| Jericho (2006) | 7.9 | |
| Titanic (1997) | 8.0 | |
| The Stand (1994) | 7.1 | |
| Pompeii (2014) | 5.5 | |
| Armageddon (1998) | 6.7 |
Disaster movies and TV shows – page 4
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.
Style:
apocalyptic, road movie, suspenseful, tense, grindhouse ...
Plot:
disaster, end of the world, father in law son in law relationship, journey, volcano, murder, road trip, post apocalypse, dystopia, distopia, survival, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seattle, chicago, minnesota, usa
Is relevant?
24K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
airport, disaster, airplane, aviation, bomb, airplane accident, passenger, natural disaster, survival, danger, panic, stewardess ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
chicago, rome italy, minnesota, detroit, milwaukee wisconsin ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disaster, ship, ocean liner, sinking ship, rescue, terrorist, natural disaster, plutonium, race against time, cruise, shootout, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 80s, future
Place:
san francisco
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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
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The plot is about a guile young terrorist who is able to blackmail a series of companies by placing home-made radio controlled bombs within the central attraction of amusement parks; roller coasters. The young man played by Timothy Bottoms gives a ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, intense, talky, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
amusement park, disaster, terrorism, terrorist, murder, police investigation, conspiracy theory, natural disaster, psychopath, law enforcement, master criminal, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
virginia, richmond virginia, chicago, pittsburgh, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
334K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from ...
Style:
factual, realistic, inspirational, suspense, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, boys' night
Plot:
astronaut, nasa, survival, space travel, moon, disaster, rescue, space program, space exploration, race against time, trapped in space, against the odds ...
Time:
70s, year 1970, 20th century, year 1969, 60s ...
Place:
houston texas, usa, north america, texas, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The last of the 'Airport' series again stars George Kennedy as aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni, this time having to contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps!
Style:
psychological, cult classic, fast, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, aviation, airport, airplane, natural disaster, air disaster, arms dealer, survival, terrorism, murder, airplane accident, missile ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 80s
Place:
europe, france, alps, washington d.c., paris france ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the ...
Style:
sad, factual, touching, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, disaster, firefighter, twin towers, 9/11, terrorist, war on terror, natural disaster, medieval, rescue, al qaeda, heroes ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, north america, middle east, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, natural horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, bee, race against time, panic, small town, survival, military, antidote, plague, scientist, hallucination ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
texas, houston texas, latin america, austin texas
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two girls from the Valley wake up to find that a passing comet has eradicated their world and left behind a mysterious red-dust and a pack of cannibal mutants. With the help of a friendly truck driver, the girls save the earth from a villainous ...
Style:
scary, black comedy, parody, cult classic, christmas horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, disaster, zombie, mad scientist, end of the world, survival, radio station, nightmare, teenage girl, sister sister relationship, teenager, dystopia ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, san diego california
Is relevant?
102K
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
While struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, a young woman finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators.
Style:
suspense, natural horror, slasher, scary, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
animal attack, trapped, disaster, survival, flood, alligator, creature feature, natural disaster, hurricane, survival horror, crocodile, killer animal ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
florida
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychotronic ...
Plot:
disaster, fire, firefighter, revenge, arson, natural disaster, trapped, rescue, fire brigade, city, explosions, firefighting ...
Time:
year 1979
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a super cyclone threatens the entire American eastern seaboard, a lone meteorologist and a petroleum engineer must battle the elements to stop the threat.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, mockbuster
Plot:
disaster, tornado, forces of nature, danger, heroes, evacuation, chases and races, escapades, lava, chase, partner, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, detective ...
Plot:
disaster, aviation, natural disaster, zeppelin, terrorist, gestapo, conspiracy, world war two, nazi, technology, investigation, flying ...
Time:
1930s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1937, future ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, europe, new york, frankfurt germany ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear powered bus is making it's maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down on ...
Style:
road movie, parody, spoof, absurd, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bus, disaster, sabotage, road trip, veterinarian, priest, nuclear power, bowling, old woman, rescue, singer, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
70s, year 1976
Place:
new york, colorado, usa, tokyo
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to ...
Style:
scary, demonic, suspense, religious horror, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disaster, swamp, apocalypse, supernatural, small town, religion, danger, save the world, occult, sacrifice, devil, satanic cult ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, usa, egypt
Is relevant?
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, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, apocalyptic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, freezing, survival, ecological disaster, forces of nature, demolished city, natural disaster, solar eclipse, save the world, obsessive quest, evacuation, chaos ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
seattle, tasmania, usa, australia
Is relevant?
32K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two million fish washed ashore. One thousand blackbirds dropped from the sky. On July 4, 2009 a deadly menace swept through the quaint seaside town of Claridge, Maryland, but the harrowing story of what happened that Independence Day has never been ...
Style:
mockumentary, frightening, suspenseful, horrifying, medical horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
parasite, infection, found footage, disaster, water, virus, ecological disaster, disease, plague, infected, epidemic, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, maryland, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Based on the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976 that took the lives of 240,000 people.
Style:
sincere, serious, emotional, psychological, factual ...
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, family reunited, parents and children, haunted by the past, adoption, moral dilemma, redemption, family in crisis, family tragedy, presumed dead, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
china, canada, east asia, asia
Is relevant?
1.4M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, touching, sentimental, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
titanic, love story, disaster, love, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, love and romance, ocean, fall in love, tragic love, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1997, edwardian era, 90s ...
Place:
atlantic ocean, britain, iran, nova scotia, america ...
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219K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. ...
Style:
classic horror, dark, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
bird, bird attack, disaster, paranoia, animal attack, killer animal, small town, lawyer, unsolved mystery, seagull, teacher, creature feature ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s
Place:
california, san francisco, bay area
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Man-sik and Yeon-hee, are unsure as to whether they can overcome past wounds and continue being a couple. Dr. Kim, who cautions against a possible mega-tsunami at Haeundae, collapses in agony springing from an unexpected turn-up of his daughter and ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, tear jerker ...
Plot:
tsunami, lifeguard, disaster, forces of nature, natural disaster, demolished city, race against time, danger, post apocalypse, death of mother, survival, apocalypse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, busan, south korea, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full scale exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, ...
Style:
futuristic, harsh, apocalyptic, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot:
cold war, nuclear war, apocalypse, catastrophe, nuclear explosion, disaster, nuclear bomb, nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, dystopia, radiation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
80s, future, distant future, 20th century
Place:
usa, kansas, soviet union, kansas city, ussr ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The Cassandra Crossing is an all-star disaster spectacular telling of the terrifying odyssey of 1000 doomed passengers trapped aboard a plague-infested train. A terrorist infected with a deadly virus boards the Stockholm to Geneva Express and ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, tense, intense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, train, terrorism, race against time, plague, survival, railway, train crash, quarantine, undercover, train wreck, disease ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
poland, europe, switzerland, germany, geneva switzerland ...
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
246K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Iceland, USA, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one ...
Style:
realistic, scenic, dramatic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
survival, mountain climbing, mountain, mountaineer, natural disaster, disaster, snow, stranded, forces of nature, frostbite, tragedy, wilderness ...
Time:
year 1996, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
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