| Earthquake (1974) | 5.9 | |
| The Stand (1994) | 7.1 | |
| Armageddon (1998) | 6.7 | |
| The Perfect Storm (2000) | 6.5 | |
| Deep Impact (1998) | 6.3 |
Disaster movies and TV shows – page 3
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
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, christian film, biblical, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, christian, belief in god, hopes, chaos, parents and children, supernatural, airplane, journalism, danger, propaganda ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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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
Is relevant?
462K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
monster, giant monster, godzilla, dinosaur, disaster, creature, kaiju, catastrophe, military, mutant, deadly creature, chaos ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, year 2014, 2010s, year 1999 ...
Place:
japan, hawaii, san francisco, tokyo, honolulu hawaii ...
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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
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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
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Australia, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s ...
Style:
scenic, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
survival, ocean, ship, sea, boat, disaster, man versus nature, starvation, whale, whaling, shipwreck, hunting ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, 1820s ...
Place:
ecuador, pacific ocean, new england, america, massachusetts ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The average citizen Dong-won and his family move into a house bought after years of hard work. Filled with happiness, he invites his colleagues for a housewarming party, but the heavy rain during the night before creates a gigantic sinkhole, and in ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
disaster, trap, flood, survival, neighbor, struggle for survival, flooding, neighbor neighbor relationship, apartment building, evil, house, father son relationship ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A brother and sister are torn apart when their parents die tragically in a tornado. While he moves to Seattle to be away from the memory, she devotes her life to studying storms and weather patterns. When she discovers the threat of a powerful ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, hurricane, tornado, natural disaster, danger, race against time, forces of nature, escapades, storm, save the day, fleeing, apocalypse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., seattle
Is relevant?
61K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States.
Style:
captivating, apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, mysterious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, disaster, small town, danger, chaos, nuclear holocaust, post nuclear, conspiracy, distopia, leadership ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
kansas, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Nebraska farm community is plagued by a storm with a series of tornadoes acting against normal patterns...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
kids
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, tornado, bad weather, weather, youth, old lady, apocalypse, climate, family relations, small town life, small town ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
Is relevant?
250K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, date night, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, tornado, catastrophe, twister, weatherman, divorce, survival, nature, hurricane, forces of nature, storm ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, north america, usa
Is relevant?
329K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, medical horror, bleak, clever ...
Plot:
virus, pandemic, epidemic, deadly virus, infected, infection, death, quarantine, plague, survival, disaster, medical ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, year 2000, distant future, future ...
Place:
hong kong, minnesota, san francisco, california, bay area ...
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the seeds from the original Garden of Eden are carelessly released into today's toxic climate, the plant is transformed by our contaminated environment into a writhing mass of foliage that wreaks havoc over earth.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, ecological disaster, save the world, forces of nature, danger, chaos, escapades, inventions and discoveries, experiment gone awry, environmentalist, heroes, creature feature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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 ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
disaster, catastrophe, skyscraper, rescue, natural disaster, race against time, survival, firefighter, evacuation, trapped in a building, trapped, fire ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
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 ...
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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.
Is relevant?
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 ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use ...
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, cold war, nasa, race against time, asteroid, space station, astrophysicist, scientist, astronaut, apocalypse, 007 ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, russia, switzerland, france, usa ...
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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, disturbing, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, sea, boat, end of the world, scientist, flooding, adaptation, hopes, danger, society, heroes ...
Time:
future, year 2017
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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 ...
Is relevant?
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, disturbing, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot:
disaster, tornado, natural disaster, solar flare, scientific experiment, uncontrollable, father son relationship, death, destruction, evacuation, society, human existence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france
Is relevant?
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, scary, exciting, apocalyptic, independent film
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, volcano, natural disaster, volcanic eruption, apocalypse, youth, destiny, danger, epidemic, threat, tsunami, lightning ...
Place:
los angeles
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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
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have ...
Style:
sexy, bleak, suspense, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
end of the world, disaster, cold war, nuclear bomb, newspaper, chaos, natural disaster, apocalypse, science, race against time, danger, nuclear ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, distant future, 20th century, future ...
Place:
london, england, russia, europe, moscow russia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Firefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted killer Earl Shaye, who escaped from the prison with several of his inmates posing as firefighters to ...
Style:
anamorphic, cliffhanger, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, prison, firefighter, fire, natural disaster, hostage, forest fire, survival, fire brigade, fugitives, violence, terrorist ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
wyoming
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
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
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