| Apollo 13 (1995) | 7.7 | |
| Gravity (2013) | 7.7 | |
| Jericho (2006) | 7.9 | |
| Pompeii (2014) | 5.5 | |
| Armageddon (1998) | 6.7 |
Disaster movies and TV shows – page 5
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, avalanche, rescue, ski, natural disaster, catastrophe, survival, ski resort, adaptation, winter, danger, skating ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
antarctic, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A fractured family, caught in a deadly lightning storm, is forced to come together to save their lives.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, serious, intense ...
Plot:
disaster, storm, husband and wife, mountain biking, struck by lightning, divorce, cell phone, lightning, survival, vacation, junkyard, weatherman ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A storm is coming. No one could predict it. No one can measure it. Now one family must survive it. You can't come in from the cold.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, freeze to death, ice age, warning, winter, rescue, environmental, research, environment, frozen, laboratory, space ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
alaska, usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
death, supernatural, life & death, survival, supernatural horror, characters killed one by one, danger, disaster, destiny, group of friends, psychic power, near death experience ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, year 2003, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An unexplained, local split in the atmosphere causes a series of total unpredictable, yet devastating tornadoes. Rookie fireman Brian Flynn gets trapped in the underground sewage with his girlfriend, deputy mayor James 'Jim' Lawrence and ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, surprise ending, apocalyptic, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, chaos and mayhem, weatherman, couple relations, global warming, forces of nature, save the day, evacuation, escapades, rescue, ecological disaster, danger ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
As the permafrost melts in Alaska, underground rivers of volatile liquid methane form which sets off a series of devastating earthquakes. Forced apart by this violent occurrence, one family must find each other during the holidays and work to stop ...
Style:
tense, captivating, apocalyptic, christmas horror, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, avalanche, forces of nature, earthquake, one man army, winter, save the world, survival, danger, daring rescue, family in danger, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tom Merrick (Van Dien) works as a TV reporter when he's nearly killed in an accident while informing about a fire in the Evanston power plant. The sight of a creepy-looking man leaving the place accidentally saves his life, when he was meant to ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, psychotronic, surprise ending
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, disaster, time loop, time machine, alternate timeline, die hard, social commentary, journalism, special agent, chases and races, danger, mysterious character ...
Time:
future
Place:
washington d.c., usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A freak weather system turns its deadly fury on New York City, unleashing a Sharknado on the population and its most cherished, iconic sites - and only Fin and April can save the Big Apple.
Style:
humorous, suspense, exciting, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
disaster, shark, creature, killer shark, natural disaster, eaten alive, runaway, monster, chaos, danger, chaos and mayhem, heroes ...
Time:
year 2014, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, north america, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A seemingly-harmless snow globe unleashes a devastating winter storm on a peaceful mountainside community, prompting one family on a race to save their town from certain destruction. As night falls on Christmas Eve, the Miller family finds a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
christmas, disaster, small town, natural disaster, snow, forces of nature, chaos, save the day, winter, danger, weather, xmas ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alaska
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1.0M
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatization of the true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
Style:
dark, atmospheric, harsh, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
radiation, nuclear power plant, nuclear holocaust, nuclear reactor, disaster, radiation poisoning, save the day, nuclear explosion, salvation, abandoned city, evacuation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
year 1986, 2010s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
chernobyl, ussr, soviet union, ukraine, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
INTER SCI climatologist Dr. David Kotzman has evidence that a shift in the Earth's polarity triggered the last Ice Age...in a single day. Now, it's happening again, and there's no time to escape. As the temperature plummets, Miami is ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, natural disaster, survival, save the world, rescue, save the day, forces of nature, race against time, husband wife relationship, winter, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future
Place:
miami, usa, florida, new york
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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, suspenseful, exciting, rough, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, survival, chaos, save the world, forces of nature, end of the world, danger, post apocalypse, autism, tsunami, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jamie Marshall (Kelly McGillis) is a "storm chaser" who, having lost her husband in a crash after his plane was struck by lightning, recklessly throws herself into her work. Sent by her boss to Colorado to investigate the cause of a ...
Style:
sinister, tense, suspense, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
disaster, tornado, natural disaster, twister, female protagonist, science gone wrong, revenge, grief, investigation, apocalypse, small town, heroine ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
colorado
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Riley is a math genius who is fascinated by math and the universe; his mom is a woman just trying to...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
disaster, save the planet, danger, prodigy, escapades, destiny, inventions and discoveries, solar flare, evil businessman, laboratory, rivalry, natural disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but no one believes them.
