Movies like City on Fire 2009
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City on Fire (2009)
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Original name: Heat Wave
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
When a sudden, unexplained rise in local temperatures threatens to turn Los Angeles County into a parched, lifeless desert, one scientist must put her theories to the test in a desperate effort to prevent the catastrophe.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, danger, forces of nature, save the day, escapades, catastrophe, scientist, apocalypse, heroes, chases and races, heat wave, firefighter, desert, beach, thunderstorm, redhead, drone, englishman abroad, benefactor, car trouble, babe scientist, countdown, wildfire, race against time ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
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Most similar movies to City on Fire
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, exciting and tense films with plots about danger, disaster, catastrophe, heroes, natural disaster, escapades and race against time mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like City on Fire: Seattle Superstorm (2012), Storm War (2011), Firequake (2014), NYC: Tornado Terror (2008), Landslide (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A series of freak weather occurrences around Washington D.C. reunites two estranged brothers who are the sons of a once prestigious climate scientist. One of them suspects their father is behind it and upon further investigation, they discover that ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
disaster, storm, chaos, chaos and mayhem, escapades, danger, save the day, family relations, disorder, siblings relations, parents and children, forces of nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An unexplained, local split in the atmosphere causes a series of total unpredictable, yet devastating tornadoes. Rookie fireman Brian Flynn gets trapped in the underground sewage with his girlfriend, deputy mayor James 'Jim' Lawrence and ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, surprise ending, apocalyptic, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, chaos and mayhem, weatherman, couple relations, global warming, forces of nature, save the day, evacuation, escapades, rescue, ecological disaster, danger ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When the dam in the town of Rutland starts to show signs of wear. David Powell, the architect who originally worked on the dam but was removed and who left town after he was black balled by Walker, the man who only cares about making a profit; ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dam, disaster, danger, daring rescue, save the day, race against time, rescue, survival, escapades, mentally unstable, forces of nature, natural disaster ...
Similarity:
37%
379
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Manhattan fireman Mark Decker visits, for the first time, his Steven in his ex Emma's new apartment in one of her dad Donald Richardson's development estates, at the foot of Diamand-back Mountain. But Don's ambitious executive Stewart ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, danger, father son relationship, rescue, disaster, save the day, escapades, race against time, pregnancy, chases and races, natural disaster, landslide ...
Place:
manhattan new york city
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In Rutland, Vermont, Forestry Service supervisor Dan Blanchard and his wife Dr. Christy Blanchard hope life will return to normal now a transplant liver is expected for their brave son Jason (12). Daughter Marie was ordered to bring Jason to perform ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, suspense
Plot:
disaster, escapades, forces of nature, child illness, against the odds, danger, survival, heroes, daring rescue, save the day, race against time, one man army ...
Place:
usa, vermont
Similarity:
33%
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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:
32%
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:
31%
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:
31%
480
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
A firefighter pilot blames himself for the death of his previous colleagues and gets a new assignment with a raging forest fire in Portland, Oregon, that has the whole city in jeopardy.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, forest fire, forces of nature, survival, save the day, heroes, hidden identity, disorder, danger, apocalypse, natural disaster, firefighter ...
Place:
usa, oregon, portland oregon
Similarity:
31%
476
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 166 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, chases and races, heroes, escapades, danger, natural disaster, fear, apocalypse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, oklahoma, berlin germany
Similarity:
29%
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:
29%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A brilliant meteorologist returns to his hometown in Oklahoma to try to stop the biggest tornado ever.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
save the day, haunted by the past, environmentalism, forces of nature, escapades, race against time, danger, laboratory, father daughter relationship, homecoming, natural disaster, disaster ...
Place:
oklahoma, usa, portland oregon
Similarity:
28%
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:
28%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start popping up, but ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, mockbuster ...
Plot:
volcano, natural disaster, disaster, survival, chaos and mayhem, heroes, danger, dystopian future, optimism, escapades, chases and races, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Earth's magnetic poles begin reversing, David Terran, the only scientist who predited the possibility of such a sci-fi disaster, must join forces with his estranged friend and lover to save the world. Though his writings found mass ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, apocalyptic
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, friendship, race against time, save the world, heroes, danger, escapades, best friend, redemption, forces of nature, scientist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a commercial airliner is trapped within a ring of erupting volcanoes, the passengers and crew must find a way to survive - without landing.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, mockbuster ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, airplane, save the day, survival, danger, spouse in danger, heroes, forces of nature, military, volcano, aeroplane, aircraft ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, hawaii
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Digging at a nearby cave, a careless industrialist unearths a vein of pure base Lithium and inadvertently brings it to the surface, where the Lithium combusts when coming into contact with water and begins to wreak havoc on the country side.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, chaos, save the day, danger, race against time, forces of nature, escapades, heroes, heroic mission, chaos and mayhem, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, burned alive ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
27%
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, serious, suspenseful, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, rescue, escapades, danger, forces of nature, volcano, time travel, apocalypse, catastrophe, lava, threat ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
radical, terrorism, nuclear holocaust, political conspiracy, terrorist bombing, terrorist plot, firefighter, save the day, secret agent, counter terrorism, danger, race against time ...
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
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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:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a series of strange earthquakes hit California, a seismologist named Kimberly Stevenson is sent to the Angeles Forest to investigate the epicenter. This might prove to be her biggest task so far, but also the one that will bring her renown. She ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, race against time, chases and races, mysterious character, escapades, danger, frame up, rescue, isolation, wilderness, disaster, catastrophe ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
25%
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, nuclear power plant, race against time, danger, heroes, natural disaster, nuclear reactor, friends, apocalypse, weather, bad weather ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tennessee, usa
Similarity:
25%
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:
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Lithuania, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An earthquake destroys a Russian Nuclear Power plant.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, earthquake, natural disaster, save the day, daring rescue, danger, race against time, forces of nature, nuclear power plant, violent content, chases and races, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, russia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
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:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
disaster, volcano, natural disaster, lava, volcanic eruption, pregnant woman, mountain, forces of nature, chaos and mayhem, resort, evacuation, chaos ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Riley is a math genius who is fascinated by math and the universe; his mom is a woman just trying to...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
disaster, save the planet, danger, prodigy, escapades, destiny, inventions and discoveries, solar flare, evil businessman, laboratory, rivalry, natural disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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