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The Twisters (2024)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A deadly patchwork of destructive cyclones is on an apocalyptic path of convergence at a populated Midwest city center. There, the twisters will merge into one mega tornado that threatens to obliterate the cities for hundreds of miles around.
Style:
apocalyptic, intense, tense, suspense, fast paced, grim, sensitive, disaster movie
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
tornado, disaster, natural disaster, destruction, extreme weather, survival, chaos, mass destruction, man versus nature, evacuation, panic, spectacle, rescue, heroism, isolation, twister, storm, brother sister relationship, adrenaline
Time:
contemporary
Place:
midwest
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Most similar movies to The Twisters
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, suspenseful and tension films with plots about disaster, survival, catastrophe, evacuation, natural disaster, rescue and apocalypse mostly in Action, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Twisters: Supercell (2023), Mega Cyclone (2011), Tornado Warning (2002), Flood! (1976), Meteorites! (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Good-hearted teenager William always lived in hope of following in his late father’s footsteps and becoming a storm chaser. His father’s legacy has now been turned into a storm-chasing tourist business, managed by the greedy and reckless Zane ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
disaster, tornado, thunderstorm, lightning, man versus nature, father and son, adventure hero, father, storm, threat, adventurer, survival ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jupiter’s famous blemish, the Great Red Spot, has vanished. When massive storms are reported in North America, it quickly becomes apparent that the huge, high storm that has been swirling around Jupiter for hundreds of years has landed on Earth. ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
disaster, tornado, natural disaster, apocalypse, hurricane, storm, heroes, teenage boy, humanity in peril, teenager, danger, chaos ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A scientist (Gerald McRaney) perfects a tornado-warning system and tries to convince residents of a nearby town that a deadly twister is approaching.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, tension
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, weather, death threat, catastrophe, social problems, struggle for survival, small town, scientist, danger, man versus nature, twister ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
83%
670
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two helicopter pilots rush aid to a small town devastated by a flood following the collapse of an aging dam.
Style:
tense, tension, suspense, emotional, grim ...
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, flood, small town, survival, evacuation, moral dilemma, destruction, heroism, pandemic, dam, helicopter ...
Time:
year 1970
Place:
texas
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A meteor shower threatens a small American town.
Style:
tension, suspense, suspenseful, grim, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, meteor shower, small town, threat, survival, destruction, evacuation, chaos, peril, panic, desperation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jamie Marshall (Kelly McGillis) is a "storm chaser" who, having lost her husband in a crash after his plane was struck by lightning, recklessly throws herself into her work. Sent by her boss to Colorado to investigate the cause of a ...
Style:
sinister, tense, suspense, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
disaster, tornado, natural disaster, twister, female protagonist, science gone wrong, revenge, grief, investigation, apocalypse, small town, heroine ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Action - When a shower of massive meteors threatens an extinction level on Earth, the world's greatest minds devise a dangerous plan that will take the planet off its axis in order to avoid the impact. - Tia Carrere, Jason Brooks, Robert Davi
Style:
apocalyptic, tension, suspense, grim, dark
Plot:
disaster, asteroid, natural disaster, earth, mass destruction, catastrophe, chaos, survival, countdown, sacrifice, panic, rescue mission ...
Similarity:
65%
579
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Promethean Kinetics has created Helios, a revolutionary clean coal energy source so powerful it rivals the force of the sun and will solve the energy crisis. But when certain governments start cutting safety measures required by Helios, the ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, fire, humanity in peril, danger, destruction, chaos, death, evacuation, race against time, forces of nature, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Deep underwater in the Marianas Trench an accident results in a devastating Tsunami that destroys the Hawaiian Islands as it continues toward the west coast. Panic ensues all up and down the western coast of North and South America. In an attempt to ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, serious, tense ...
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, tsunami, catastrophe, panic, survival, evacuation, apocalypse, scientist, struggle for survival, water, giant wave ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
As mass of solar storms causes tsunamis, volcanoes, and flooding, a city-dwelling family attempts to flee to the relative safety of a group of high-elevation caves several miles away.
Style:
tense, captivating, apocalyptic, exciting, intense ...
Plot:
flood, end of the world, disaster, survival, destruction, forces of nature, chaos, rescue, evacuation, danger, race against time, society ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a mysterious orb of light strikes a deep water oil rig, the massive explosion erupts into a ball of flames creating a swirling mass of clouds and fire. As the twister begins to move ...
Style:
suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
tornado, natural disaster, apocalypse, disaster, firefighter, fire, death, chaos and mayhem, storm, danger, race against time, survival ...
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The pilot for an unsold weekly series, Uncommon Valor stresses the courage and resourceful of a team of firefighters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Headed by dauntless battalion chief Tom Riordan (Mitchell Ryam), the unit tries to drench a raging ...
Style:
action drama, intense, tense, suspense
Plot:
courage, arson, firefighter, teamwork, danger, disaster, rescue, heroism, panic, hospital, fire, fireman ...
Place:
salt lake city utah, utah
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
As a megaquake threatens San Francisco, a series of foreshocks wreaks havoc across the city. Now, an elite team of emergency service and disaster experts converge on the anticipated epicenter, working tirelessly to save as many lives as possible and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, rescue, nature, rescue mission, lifeguard, forces of nature, rescue attempt, man versus nature, salvation, lifesaver, search and rescue ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
56%
325
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the beautiful underwater reefs off the coast of Florida's pastoral Pajaro Island, a fissure rips open in the ocean floor. When graduate student Greg Chambers encounters the seismic readings, he rushes to tell his professor, Anthony ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, harsh, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
disaster, survival, earthquake, resort, graduate student, small town, catastrophe, burned alive, ocean, professor, city, coastal town ...
