Faatumu le fuaiupu o loo mulimuli mai: "Na filifilia le vaega na faia aafiaga mataʻina o le "Forbidden Planet" mo le Academy Award mo le Best Visual Effects i le
O le 29th Academy Awards. I le 2013, na ulufale ai le ata i le Library of Congress' National Film Registry, ma manatu ai o se ata "faʻaleaganuʻu, faʻasolopito, poʻo le matagofie". Na faamatalaina e Tony Magistrale o se tasi o faataʻitaʻiga sili ona lelei o le amataga o le techno-horror.