While the first few years of the 1950's were slowly leading up to making it the decade of sci-fi (and not just in movies, but in books and TV and comics as well), 1953 is the year it all broke open - wide open.
Several films that are considered by many (myself included) to be near the pinnacle of the genre - The War of the Worlds and Invaders From Mars highest among them - were released during this break through year of sci-fi movies.
The most famous of these sci-fi cinematic pinnacles is undoubtedly The War of the Worlds.
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