated 30 Oct 2009
69
26th
Spielberg and Landis's segments are pretty crappy, George Miller's is decent, and Joe Dante's is extremely awesome. Seriously, you should get a hold of this movie and fast forward 70 minutes to see the craziness, just a taste: a young Nancy Cartwright gets banished to a cartoon world (much like what has happened to her in real life) before horrifying cartoons come to life in the real world, its so amazing.
Rated 09 May 2017
70
41st
John Landis beats you over the head with a hammer, screaming "DO YOU GET THE CLEVER SUBTEXT ABOUT THE EVILS OF RACISM?????", Steven Spielberg pours a 55-gallon drum of treacle on your corpse, and then Joe Dante and George Miller show up and they get it and it's suddenly fun to watch, and then it's over and you're thinking, I wish I'd had more time with the last two.
Rated 06 Feb 2007
65
51st
Lithgow >>> Shatner
Rated 11 Mar 2007
81
53rd
"You wanna see something REALLY scary?"
Rated 02 Feb 2009
77
62nd
remove the title and put a different one on it, and it stands proud on it's own two legs, it has some very intriguing stories, but doesn't hold up in spirit to the original series.
Rated 19 Mar 2010
67
48th
Interesting movie.Four different stories by four different directors ala in the vain of the creepshow type of flick.Spielberg's story is utter trash.Bigger tragedy is the death on set by a crashing helicopter which beheaded Vic Morrow who was good in the first story as a racist bigot. Last story is the best in my opinion which has John Lithgow as a terrified and paranoid passenger on a plane who 'sees' gremlins outside tampering with the plane with everybody else seemingly oblivious to it.
Rated 04 Jun 2010
37
20th
Nothing like original TV series, because most of these shorts by famous directors are total crap. However, I must say they did a good job with very promising prologue and the last part. I was especially curious about Spielberg's directed part, but it was actually the worst of all (one with old people). Overall, there are much much more comedy than in series.
Rated 19 Mar 2017
30
10th
Spielberg's story is out of place, and the only thing worth a poke (aside from a quite decent prologue) in this otherwise rather lousy effort is Miller's energetic plane ride with Lithgow in overdrive mode.
Rated 15 Oct 2022
39
13th
Filled with clichés, the subtlety of a sledgehammer and the enjoyment of watching paint dry. There were good performances though, and cool practical effects work, the puppets looked good.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
50
35th
Not bad.
Rated 26 Mar 2007
55
40th
If you hadn't seen the original series' versions of these stories, it's still only a mediocre film. The last segment was good, the one before it was okay, the other two were godawful (and in the case of the first, fatal). Oh, the opening was really well done.
Rated 02 Apr 2007
90
86th
Highly entertaining remake/anthology
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
43rd
George Miller’s contribution elevates this a little; Spielberg’s brings it down.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
19th
The originals were the best. Poor Vic Morrow...he died for this crap. Lithgow is no Shatner, either.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
74
67th
Too uneven, I says.
Rated 15 Sep 2007
50
22nd
A few nice scenes, but a weak compilation overall.
Rated 18 Oct 2007
55
39th
Well done and entertaining.
Rated 14 Nov 2007
30
6th
Bad. Missed everything that is good about the original series. Made even worse because of the tragedy that occurred during shooting. Does have some interesting non-CGI effects.
Rated 08 Feb 2008
78
50th
Definitely check out the "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" segment (almost all of the 66 points I gave the movie are for this segment only), and maybe Joe Dante's. Spielberg's and Landis's are FF-worthy material.
Rated 12 May 2008
80
42nd
Scared me somewhat as a kid.
Rated 11 Jul 2008
71
79th
good movie
Rated 31 Jul 2008
70
61st
While this collection of short stories varies being awesome and utterly shitty, George Miller's remake of "nightmare at 40,000 feet" is aweome, and probably the inspiration for the 80's version of the show itself.