Similarity:
53%
417
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The sheer terror and unearthly beauty of a raging forest fire is breathlessly captured in this compelling Irwin Allen production boasting a big-name cast and enough blazing special effects to turn night into day. Involved are a lumber mill owner ...
Style:
suspense, intense, tension, period piece, psychotronic
Plot:
forest fire, natural disaster, wildfire, survival, man versus nature, danger, catastrophe, arson, disaster, smoking, spectacle, rescue ...
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Aftershock follows four groups of people in the minutes, hours and days after Wellington is struck by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Buried office workers must pull together. Strangers, caught by the tsunami on a ruined ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, destruction, humanity in peril, apocalypse, chaos, society, chaos and mayhem, forces of nature, survival, evacuation, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A climatologist cuts her anniversary celebration short to save her family - and all of North America - from an unimaginably destructive storm.
Style:
suspense, thrilling, intense, tense
Plot:
man versus nature, extreme weather, storm, disaster, flooding, family drama, resilience, survival, rescue mission, save the world, climate change, countdown ...
Place:
north america
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A disastrous great flood sweeps the planet. On what may be the last day on Earth, a desperate fight ensues to save a child from a flooding apartment.
Style:
tension, suspense, emotional, intense, grim ...
Plot:
flood, time loop, disaster, natural disaster, survival, parent child relationship, child in peril, rescue, emergency, parenthood, chaos, end of the world ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Liz McAdams is haunted by the memories of a tornado that destroyed her home 25 years ago. Now a professional storm tracker, she and her family are in danger once again as another devastating twister rapidly gains momentum. Caught in the path of ...
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
disaster, tornado, natural disaster, danger, forces of nature, race against time, salvation, storm, twister, trauma, survival, family drama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, midwest
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A scientist races the clock in an attempt to save Earth from a series of deadly meteor attacks.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, tension ...
Plot:
meteor shower, rescue, meteorite, disaster, save the world, earth, planet, salvation, scientist, planet earth, save the planet, catastrophe ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When two friends from the city take a vacation to the wilds of Montana, they find themselves lost in the depths of the big sky country.
Style:
suspense, tense, grim, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bear attack, mountain, man versus nature, wilderness, survival, hiking, stranded, isolation, bear, bad weather, struggle for survival, storm ...
Place:
montana
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Bridges is the captain of a downed airliner who must help his crew and passengers survive on a deserted jungle island in the midst of a power struggle - an adult version of "Lord of the Flies."
Style:
tropical, suspense, tense, grim, period piece ...
Plot:
survival, disaster, air disaster, plane crash, stranded, leadership, power struggle, isolation, human nature, conflict, aviation, marooned ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Scientists make a horrible discovery: The "Big One" is coming in two days, with it, California will sink to the ocean. Their only hope is to rupture a volcano that will displace the earthquake's energy and build a new crust on the ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, earthquake, demolished city, fire, death, apocalypse, survival, chaos and mayhem, race against time, chaos, destruction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A small team of scientists must race against time to stop what seems to be a cascade of global disasters signaling the possible apocalypse and end of days.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, harsh, dramatic, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disaster, forest, storm, volcano, soldier, scientist, rescue, natural disaster, doomsday, post apocalyptic, chaos, survival ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The town of Silverton is in one day destroyed by the unprecedented power of a series of tornadoes. The population is at the mercy of the unpredictable and deadly cyclones, while hunters warn that the worst is yet to come. Most people find shelter, ...
Style:
stylized, talky, action adventure, apocalyptic, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, tornado, end of the world, escapades, death, weather, high school, redemption, panic, storm, catastrophe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oklahoma
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When glacial flooding causes a ripple effect of earthquakes and tsunamis, scientists must create sinkholes to absorb the water and makethe Arctic cold once more.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
tsunami, catastrophe, survival, flood, disaster, glacier, climate change, global warming, natural disaster, flooding, ecological disaster, apocalypse ...
Time:
near future
Place:
north america
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a super-volcano threatens the island of Hawaii, a team of rescue and disaster experts who are called in to help must race against the clock to save those in the path of the molten lava and stop the volcano for good.
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
disaster, volcano, natural disaster, rescue, lava, island, salvation, rescue mission, lifeguard, rescue attempt, tropical island, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii, pacific ocean
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In a small Texas town during the holiday season, Ethan Walker, a meteorologist and part-time professor working at the local university studying tornadoes, is woken in the middle of the night for a call about a tornado that has just hit. His team is ...
Style:
christmas horror, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, tornado, natural disaster, christmas, christmas spirit, warning, weatherman, apocalypse, xmas, hidden truth, forces of nature, hurricane ...
Similarity:
46%
706
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, an errant missile strikes a state of the art passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, a handful of survivors must achieve the impossible: Land the airplane.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
air disaster, airplane, survival, disaster, crash landing, flying, aviation, airline, plane crash, airplane accident, exploding airplane, survivor ...
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The opening of the new tunnel, which took ten years to build, coincided with a series of serious cataclysms. The lives of 160,000 people depend on the actions of two people, a father and a son.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dramatic, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
father, survival, disaster, father son relationship, rescue mission, mountain, man versus nature, forces of nature, ecological disaster, small town, geologist, global change ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
45%
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