Movies like Night of the Twisters

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Night of the Twisters (1996)
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Night of the Twisters (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A Nebraska farm community is plagued by a storm with a series of tornadoes acting against normal patterns...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, disaster movie
Audience: kids
Plot: disaster, tornado, natural disaster, weather, apocalypse, youth, climate, family relations, old lady, family life, self discovery, escapades, babies and infants, demolished city, danger, small town, countryside, forces of nature, race against time, small town life, teenager, friendship, storm, twister, female friendship ...
Time: 90s, 1990s
Place: nebraska, usa

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Most similar movies to Night of the Twisters

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting and suspense films with plots about disaster, natural disaster, danger, apocalypse, forces of nature, escapades and race against time mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Night of the Twisters: Lightning: Fire from the Sky (2001), Atomic Twister (2002), 13 Minutes (2021), Earthquake in New York (1998), Tornado! (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Lightning: Fire from the Sky (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Overwhelmed by a disastrous lightning storm that his son predicted, a man must learn to trust his son in order to save his family and the whole community.
Style: serious, captivating, suspense, independent film
Plot: apocalypse, disaster, natural disaster, survival, save the day, family relations, forces of nature, danger, rescue, small town, parents and children, escapades ...
Place: usa, missouri
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100%
Atomic Twister (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When tornadoes hit a nuclear power plant, critically damaging the plant's cooling system, the results could be catastrophic. Atomic Twister, a countdown to disaster, traces an extraordinary day in the lives of small town citizens who ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot: disaster, tornado, race against time, danger, heroes, natural disaster, nuclear reactor, nuclear power plant, friends, apocalypse, weather, chief of police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee, usa
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100%
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13 Minutes (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: As a new day begins in the small American town of Minninnewah, the residents start their day as ordinary as the next. Mother Nature, however, has other plans for them. Inhabitants have just 13 minutes to seek shelter before the largest tornado on ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: natural disaster, disaster, bad weather, tornado, aftermath, destruction, rescue, race against time, family relations, hiding place, small town, survival ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Earthquake in New York (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A cop is after a nasty serial killer. Cop's wife and kids are somewhere in the city too. Then a disastrous earthquake hits the city.
Style: detective
Plot: natural disaster, disaster, subway, criminal, apocalypse, police detective, building collapse, destruction, buried alive, police, death of boy, computer game ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Tornado! (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An accountant sent to produce an evaluation of a tornado research project, and the scientist running the project pursue tornadoes and each other.
Style: experimental, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, tornado, natural disaster, research, weather, storm, cataclysm, climate, apocalypse, race against time, escapades, daring rescue ...
Time: 90s
Place: texas, usa
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62%
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Storm Cell (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A brother and sister are torn apart when their parents die tragically in a tornado. While he moves to Seattle to be away from the memory, she devotes her life to studying storms and weather patterns. When she discovers the threat of a powerful ...
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, hurricane, tornado, natural disaster, danger, race against time, forces of nature, escapades, storm, save the day, fleeing, writers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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56%
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Flood (2007)
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, suspenseful, talky, apocalyptic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, apocalypse, tornado, survival, natural disaster, race against time, rescue, save the day, epidemic, secret agent, danger, forces of nature ...
Place: london, england, europe, big ben london, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 4.3
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Tornado Valley (2009)
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: serious, captivating, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: disaster, tornado, natural disaster, danger, race against time, forces of nature, storm, salvation, apocalypse, cataclysm, widower, farm ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Mega Cyclone (2011)
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, disturbing, exciting, tense, suspense ...
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, tornado, apocalypse, storm, hurricane, teenage boy, humanity in peril, teenager, heroes, vestiges of humanity, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A USGS scientist attempts to convince his boss and the residents of Angel Falls, California that a nearby volcano is about to erupt.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Plot: volcano, disaster, natural disaster, lava, pregnant woman, resort, chaos and mayhem, forces of nature, chases and races, save the day, heroes, danger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Tornado (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story: The hottest summer in years: Meteorologist Jan returns from Oklahoma, where he has studied twisters up close, after faring a traumatic catastrophe during his dangerous research. Back in Berlin, he comes to face with his past and his ex-girlfriend ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, bleak ...
Plot: tornado, disaster, forces of nature, save the day, obsessive quest, danger, heroes, escapades, chases and races, fear, natural disaster, apocalypse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, oklahoma, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)
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, natural disaster, hurricane, tornado, heroic mission, survival, forces of nature, chaos, race against time, journalism, apocalypse, danger ...
Time: future
Place: las vegas, usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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MegaFault (2009)
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, apocalypse, forces of nature, race against time, danger, chaos, save the planet, end of the world, epidemic, threat ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister (1998)
