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Shockwave: Countdown to Disaster (2017)
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Shockwave: Countdown to Disaster (2017)
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: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic, action adventure, disaster movie
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, catastrophe, heroes, humanity in peril, super weapon, survival, end of the world, tsunami, youth, earthquake, storm, flood, death, volcanic eruption, rescue, family relations, conspiracy theory, destruction, escapades, society, chaos, demolished city, danger, forces of nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa

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Most similar movies to Shockwave: Countdown to Disaster

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, suspense and exciting films with plots about disaster, apocalypse, natural disaster, danger, end of the world, chaos and survival mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Shockwave: Countdown to Disaster: San Andreas Mega Quake (2019), Left Behind (2014), CAT. 8 (2013), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Oceans Rising (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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San Andreas Mega Quake (2019)
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, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Plot: disaster, earthquake, natural disaster, demolished city, death, fire, survival, apocalypse, violence, humanity in peril, vestiges of humanity, end of the world ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Left Behind (2014)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish during the rapture and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction.
Style: serious, exciting, tense, suspenseful, biblical ...
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, apocalypse, airplane, chaos, parents and children, supernatural, christian, religions or cults, journalism, heroes, danger ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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100%
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CAT. 8 (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 180 min.
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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: tense, exciting, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, race against time, heroes, evacuation, chaos, survival, apocalypse, society, danger, forces of nature, global warming ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
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, suspenseful, exciting, entertaining, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, end of the world, catastrophe, apocalypse, climate change, post apocalypse, environmental, climate, cataclysm, survival, stranded ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, future, 20th century, distant future ...
Place: new york, los angeles, washington d.c., california, antarctic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Oceans Rising (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A scientist builds a massive ark after his warnings of an Earth-destroying flood are ignored. But when it's evident the disaster will occur, those who maligned the scientist now turn to him in desperation, boarding the ark and seeking his ...
Style: apocalyptic, exciting, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, end of the world, boat, scientist, sea, hopes, danger, adaptation, society, destiny, heroes ...
Time: future, year 2017
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100%
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Geo-Disaster (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A chunk of dark matter shoots right through earth, causing various worldwide disasters. A family in Los Angeles struggles to survive the ordeal.
Style: bleak, exciting, scary, apocalyptic
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: disaster, volcanic eruption, natural disaster, volcano, apocalypse, danger, youth, destiny, threat, epidemic, lightning, tsunami ...
Place: los angeles
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100%
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2022 Tsunami (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 18 years on from the devastating impact of 2004's tsunami, the world still fights to come to terms with this devastating environmental disaster. Little does humanity know that it is about to face the ultimate peril; a monumental death wave ...
Style: intense, serious, suspenseful, exciting
Plot: tsunami, natural disaster, disaster, environmental, forces of nature, apocalypse, chaos, save the world, evacuation, demolished city, rescue, warning ...
Time: future
Place: bangkok thailand, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.1
 530
Firequake (2014)
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, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, disturbing
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, fire, humanity in peril, chaos, rescue, danger, chaos and mayhem, survival, death, destruction, forces of nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Global Meltdown (2017)
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, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, destruction, fear, heroes, survival, escapades, humanity in peril, danger, race against time, human existence, demolished city ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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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
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59%
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Stormageddon (2015)
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, suspenseful, exciting, tense, disturbing
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, robot, computer program, danger, chaos and mayhem, chaos, flood, military, rescue, air disaster, evacuation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
End of the World (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: As mass of solar storms causes tsunamis, volcanoes, and flooding, a city-dwelling family attempts to flee to the relative safety of a group of high-elevation caves several miles away.
Style: captivating, tense, apocalyptic, exciting, intense ...
Plot: disaster, end of the world, flood, survival, evacuation, danger, rescue, chaos, forces of nature, destruction, escapades, demolished city ...
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 ⇓
53%
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Category 5 (2014)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After a family survives Hurricane Katrina, there is another storm but this one is much worse.
Style: tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, apocalypse, stormy night, storm, death, sea disaster, survival, drowning, society, rescue, chaos and mayhem ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Collision Earth (2020)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A large meteor shower unexpectedly bombards planet Earth. Scientists rush to the scene of the first impact and the race is on to find a solution to save humanity.
Style: tense, exciting, psychotronic, disturbing, futuristic ...
