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The Quake (2018)
16K
Original name: Skjelvet
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo, Norway.
Style:
suspense, breathtaking, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, action thriller, absurd, tragic, whimsical, disaster movie
Plot:
disaster, catastrophe, earthquake, geologist, natural disaster, destruction, demolished city, kids in trouble, saving a life, teenager, distopia, angry, hotel, elevator, tunnel, blood, death of father, death of wife, death of mother, urban setting, geology, country, family, disaster film, crimes
Time:
1900s
Place:
oslo norway
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Most similar movies to The Quake
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, tense and exciting films with plots about natural disaster, disaster, catastrophe, survival, danger, apocalypse and destruction mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Quake: The Wave (2015), The Tower (2012), The Tunnel (2019), The 12 Disasters of Christmas (2012), The Burning Sea (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
46K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based on the fact that mountain party Åkneset, located in the Geiranger fjord in Norway, one day will race out and create a violent tsunami of over 80 meters that will crush everything in its path before it hits land in Geiranger. A geologist gets ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, road movie, feel good, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, disaster, tsunami, landslide, geologist, hotel, destiny, stupidity, flood, evacuation ...
Time:
80s, year 2015
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%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a truck crashes inside a tunnel, people on their way home for Christmas are brutally trapped in a deadly fire. With a blizzard raging outside, and the first responders struggling to get to the accident, it's every man for himself.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, tunnel, danger, disaster, rescue, life & death, catastrophe, hopes, car accident, confined, youth, christmas ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 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, small town, chaos and mayhem, escapades, coming of age, xmas, natural disaster, teenage girl, catastrophe, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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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%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
disaster, oil rig, sea, catastrophe, north sea, ocean, submarine, oil industry, natural disaster, trapped, mission, trap ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
For 5 billion years the Earth's core has operated like a giant, nuclear reactor. Now it's overheated, melting down like a bomb that's about to explode. The earth is being ripped apart at the seams and beneath LA, pressure is building. ...
Style:
psychotronic, exciting, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, natural disaster, weather, survival, race against time, love, demolished city, global warming, destruction, evacuation, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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, criminal, subway, apocalypse, police detective, building collapse, destruction, buried alive, police, death of boy, teacher ...
Place:
empire state building manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Stagnant since 1903, at an elevation of 9000', a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, action packed
Plot:
disaster, volcano, natural disaster, inter-korean relations, heroic mission, forces of nature, volcanic eruption, earthquake, cataclysm, peril, race against time, self sacrifice ...
Time:
1900s, 2010s
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A stolen seismic weapon is activated in Yemen. A hostage freed there tries in vain to warn against its global effect. It starts seismic activity at the Californian fault line where her daughter and ex are monitoring it. Can they stop it?
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing, action adventure ...
Plot:
natural disaster, catastrophe, disaster, humanity in peril, heroes, super weapon, survival, tsunami, vestiges of humanity, forces of nature, society, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
29%
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:
50%
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, exciting ...
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, earthquake, destruction, animal attack, african american, building collapse, helicopter crash, survival, danger, race against time, chaos and mayhem ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
28%
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:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A helicopter pilot and an environmental scientist lead a exodus of survivors in a search for a safe haven after a catastrophic tectonic event causes the crust of the earth to break apart.
Style:
psychotronic, disturbing, tense, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, destruction, fear, escapades, survival, humanity in peril, heroes, pilot, evacuation, forces of nature, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
28%
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:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human. When a master computer program, ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, robot, computer program, danger, destruction, military, society, chaos and mayhem, humanity in peril, distopia, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a volcano expert becomes convinced that a cataclysmic natural disaster is about to unfold, a volcanologist Professor John Shepherd and his graduate students believes that recent unexplainable volcanic activity as all of the volcanoes in the ...
Style:
tension, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, volcano, apocalypse, natural disaster, catastrophe, destruction, survival, fear, doom, evacuation, threat, lava ...
Similarity:
27%
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:
26%
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:
26%
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:
26%
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:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Massive earthquakes open the Arabian tectonic plate, resulting in unstable weather and freezing temperatures that will be unsurvivable by nightfall. Attempting to reach safety, a vacationing family in Egypt must battle the rapidly cooling ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tense, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
disaster, earthquake, forces of nature, climate change, danger, escapades, snow, pyramid, natural disaster, apocalypse, holiday, snowstorm ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
egypt, middle east, cairo egypt
Similarity:
26%
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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:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
When a breakthrough in global defense malfunctions, the result is a fireball four times the size of Earth streaking toward the planet. As fires blaze and panic spreads, a renegade scientist comes to the world’s rescue.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense, disturbing
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, race against time, solar flare, heroes, global warming, society, danger, catastrophe, survival, chaos and mayhem, evacuation ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Los Angeles is about to be hit by a devastating earthquake, and time is running out to save the city from imminent danger.
Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, earthquake, natural disaster, apocalypse, industry, chaos, survival, chaos and mayhem, scientist, science, problem, death ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
26%
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, bad weather, disaster, tornado, aftermath, gay relationship, rescue, race against time, small town, hiding place, survival, family relations ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
25%
87K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, Mike ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, intense, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, volcano, catastrophe, survival, forces of nature, race against time, lava, teenage girl, fire, panic, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
future, year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Bulgaria, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
It begins on a glacier nestled on a frozen peak high in the wild Ural Mountains of Russia, kissed by clouds, the top of the world. A lonely, forbidding place, it's home to THOM CUSSLER and brother, JOCK, a pair of transplanted westerners ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, danger, save the day, race against time, rescue, catastrophe, mountain, profanity, village, heroic mission ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
25%
986
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
As a rogue planet roars through our solar system, it acts as an intergalactic magnet that pulls Earth in its wake. Meteors destroy major cities. Fire and ice storms engulf the land. Casualties are in the millions. And as the situation grows even ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, exciting, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, apocalypse, meteorite, destruction, asteroid, secret agenda, one last chance, nuclear bomb, husband wife relationship, contingency plan, fate of humanity ...
Similarity:
25%
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