Movies like Meteor
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Meteor (1979)
9K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, serious, suspenseful, fast, exciting, light, romantic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, cold war, nasa, race against time, asteroid, space station, scientist, astronaut, astrophysicist, apocalypse, 007, post apocalypse, asteroids and comets, avalanche, translator, space travel, astronomy, dystopia, coast guard, politics, subway, nuclear missile, distopia, epidemic ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, russia, switzerland, france, moscow russia, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Most similar movies to Meteor
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, apocalyptic and exciting films with plots about danger, disaster, catastrophe, heroes, race against time, apocalypse and chases and races mostly in Thriller, Action and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Meteor: Armageddon (1998), Quantum Apocalypse (2010), Ice Twisters (2009), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
476K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous ...
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, sentimental, entertaining, tear jerker ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, end of the world, apocalypse, space travel, catastrophe, astronaut, race against time, self sacrifice, asteroid, nasa, save the world ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, future, 20th century
Place:
new york, washington d.c., paris france, usa, taj mahal ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of talented but rebellious 'rock-star scientists' find themselves in a race against time to save Earth when a comet makes an unexpected turn towards our blue planet where all life may cease to exist within days if our small town ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, survival, chaos, save the world, forces of nature, end of the world, danger, post apocalypse, autism, tsunami, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Charlie Price, a former scientist turned science fiction author, starts living one of his novels when the Federal Science Foundation's weather experiments escape control and turn disastrous.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
disaster, tornado, natural disaster, experiment gone awry, forces of nature, survival, race against time, obsessive quest, escapades, danger, heroes, evil alien ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
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Story:
New York, the city that never sleeps, is trapped in a nightmare of horror and destruction when a massive earthquake rocks the unsuspecting city. Countless lives are lost, families are torn apart, and chaos runs rampant as the mayor and former Fire ...
Style:
apocalyptic, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, urban, climate, distopia, die hard, epidemic, pandemic, hospital, tragedy, rock ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also ...
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, suspenseful, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
disaster, end of the world, natural disaster, catastrophe, apocalypse, climate change, survival, environmental, post apocalypse, tsunami, global warming, environment ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, future, 20th century, distant future ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c., los angeles, antarctic, california ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A gigantic meteors enters Earth's orbit and begins to disintegrate, showering the entire planet with debris.
Style:
exciting, bleak, apocalyptic, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, asteroid, space and aliens, earth, chaos, race against time, bible, society, danger, heroes, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A retired and disgruntled scientist is brought out of retirement to explain why tidal waves are wiping out coastal communities. But is he part of the problem?
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, apocalypse, epidemic, distopia, mysterious character, forces of nature, law enforcement, chases and races, contests and competitions, environmentalism, psychopath ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and ...
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, asteroid, asteroids and comets, apocalypse, space and aliens, post apocalypse, astronomy, meteorite, climate, post apocalyptic, distopia ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
kansas city, usa, kansas, texas, dallas texas
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A crack in the world has started... we have 24 hours to stop it.
Style:
exciting, serious, bleak, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, earthquake, forces of nature, race against time, danger, chaos, save the planet, end of the world, epidemic, threat, military ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Three tornadoes converge to wreak havoc on Chicago, disrupting the power grid and creating the worst super-storm in history: a category 6 twister.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, apocalyptic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, tornado, hurricane, natural disaster, heroic mission, survival, lightning, chaos, forces of nature, race against time, journalism, danger ...
Time:
future
Place:
las vegas, usa, chicago
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a piece of the massive comet "Copernicus" collides with the Earth, it knocks the planet off of its axis and unleashes a disaster never before witnessed. Dr. James Mayfield (Jack Coleman) and his highly trained research team are the ...
Style:
exciting, apocalyptic, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, collision, comet, natural disaster, forces of nature, danger, family relations, one last chance, save the day, survival, apocalypse, space and aliens ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A massive asteroid impact on the moon begins causing storms on earth due to the sudden changes in ocean tides. But when further examination is conducted it's discovered that the moon's structure is now entirely unstable -- threatening all ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, race against time, danger, chaos, heroes, ocean, space shuttle, astronomer, male female relationship, dystopia, doom ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
colorado, chicago, boston, baltimore, florida ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two hundred years ago a supernova exploded somewhere in the Lyra constellation. Now the lethal burst of radiation is headed straight for Earth, and time is swiftly running out. The only thing standing between humanity and complete devastation is ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, mockbuster, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, heroic mission, save the world, danger, save the planet, race against time, heroes, scientist, apocalypse, society, distopia, epidemic ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
america
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
The world watches in awe as the Roebling Clipper is launched into space. Using state-of-the-art scalar engines to fly around the Moon and back in just hours, the maiden voyage of the first-ever trans-lunar passenger ship is about to make history. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disaster, sun, space travel, survival, chaos, danger, spouse in danger, technology gone awry, escapades, heroes, apocalypse, natural disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
INTER SCI climatologist Dr. David Kotzman has evidence that a shift in the Earth's polarity triggered the last Ice Age...in a single day. Now, it's happening again, and there's no time to escape. As the temperature plummets, Miami is ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, natural disaster, survival, save the world, rescue, save the day, forces of nature, race against time, husband wife relationship, winter, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future
Place:
miami, usa, florida, new york
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When the sun's increasing expulsions of plasma threaten to ignite methane in our atmosphere, international tensions rise while scientists race for a solution to avoid natural disaster.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, forces of nature, heroic mission, danger, apocalypse, escapades, survival, nuclear missile, scientist, military officer, sun ...
