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Ring of Fire (2012)
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
When an oil rig causes an eruption in a small town, it's just the first in a series that could affect the dangerous Ring of Fire that contains most of the world's volcanoes. If these cataclysmic eruptions cannot be stopped, the Earth could be headed for an extinction level event.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, disaster movie
Plot:
disaster, volcano, natural disaster, oil refinery, survival, escapades, danger, forces of nature, humanity in peril, apocalypse, storm, destruction, global warming, chaos, demolished city, evacuation, race against time, chaos and mayhem, human existence, mine, cell phone, riot, protest, end of the world, volcanic eruption ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Ring of Fire
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, exciting, tense and suspense films and TV series with plots about disaster, danger, natural disaster, apocalypse, catastrophe, race against time and chaos mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like Ring of Fire: CAT. 8 (2013), Super Eruption (2011), Global Meltdown (2017), San Andreas Mega Quake (2019), LA Apocalypse (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
100%
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:
100%
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:
57%
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:
54%
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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:
50%
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:
47%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
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, heroes, save the world, forces of nature, danger, global warming, catastrophe, chaos and mayhem, society, humanity in peril ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
46%
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:
46%
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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:
45%
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:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When a big storm in the Netherlands and Begium comes down should prime minister Hans Kreuger the order taking: Can we evacuate four million people? But the storm can login deflect and the evacuation of civilians, hospitals and prisons takes sure 4 ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, intense, serious
Plot:
natural disaster, warning, disaster, storm, family relations, government, demolished city, life philosophy, forces of nature, panic, race against time, evacuation ...
Place:
netherlands
Similarity:
45%
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, tense, captivating
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, climate change, forces of nature, rescue, chaos, danger, escapades, volcano, evacuation, scientist, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
iceland, europe, usa, paris france
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Aftermath is a four-part 2010 documentary television series created by History Television Canadian station, airing in the United States on the National Geographic Channel, and produced by Cream Productions.
Aftermath consists of a series of ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, thought provoking, scary ...
Plot:
disaster, society, human existence, apocalypse, global warming, destruction, humanity in peril, chaos, geology, demolished city, sea disaster, flood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Armenia, Russia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After the devastating Spitak earthquake of December 7th, Konstantin Berezhnoy, a 50-year-old Russian, and Robert Melkonyan, a 28-year-old Armenian, work together to rescue the desperate survivors.
Style:
psychological, touching, tense, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, earthquake, catastrophe, survival, rescue, demolished city, humanity in peril, society, chaos and mayhem, human existence, death ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
armenia, caucasus, soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
43%
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:
43%
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:
43%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
TV show
Story:
Somewhere on the outskirts of our solar system, the unthinkable occurs. A giant asteroid collides with a smaller one and changes direction - headed directly toward The Earth. The burning meteor rain that beats down with devastating force, is only a ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
disaster, comet, small town life, save the world, natural disaster, chaos and mayhem, race against time, contests and competitions, danger, father daughter relationship, meteorite, survival ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
42%
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, suspense, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Plot:
natural disaster, meteorite, asteroid, meteor shower, scientist, race against time, military, survival, humanity in peril, disaster, destruction, evacuation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
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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:
42%
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:
41%
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, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
tornado, natural disaster, apocalypse, disaster, firefighter, fire, death, chaos and mayhem, storm, danger, race against time, survival ...
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story:
A jolted West Coast deals with the deadly aftereffects of a massive tremor in this sequel to the disaster drama 10.5. Concerned that a widening fault line may set off two nuclear reactors, seismologist Samantha Hill (Kim Delaney) contacts the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
earthquake, natural disaster, disaster, apocalypse, rescue, chaos, race against time, save the day, danger, escapades, forces of nature, survival ...
Place:
texas, oregon, las vegas, usa, south dakota ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
TV show
Story:
An earthquake reaching a 10.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, strikes the west coast of the U.S. and Canada. A large portion of land falls into the ocean, and the situation is worsened by aftershocks and tsunami.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, earthquake, survival, danger, save the day, race against time, government agency, heroic mission, forces of nature, building collapse, evacuation ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, california, seattle
Similarity:
40%
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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:
40%
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:
40%
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:
39%
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:
tense, captivating, apocalyptic, exciting, intense ...
Plot:
flood, end of the world, disaster, survival, destruction, forces of nature, chaos, rescue, evacuation, danger, race against time, society ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
39%
885
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 21st Century, terrorists have developed a new way to strike: disease. Not only have they created a deadly Level Four Ebola virus, their first victim is the President of the United States. The virus is particularly contagious and is spreading. ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak, intellectual
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
quarantine, bio weapon, terrorism, save the day, survival, chaos, state affairs, danger, undercover, plague, antidote, infection ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
39%
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, tornado, hurricane, natural disaster, heroic mission, survival, lightning, chaos, forces of nature, race against time, journalism, danger ...
Time:
future
Place:
las vegas, usa, chicago
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Japan sinks! Proving once again that Japan will never cease to find inventive ways to destroy itself on screen, this summer's blockbuster Sinking of Japan brings apocalypse through tectonics. Based on Sakyo Komatsu's best-selling novel, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, action thriller
Plot:
disaster, tsunami, race against time, rescue, escapades, leadership, danger, head of state, love affair, chaos, chases and races, forces of nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
39%
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