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
disaster, comet, asteroids and comets, cadet, astronomer, elopement, governor, newspaper office, rivalry, space and aliens, save the world, confined ...
Time:
70s
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When Quinn, a grouchy pilot living the good life in the South Pacific, agrees to transfer a savvy fashion editor, Robin, to Tahiti, he ends up stranded on a deserted island with her after their plane crashes. The pair avoid each other at first, ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sexy, cute, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
island, survival, stranded, jungle, desert island, love and romance, opposites attract, battle of the sexes, disaster, couples, initially antagonists, fall in love ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hawaii, tahiti, fictional island, pacific ocean, usa ...
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145K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
epidemic, plague, virus, quarantine, bio weapon, monkey, catastrophe, disaster, medical, infection, deadly virus, disease ...
Time:
jurassic, future, 60s, year 1967, 90s ...
Place:
africa, utah, northern california, usa, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A massive asteroid impact on the moon begins causing storms on earth due to the sudden changes in ocean tides. But when further examination is conducted it's discovered that the moon's structure is now entirely unstable -- threatening all ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, race against time, danger, chaos, heroes, ocean, space shuttle, astronomer, male female relationship, dystopia, doom ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
colorado, chicago, boston, baltimore, florida ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A scientist (Gerald McRaney) perfects a tornado-warning system and tries to convince residents of a nearby town that a deadly twister is approaching.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, tension
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, weather, death threat, catastrophe, social problems, struggle for survival, small town, scientist, danger, man versus nature, twister ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mayhem and death follow when an earthquake traps a group of tourists in a Chilean town.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disaster, forces of nature, survival, chaos, profanity, danger, violence spree, escapades, earthquake, gory, brutality, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile, latin america, santiago chile
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The sharks take bite out of the East Coast when the sharknado hits Washington, D.C. and Orlando, Florida.
Style:
parody, bloody, absurd, surreal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
disaster, shark, shark attack, president, space shuttle, creature feature, catastrophe, amusement park, fish, animal attack, natural disaster, space ...
Place:
washington d.c., orlando florida, florida, north america, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio and navigation equipment disabled, he sails unknowingly into a violent storm and ...
Style:
harsh, reflective, touching, suspenseful, philosophical ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
survival, boat, survivor, storm, loneliness, isolation, ocean, ship, desperation, human spirit, sea, forces of nature ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, tear jerker
Plot:
nuclear power plant, disaster, nuclear holocaust, tragedy, panic, small town, survival, workplace situations, save the day, workplace, virus outbreak, nuclear fallout ...
Place:
south korea, korea, indiana, busan
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the beautiful underwater reefs off the coast of Florida's pastoral Pajaro Island, a fissure rips open in the ocean floor. When graduate student Greg Chambers encounters the seismic readings, he rushes to tell his professor, Anthony ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, harsh, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
disaster, survival, earthquake, resort, graduate student, small town, catastrophe, burned alive, ocean, professor, city, coastal town ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Overwhelmed by a disastrous lightning storm that his son predicted, a man must learn to trust his son in order to save his family and the whole community.
Style:
serious, captivating, suspense, independent film
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, natural disaster, survival, save the day, family relations, forces of nature, danger, rescue, parents and children, small town, heroes ...
Place:
missouri, usa
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a ...
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, atmospheric, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
time travel, disaster, time warp, scientist, airplane crash, investigation, airplane, robot, time paradox, female warrior, aviation, paradox ...
Time:
future, year 1989, year 1963, distant future
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to earth. It is deflected but so ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, semi serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, survival, race against time, danger, heroes, law enforcement, escapades, chaos, police detective, forces of nature, chases and races, journalism ...
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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
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Earth's magnetic poles begin reversing, David Terran, the only scientist who predited the possibility of such a sci-fi disaster, must join forces with his estranged friend and lover to save the world. Though his writings found mass ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, apocalyptic
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, friendship, race against time, save the world, heroes, danger, escapades, best friend, redemption, forces of nature, scientist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When an energy experiment goes haywire, a rash of massive hurricanes rips across North America. A high school science teacher must get his family to safety before the hurricanes merge, creating a "hypercane" with the power to wipe the US ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, mockbuster
Plot:
hurricane, disaster, tornado, storm, experiment, scientist, natural disaster, destruction, mass destruction, military, save the day, family in danger ...
Place:
usa
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