Some people like “Independence Day” for its campy take on “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”; or for its technical achievements, which won an Oscar and set director Roland Emmerich on the path for ...

Will Smith's "Independence Day" holds a record as his only project to top the worldwide box office. "Independence Day" was the highest-grossing movie of 1996, earning $817 million worldwide. The ...

Director Roland Emmerich, writer Dean Devlin, and others involved in the hit movie chatted with The Hollywood Reporter for an oral history of Independence Day. Devlin revealed that the original idea ...

What films come to mind when you hear the phrase “Best Fourth of July movies”? Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws, which is now streaming on Peacock, is a great answer. You can’t go wrong with The ...

It's *** scene that you can only find in the movie. But could aliens really come to earth and take over those who have seen the movie have mixed opinions? I think it's possible. I really do believe ...

After its release in 1996, the Hollywood blockbuster — you know, the one where a rag-tag team of humans led by Will Smith courageously repel an extraterrestrial threat? — has become as synonymous with ...

The 1990s as a whole is one of the most expansive and intriguing decades cinema has ever seen. While the rapid advancements ...

We take a look at various fields of development for the motion picture, Independence Day (1996). Jeff Goldblum is our guide through 'Area ID4' (a rip-off name of Area 51). He pretends to creep around ...

1996, Rated PG-13, 145 min. Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid ...

Thanks to the breathless destruction in Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), 2012 (2009) and Independence Day 2: Resurgence (2016) — and well before his latest date ...

Vivica A. Fox returned for director Roland Emmerich's "Independence Day: Resurgence" in 2016 Amy Sussman/Getty; 20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock Vivica A. Fox thought the Independence Day sequel ...