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: exciting, serious, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful
Plot: disaster, tornado, natural disaster, apocalypse, couple relations, dealing with death, danger, escapades, obsessive quest, forces of nature, environmental, hurricane ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Seattle Superstorm (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
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, soldier, heroes, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, seattle, washington state, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Tidal Wave (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Man-sik and Yeon-hee, are unsure as to whether they can overcome past wounds and continue being a couple. Dr. Kim, who cautions against a possible mega-tsunami at Haeundae, collapses in agony springing from an unexpected turn-up of his daughter and ...
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, tear jerker ...
Plot: disaster, tsunami, lifeguard, forces of nature, natural disaster, demolished city, race against time, danger, giant wave, post apocalypse, death of mother, survival ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, busan, south korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Into the Storm (2014)
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, exciting, apocalyptic, action adventure ...
Audience: teens
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, tornado, escapades, survival, end of the world, catastrophe, high school, redemption, panic, weather, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, oklahoma
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
End of the World (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In End of the World, the fate of humanity lies in the hands of two guys who run a video rental store and are “sci-fi obsessed” movie fans. And who better to save the world, than guys who have seen all the movies and all the “out there” ways ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, apocalyptic ...
Plot: disaster, apocalypse, natural disaster, save the world, heroes, danger, forces of nature, global warming, catastrophe, death, society, destruction ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The Apocalypse (2007)
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, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, tornado, christian, apocalypse, danger, race against time, escapades, parents and children, missing child, forces of nature, chaos, asteroid ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
500 MPH Storm (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When an energy experiment goes haywire, a rash of massive hurricanes rips across North America. A high school science teacher must get his family to safety before the hurricanes merge, creating a "hypercane" with the power to wipe the US ...
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, mockbuster
Plot: disaster, hurricane, natural disaster, tornado, experiment, scientist, storm, military, mass destruction, destruction, apocalypse, struggle for survival ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Ice Twisters (2009)
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, obsessive quest, race against time, survival, danger, escapades, heroes, evil alien ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Quantum Apocalypse (2010)
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, exciting, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, disaster, end of the world, survival, chaos, save the world, forces of nature, danger, post apocalypse, autism, tsunami, race against time ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The 12 Disasters of Christmas (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Just in time for the joyous holiday season, this film connects the ancient Mayan prophecy of worldwide destruction at the end of 2012, and the iconic holiday song, The 12 Days of Christmas. But there is hope: a father learns that his daughter is ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, christmas horror ...
Plot: disaster, christmas, save the world, chaos and mayhem, small town, escapades, coming of age, xmas, teenage girl, natural disaster, catastrophe, rescue ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Hurricane (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Two hurricane hunters track a huge, violent hurricane that is bearing down on a Gulf Coast town.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, hurricane, heroes, chases and races, rescue, danger, escapades, forces of nature, u.s. air force, boat, submarine ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Super Eruption (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A Yellowstone National Park scientist and a thrill-seeking ranger join forces to plug-up a volatile super volcano that threatens to wipe out the entire United States.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, captivating, bleak ...
Plot: disaster, volcano, natural disaster, rescue, escapades, danger, forces of nature, time travel, apocalypse, catastrophe, threat, lava ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Christmas Twister (2012)
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: suspenseful, exciting, tense, captivating, christmas horror
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, tornado, natural disaster, christmas, christmas spirit, xmas, apocalypse, hidden truth, forces of nature, weatherman, hurricane, child in peril ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Stonados (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A storm chaser tries to save Boston from destruction when a freak tornado bombards the city with huge boulders.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, mockbuster, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: disaster, tornado, danger, escapades, global warming, science, death, apocalypse, woman with a gun, epidemic, natural disaster, distopia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Inferno (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A fire chief (Gunn) is investigating the cause of a string of blazes that threaten to destroy her small town, while at the same time dealing with her teen daughter's rebelliousness.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, touching, exciting ...
Plot: rescue, police investigation, save the day, heroes, rebelliousness, danger, escapades, law enforcement, family relations, parents and children, woods, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
San Andreas Quake (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When a discredited L.A. Seismologist warns of an impending 12.7 earthquake, no one takes her seriously. Now on her own, she races desperately to get her family to safety before the earthquake breaks Los Angeles apart from the mainland.
Style: mockbuster, intense, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: disaster, earthquake, natural disaster, destruction, animal attack, helicopter crash, african american, building collapse, survival, danger, race against time, chaos and mayhem ...
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Polar Storm (2009)
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, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, collision, comet, natural disaster, forces of nature, danger, family relations, one last chance, save the day, survival, end of the world, apocalypse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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