If you loved Cloverfield, try War of the Worlds
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the dread, raw mood tags, and they sit in Science Fiction / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Cloverfield, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What War of the Worlds is
New Jersey, late summer, a looming storm cloud. A divorced father's weekend with his kids turns into a desperate fight for survival, alien machines rising from the earth. Spielberg revisits classic sci-fi with modern urgency.