Rated 15 Dec 2008
75
38th
a good film. the second story isn't that great. It's a shame we lost Vic Morrow, he was a pretty rad actor.
Rated 28 Feb 2009
70
68th
"...a roller-coaster homage to adolescence."
Rated 28 Apr 2009
81
20th
An up-and-down affair, but Joe Dante's surreal segment and George Miller's brilliant take on "Terror at 30,000 Feet" make it worth a look.
Rated 16 May 2009
80
81st
The intro is hilarious, I think I literally jumped, I love those moments! The first segment is great; the second one(with the retirement home) made me smile; as for the third, I simply enjoyed once again finding the source of yet another allusion made on "The Simpsons". The "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"-Episode remake is well done and I'd say it's a tie between the original and this-I mean.. the monster simply isn't scary the way it is in the original, I couldn't help laughing when I first saw that
Rated 19 Jun 2009
45
25th
Why did they have to put a happy ending on It's a Good Life? That defeats the whole purpose of this being the Twilight Zone. It's not a twist ending, it's a cliche.
Rated 02 Jan 2010
63
51st
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Rated 27 May 2010
76
51st
Sometimes boring, sometimes pretty inspired. The best section is, of course, the one with John Lithgow.
Rated 24 Aug 2010
70
21st
Decent movie adaptation with plenty of suspense and horror. Personal favorite is Joe Dante's segment about Anthony, the boy with some very special powers. Considering the movie is over 25 years old, it holds up very well.
Rated 30 Aug 2010
70
44th
The quality of direction is inconsistent - which is usually the case in these sorts of situations - and so you end up restlessly awaiting the good ones. The series was more satisfying.
Rated 21 Sep 2010
65
45th
Very uneven set of stories drags this movie down a little. Love Lithgow and the use of CCR's Midnight Special in the Albert Brooks and Dan Aykroyd scene.
Rated 11 Feb 2011
65
26th
Uneven, with only the segments by Dante and Miller standing out.
Rated 11 Jul 2011
5
0th
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Rated 28 Jul 2011
62
32nd
It's entertaining, but it never duplicates the mood or tension of the original Twilight Zone.
Rated 28 Dec 2011
4
11th
Half of the movie is fucking amazing, and half of it is complete garbage. I'll let you decide which half is which.
Rated 28 Feb 2012
31
21st
Retreads of classic stories and 'meh' new ones.
Rated 12 May 2012
75
48th
This movie has some very good segments and some lackluster ones. The segments with the little kid and the plane are by far the best ones. The opening prologue is also fun. John Lithgow gives the best performance in the movie. The movie is not as good as the original television series but it does have a number of good moments.
Rated 16 Jun 2012
70
33rd
Fuck that murderer, John Landis John Lithgow and Scatman, however, are beautiful men.
Rated 17 Jun 2012
45
45th
One and a half out of four isn't really good enough. Spielberg is to this as Coppola is to 'New York Stories'.
Rated 03 Jan 2014
65
37th
The Twilight Zone: The Movie suffers from the typical anthology-film highs and lows; thankfully, the former outnumber the latter.
Rated 30 May 2015
57
17th
56.67.
Rated 21 Sep 2015
72
32nd
The prologue is just the right length, long enough to build a bit of ambiance but short enough not to wear out its welcome.The first segment is good but somewhat clumsy and overlong. The second is terrible sentimental hokum that doesn't fit the film. The third is very good, a bit funny a bit scary and just the right length. The final segment would be good if it weren't so one-note. Overall it's a very uneven film and while it's not a bad way to spend some time nothing here is must see.
Rated 01 Nov 2016
53
29th
Me liking this movie is probably equal parts nostalgia and the hope that at least SOME Twilight fans bought this by mistake and watched at least as far as Scatman Crothers before realising that nobody was going to start sparkling. That said, the last two segments are by far the best of the bunch.
Rated 08 Jan 2017
15
11th
"When I rest, I rust."
