Forbidden Planet (1956) movie poster

Forbidden Planet (1956)

"Earthmen on a fabulous, peril-journey into outer space!"
ThumbScore
👍 78%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 88%
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Director
Fred M. Wilcox
Runtime
1h 38m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.3/10 (1,036 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
80

Cast

Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Edward Morbius · 81% avg
Anne Francis as Altaira Morbius · 70% avg
Leslie Nielsen as Commander John J. Adams · 73% avg
Warren Stevens as Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow
Jack Kelly as Lt. Jerry Farman
Earl Holliman as Cookie
Richard Anderson as Chief Engineer Quinn · 81% avg
George D. Wallace as Bosun

Is Forbidden Planet good?

Most people think so. 78% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 88%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#394 / 1040 · Science Fiction
Rank in its year
#6 / 10 · 1956

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately. Wikipedia ↗

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