Movies like The Towering Inferno
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The Towering Inferno (1974)
52K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
At the opening party of a colossal - but poorly constructed - office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Style:
suspense, sexy, tense, suspenseful, epic, exciting, serious, realistic, breathtaking, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
disaster, catastrophe, skyscraper, rescue, natural disaster, race against time, survival, firefighter, evacuation, trapped in a building, trapped, fire, architect, panic, party, boy, tragic event, corruption, fear, guilt, father in law son in law relationship, person on fire, warning, firefighting, attempted escape ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california
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Most similar movies to The Towering Inferno
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting and suspense films with plots about disaster, danger, catastrophe, survival, death, explosion and heroes mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like The Towering Inferno: The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Backdraft (1991), Earthquake (1974), Ladder 49 (2004), Avalanche (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first Catastrophe films and began the Disaster Film genre. Director Neame tells the story of a group of people that must fight for their lives aboard a sinking ship. Based on the novel by Paul Gallico.
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, ship, natural disaster, survival, ocean liner, race against time, underwater, sea disaster, cruise ship, sea, sinking ship, ocean ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
israel, atlantic ocean, mediterranean sea
Similarity:
100%
93K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
They say a blast of flames can take a life ... and hide a secret. But now firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey are battling each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, emotional, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
firefighter, arson, corruption, fire, rescue, pyromaniac, investigation, firefighting, natural disaster, danger, rookie, disaster ...
Time:
year 1971, 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Earthquake is a 1974 American disaster film that achieved huge box-office success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable all-star casts attempt to survive life or death situations. The plot concerns the struggle for ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, rough, bad ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, end of the world, earthquake, catastrophe, danger, chaos, national guard, love triangle, daring rescue, save the day, infidelity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
61K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. However, Jack has reached a crossroads as the sacrifices he's made have put him in ...
Style:
sincere, sad, touching, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
firefighter, death of protagonist, fire department, friendship, rescue, disaster, fire, firefighting, funeral, redemption, friend, building collapse ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, avalanche, rescue, ski, natural disaster, catastrophe, survival, ski resort, adaptation, winter, danger, skating ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
antarctic, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve at Tower Sky, an ultra-luxurious building complex, a White Christmas party is held to dazzle its equally high-end tenants and VIP guests. Dae-ho, the manager of the building and single father, is forced to cancel plans with his ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, christmas horror, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, skyscraper, catastrophe, firefighter, fire, tower, rescue, christmas, trapped, danger, survival, save the day ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seoul, south korea, korea, asia
Similarity:
100%
274K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
Style:
intense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, catastrophe, survival, forces of nature, tsunami, danger, earthquake, end of the world, daughter, father daughter relationship, happy ending ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
california, san francisco, los angeles, peru, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.
Style:
suspense, psychological, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, disaster, terrorist, air disaster, aviation, terrorism, vietnam war, hijacking, airplane accident, survival, sergeant, crash ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, russia, moscow russia, soviet union ...
Similarity:
100%
8K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Terror strikes the underground train system in Moscow in the form of a flood from a collapsed tunnel. The film follows a diverse group of Moscow citizens who find themselves trapped in the city’s underground rail network, their train derailed and ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, exciting, action thriller, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tunnel, subway, flood, disaster, panic, danger, survival, chaos, train, group of strangers, chaos and mayhem, asthma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
100%
145K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
epidemic, plague, virus, quarantine, bio weapon, monkey, catastrophe, disaster, medical, infection, deadly virus, disease ...
Time:
jurassic, future, 60s, year 1967, 90s ...
Place:
africa, utah, northern california, usa, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A fire breaks out in the Berlin Fernsehturm (Radio Tower) trapping several people in the restaurant and observation deck at the top. A team of firefighters, including a disgraced former member, rush to the rescue as chaos erupts among the trapped.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fire, danger, survival, race against time, daring rescue, evacuation, confined, heroes, restaurant, elevator, disaster, fire brigade ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
1.0M
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking ...
Style:
intense, christmas special, clever, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, date night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
hostage, one man army, gunfight, heist, tough guy, christmas, police, terrorism, terrorist, skyscraper, robbery, police officer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 2016, year 1988
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the ...