Rated 23 Apr 2017
50
10th
The only saving graces of this were the opening segment with Albert Brooks and Dan Aykroyd and the final segment.
Rated 18 Dec 2017
78
35th
Technology used in movie is fun, movie is somewhat fun. A must watch and a must not rewatch.
Rated 03 Mar 2018
60
26th
The plus of anthology films is that you don't have time to get really bored or irritated. I liked most the prologue scene in this one.
Rated 27 Aug 2019
60
35th
It was my first live-action introduction to the Twilight Zone, The Simpsons was my first. It takes a handful of the most iconic episodes of the original series, inserts recognizable stars into the roles, and cuts down the story to the essential beats. 1/3 of the movie is completely original, Something Scary, Time Out, Even Scarier. They are quite good and sit perfectly alongside the greatest hits from the original series. It can serve as a good introduction to the series.
Rated 11 Oct 2019
70
46th
The last two segments are so strong that they make up for the snooze fest that comes before. It's like Spielberg is doing a Spielberg impression. I could watch Dante's brand of humor all day.
Rated 18 Mar 2021
35
16th
As an Anthology film this is pretty weak. Time Out is awful. One of the worst stories I have ever seen. Kick the Can is very lacking in execution and doesn't do anything all that good. It's a Good Life has interesting visuals and puppetry involved, so it's alright. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet is worth watching. Simple, but the overall best due to John Lithgow. Two of the stories are rubbish, one is passable, and one is good. Regardless, that terrible tragedy dampens the movie somewhat for me.
Rated 26 Sep 2021
69
34th
With one exception, the segments of this largely weak anthology film are too skimpy and insubstantial to be successful, instead inadvertently spotlighting their director's worst tendencies (Landis - harsh and ugly, Spielberg - cloying and sentimental, Dante - studiously quirky). Miller's segment, spotlighting some brilliantly sweaty and desperate work from Lithgow, ends the film on a pretty great high note, and it's hard to hate the shaggy dog Aykroyd-Brooks dream team segment.
Rated 09 Jun 2022
50
14th
Dante's entry is creepy, creative fun that's worth checking out; but Spielberg's offering is terrible and everything else just passes for "OK". It's also hard to shake a certain amount of discomfort, knowing the infamous context in which some of this was filmed. Considering the names involved in Twilight Zone: The Movie, it's surprising how average it turned out to be.
Rated 15 Oct 2022
34
28th
Very messy all around, I can't say I truly enjoyed either of the 4 stories. It's all very generic, the scripts are filled with cliches and various uninspired tropes. Very weak.
Rated 19 Oct 2022
75
27th
John Landis should be in prison. The last two stories are the best ones.
Rated 27 May 2023
65
55th
My first time watching anything Twilight Zone related. Prologue: wtf? | Landis: Interesting, but too on the nose and goes nowhere. Sad what happened. | Spielberg: Shockingly the least interesting one here. | Dante: Didn’t love the ending, but it’s incredibly creative and was a lot of fun to figure out at first. Probably my favorite. | Miller: Wish it did more than the “are they crazy?” plot, but it’s an effectively scary concept, with some decent moments. Easy runner up for me.
Rated 24 Jun 2023
50
26th
A mixed bag like most anthologies. Landis' version is impossible to watch without thinking of the associated tragedy. Spielberg's segment is dull. Dante's also misses the mark. Miller's is the obvious standout, but the intro is the most effective section and hints at what might have been.
Rated 06 Nov 2023
70
42nd
I know many people consider the entire film to be tainted by Landis's extreme negligence causing the death of Morrow and two children. I can't really disagree, and I don't blame Miller for leaving when he found out what happened. I don't personally feel like it taints all the work that went into the film though. That said ... Landis's segment does clearly taint the film by not being very good.
Rated 31 Dec 2023
50
17th
The first story was superb as well as the others. I loved the scrooge way of story telling with the first. The last one was a cyclical ending. The collection should have stayed serious with strong messages instead of making lots of different stories. The first was definitely the best of them

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