Place:
shanghai, detroit, pentagon, russia, new zealand ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A NASA scientist discovers that a group meteorites is heading towards Earth. Along the way, they will collide with the space station Hyperion, whose 12 astronauts are trapped and inside which there is a thermonuclear heart.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
danger, space station, collision, escapades, save the day, meteorite, scientist, society, space adventure, nasa, lgbt, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Racked by earthquakes and volcanos, Japan is slowly sinking into the sea. A race against time and tide begins as Americans and Japanese work together to salvage some fraction of the disappearing Japan
Style:
action thriller, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, forces of nature, tsunami, prime minister, natural disaster, distopia, epidemic, earthquake, evacuation, chaos, race against time ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
asia, japan, mount fuji, tokyo, australia ...
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After dense matter from an imploded white hole hits Earth, the planet's rotation is devastated. A group of government agents must locate a lost satellite network that is the world's only hope for survival.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, save the world, satellite, forces of nature, special agent, heroes, danger, government agency, escapades, dishonesty, government agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A huge solar flare blasts Mercury out of it's orbit and provides it with an intense magnetic field and it's on collision course for Earth.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, apocalyptic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disaster, heroic mission, collision, danger, save the planet, heroes, escapades, weapon system, meteorite, natural disaster, apocalypse, outer space ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dr. Steven Sorenson plans to tap the geothermal energy of the Earth's interior by means of a thermonuclear device detonated deep within the Earth.This experiment causes a crack to form and grow within the earth's crust, which threatens to ...
Style:
apocalyptic, retro, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, apocalypse, love triangle, doomsday, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, bombing, explosions, environmental, peril, giant monster ...
Time:
60s
Place:
africa, big ben london, london
Similarity:
51%
7K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the ...
Style:
serious, talky, suspenseful, apocalyptic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, tornado, flood, natural disaster, race against time, rescue, epidemic, save the day, secret agent, danger, forces of nature ...
Place:
london, europe, england, big ben london, scotland
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This sci-fi thriller finds the world in imminent danger when a collision in outer space sends huge pieces of interstellar debris on a path headed straight for Earth. A scientist has designed a system that would stop the largest meteor fragments from ...
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, surprise ending
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, terrorism, asteroids and comets, asteroid, outer space, dystopia, die hard, post apocalypse, hostage, kidnapping, chases and races, race against time ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A scientist who has been preserved in suspended animation wakes up to find himself in a primitive society in the future.
Style:
apocalyptic, grindhouse, serious, exciting, thought provoking ...
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalypse, end of the world, apocalypse, bare chested male, failed pilot, post-apocalyptic future, epidemic, loner, wasteland, post apocalyptic, distopia ...
Time:
22nd century, near future, future, 70s, year 1979
Place:
arizona, new mexico
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
As the permafrost melts in Alaska, underground rivers of volatile liquid methane form which sets off a series of devastating earthquakes. Forced apart by this violent occurrence, one family must find each other during the holidays and work to stop ...
Style:
tense, captivating, apocalyptic, christmas horror, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, avalanche, forces of nature, earthquake, one man army, winter, save the world, survival, danger, daring rescue, family in danger, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Story:
Somewhere on the outskirts of our solar system, the unthinkable occurs. A giant asteroid collides with a smaller one and changes direction - headed directly toward The Earth. The burning meteor rain that beats down with devastating force, is only a ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
disaster, comet, small town life, save the world, natural disaster, chaos and mayhem, race against time, contests and competitions, danger, father daughter relationship, meteorite, survival ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An object is shot down over Seattle and the debris begins to effect the local weather ultimately threatening the whole world.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
disaster, storm, family in danger, weather, tornado, catastrophe, save the day, forces of nature, chaos, space and aliens, escapades, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, seattle, washington state, washington d.c.
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
San Francisco becomes a target for waves of destructive meteors after a rogue comet orbits around the earth... For astronomer, Michelle Young, what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event, soon turns into her worst nightmare as ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
meteor shower, disaster, destiny, natural disaster, escapades, danger, save the world, space and aliens, mother daughter relationship, science, meteorite, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In this epic disaster film of faith, a mother and father search for their only child as a giant asteroid headed for Earth triggers a series of apocalyptic events.
Style:
mockbuster, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, tornado, christian, apocalypse, disappearance, race against time, escapades, danger, forces of nature, missing child, parents and children, chaos ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The sky is literally falling in this thriller as one of the nation's leading astronomers, Madison Kelsey believes she is tracking a huge rogue asteroid rocketing toward earth. However, she can't get anyone in authority to take her ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, erotic, tense, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, gay, save the world, heroic mission, survival, escapades, danger, race against time, rescue, space travel, lgbt, scientist ...
Similarity:
50%
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