Style:
sad, factual, touching, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, disaster, firefighter, twin towers, 9/11, terrorist, war on terror, natural disaster, medieval, rescue, al qaeda, heroes ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, north america, middle east, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
underwater, submarine, nuclear submarine, rescue, drowning, daring rescue, survival, heroes, save the day, danger, tough heroes, ocean ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
pentagon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
Style:
psychotronic, cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, hotel, resort, ranch, escape, pandemic, survival, infidelity, love affair, trapped, wiretap ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
"Something hit us...the crew is dead...help us, please, please help us!" With these terrifying words, 22 of Hollywood's greatest stars find themselves aboard a pilotless jumbo jet headed on a collision course with destruction in the ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychotronic, psychological, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
airplane, airport, catastrophe, aviation, disaster, airplane accident, survival, natural disaster, flying, stewardess, death, mountain ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, washington d.c., salt lake city utah, usa, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle while taking VIPs and valuable art to Philip Stevens new museum. But when hijackers take off the plane and knock everyone out with sleeping gas the plane crashes in the sea. The passengers survive but a ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, rescue, airplane, airport, underwater, airplane accident, aviation, frogman, bermuda triangle, hijacking, airplane hijack, natural disaster ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, 80s
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The last of the 'Airport' series again stars George Kennedy as aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni, this time having to contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps!
Style:
psychological, cult classic, fast, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, aviation, airport, airplane, natural disaster, air disaster, arms dealer, survival, terrorism, murder, airplane accident, missile ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 80s
Place:
europe, france, alps, washington d.c., paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The plot is about a guile young terrorist who is able to blackmail a series of companies by placing home-made radio controlled bombs within the central attraction of amusement parks; roller coasters. The young man played by Timothy Bottoms gives a ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, intense, talky, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
amusement park, disaster, terrorism, terrorist, murder, police investigation, conspiracy theory, natural disaster, psychopath, law enforcement, master criminal, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
virginia, richmond virginia, chicago, pittsburgh, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
459
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dillan Johansen is a disorganized transit authority supervisor suffering from a serious personal tragedy. Dillan's bravery is put to the test the day a major earthquake hits Los Angeles and traps Dillan in an underground tunnel with a handful ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
subway, disaster, survival, heroes, confined, rescue, save the day, escapades, danger, race against time, isolation, forces of nature ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, scotland, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, ...
Style:
breathtaking, suspense, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
natural disaster, catastrophe, disaster, volcano, volcanic eruption, apocalypse, survival, mayor, small town, mountain, coffee, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
washington state
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, detective ...
Plot:
disaster, aviation, natural disaster, zeppelin, terrorist, gestapo, conspiracy, world war two, nazi, technology, investigation, flying ...
Time:
1930s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1937, future ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, europe, new york, frankfurt germany ...
Similarity:
100%
81K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who ...
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
survival, disaster, natural disaster, race against time, tunnel, trapped, rescue, catastrophe, taxi driver, fire, self sacrifice, loss of loved one ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
19%
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144K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychotronic, anamorphic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
skyscraper, heroism, penthouse, terrorism, protective parent, disaster, ex soldier, fire, panic, courage, terrorist, survival ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, minnesota
Similarity:
67%
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%
24K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
airport, disaster, airplane, aviation, bomb, airplane accident, passenger, natural disaster, survival, danger, panic, stewardess ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
chicago, rome italy, minnesota, detroit, milwaukee wisconsin ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychotronic ...
Plot:
disaster, fire, firefighter, revenge, arson, natural disaster, trapped, rescue, fire brigade, city, explosions, firefighting ...
Time:
year 1979
Similarity:
28%
788
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Hoping to make a killing on the insurance money, oil refinery owner Wendell Mays decides to burn the place to the ground. His greed endangers the lives of the entire town as the fireball creates a spreading inferno threatens to engulf the entire ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
firefighter, firefighting, fire, hospital, law enforcement, danger, police investigation, chaos, fire brigade, evacuation, disaster, oil refinery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
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:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and time of when the long awaited earthquake--"The Big One"--will strike southern California. With this information, she ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, earthquake, natural disaster, climate, apocalypse, hitman, assassination attempt, battles, warning, danger, politics, save the day ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
27%
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