---
title: 'Independence Day (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roland Emmerich'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 138
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/independence-day-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Independence Day (1996)

1996 · PG-13 · 138 min · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Independence Day is a 1996 American science fiction action film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and the film's producer Dean Devlin, and starring an ensemble cast that consists of Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, Adam Baldwin, Vivica A. Fox, James Rebhorn, and Harvey Fierstein. The film focuses on disparate groups of people who converge in the Nevada desert in the aftermath of a worldwide attack by a powerful extraterrestrial race. With the other people of the world, they launch a counterattack on July 4—Independence Day in the United States.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roland Emmerich](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-emmerich)
- **Screenplay:** [Roland Emmerich](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-emmerich), [Dean Devlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-devlin)
- **Producer:** [Roland Emmerich](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-emmerich), [Dean Devlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-devlin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Walter Lindenlaub](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-walter-lindenlaub)
- **Editor:** [David Brenner](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-brenner)

## Cast

- [Richard Speight Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-speight-jr)
- [Harry Connick Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-connick-jr)
- [Lisa Jakub](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-jakub)
- [Jim Piddock](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-piddock)
- [Kimberly Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/kimberly-beck)
- [Robert Pine](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-pine)
- [Mark Fite](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-fite)
- [Jeff Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-phillips)
- [Kevin Cooney](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-cooney)
- [Fred Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-barnes)
- [Kiersten Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiersten-warren)
- [Greg Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/greg-collins)
- [Robert Loggia](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-loggia)
- [Ross Bagley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ross-bagley)
- [Ron Pitts](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-pitts)

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