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, meteorite, meteor shower, asteroid, scientist, military, end of the world, race against time, survival, humanity in peril, civilization ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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LA Apocalypse (2015)
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, suspenseful, exciting, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: disaster, apocalypse, earthquake, natural disaster, weather, survival, race against time, destruction, demolished city, escapades, danger, forces of nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 2.6
 714
Fire Twister (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When a mysterious orb of light strikes a deep water oil rig, the massive explosion erupts into a ball of flames creating a swirling mass of clouds and fire. As the twister begins to move ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, disturbing
Plot: tornado, natural disaster, disaster, apocalypse, firefighter, timebomb, fire, death, chaos and mayhem, heroes, danger, chaos ...
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 3.3
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Crystal Skulls (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A millionaire philanthropist collects the famous Chrystal Skulls trying to tap into their ancient powers. It is up to a team lead by a college professor whose father disappeared searching for the 13th skull to save the world when the first 12 skulls ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense
Plot: natural disaster, distopia, apocalypse, archaeology, ancient, save the world, foreknowledge, humanity in peril, survival, human existence, prophecy, forces of nature ...
Place: vienna
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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40 Days and Nights (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When a colossal tectonic shift causes the sea level to start rising, a microbiologist gathers the DNA of as many species as she can, while the military creates an "ark" in a desperate attempt to preserve life on Earth.
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, mockbuster, independent film
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, mass destruction, save the day, survival, chaos and mayhem, chaos, danger, chases and races, forces of nature, escapades, scientist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa
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48%
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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
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47%
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Impact Earth (2015)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A former NASA asteroid tracker discovers a looming asteroid collision that could send it on a collision-course with Earth. Because he made a wrong call ten years earlier that cost him his career, nobody at NASA will listen to him when he starts ...
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: disaster, fear, heroes, earth, death, end of the world, survival, race against time, humanity in peril, destruction, family relations, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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47%
Jack's Apocalypse (2015)
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: An addict ex-politician whose life has spiraled out of control finds redemption when challenged with keeping his sister-in-law and niece alive during the apocalypse.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Plot: disaster, addiction, redemption, survival, junkie, danger, death, soldier, chaos and mayhem, destruction, forces of nature, evacuation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Metal Tornado (2011)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The HELIOS PROJECT is a high tech facility tasked with storing and converting solar rays into an endless supply of renewable energy. After years of research and millions of dollars, it is now time to test the system out.
Style: apocalyptic, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: disaster, tornado, natural disaster, scientific experiment, uncontrollable, father son relationship, solar flare, death, evacuation, destruction, humanity in peril, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france
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46%
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10.0 Earthquake (2014)
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, survival, chaos, chaos and mayhem, scientist, science, problem, death ...
Time: 2010s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
4 Horsemen: Apocalypse (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A small team of scientists must race against time to stop what seems to be a cascade of global disasters signaling the possible apocalypse and end of days.
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, dramatic, harsh ...
Plot: helicopter, storm, forest, volcano, earthquake, soldier, rescue, scientist, disaster, natural disaster, end of the world, apocalypse ...
Place: brazil
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100%
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2012 (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of ...
Style: exciting, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, natural disaster, catastrophe, tsunami, destruction, forces of nature, humanity in peril, cataclysm, human existence, race against time ...
Time: future, year 2009, 2010s, near future, year 2010 ...
Place: las vegas, los angeles, british columbia, mount everest, pasadena california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Arctic Apocalypse (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A massive influx of glacial melting triggers a new ice age in the Northern Hemisphere, forcing a family to make their way across the ice-covered landscape before they are frozen out for good.
Style: disturbing, exciting, intense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: ice age, natural disaster, disaster, forces of nature, arctic, survival horror, struggle for survival, destruction, family relations, cold, cold the temperature, husband and wife ...
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 3.9
 4K
Arctic Blast (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When a solar eclipse sends a colossal blast of super chilled air towards the earth, it then sets off a catastrophic chain of events that threatens to engulf the world in ice and begin a new Ice Age.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, freezing, forces of nature, ecological disaster, natural disaster, solar eclipse, ice age, save the world, survival, climate change, evacuation, chaos ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: seattle, tasmania, australia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
100 Degrees Below Zero (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After freak climate and weather events destroy the world around them, a group of rogue scientists attempt to reverse the deadly new ice age.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: disaster, climate change, natural disaster, forces of nature, rescue, chaos, danger, escapades, volcano, snow, evacuation, scientist ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: europe, iceland, usa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 ⇓
43%
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