The War of the Worlds, produced by George Pál in 1953 War of the Worlds, an updated adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel directed by Steven Spielberg released in 2005 ''H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, a direct adaptation of the same novel directed by Timothy Hines also released in 2005 H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds'', another modern interpretation of the novel released in 2005 directed by David Michael Latt