Volcano movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant volcano movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, exciting, serious, tense, suspense and realistic films and TV shows about / with volcano, natural disaster, catastrophe, danger, volcanic eruption, disaster, survival, forces of nature, escapades and apocalypse plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as volcano: Dante's Peak (1997), Volcano (1997), Nature Unleashed: Volcano (2005), Supervolcano (2005), Ring of Fire (2012), Ashfall (2019), Volcano: Fire on the Mountain (1997), Geo-Disaster (2017), Miami Magma (2011), Skyfire (2019).
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107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, ...
Style:
breathtaking, suspense, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
natural disaster, catastrophe, disaster, volcano, volcanic eruption, apocalypse, survival, mayor, small town, mountain, coffee, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
washington state
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87K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, Mike ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, intense, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, volcano, catastrophe, survival, forces of nature, race against time, lava, teenage girl, fire, panic, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
future, year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While on assignment covering a volcanic eruption journalist Russell Woods' life is shattered when his wife is killed in the ensuing carnage. Grieving he travels to the small village in Italy where she was born. There he is followed by a curious ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary
Plot:
volcano, natural disaster, danger, forces of nature, riddles and clues, destiny, small town, survival, mass death, disaster, psionic power, volcanic eruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, europe, italy
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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
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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 ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
disaster, volcano, natural disaster, oil refinery, survival, danger, escapades, forces of nature, humanity in peril, chaos and mayhem, storm, chaos ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Stagnant since 1903, at an elevation of 9000', a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, action packed
Plot:
disaster, volcano, natural disaster, inter-korean relations, heroic mission, forces of nature, volcanic eruption, earthquake, cataclysm, peril, race against time, self sacrifice ...
Time:
1900s, 2010s
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea
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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
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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: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When an offshore-drilling rig in the Gulf bursts into flames and sinks, Antoinette Vitrini (Rachel Hunter) - a beautiful and insightful volcanologist - investigates the area with startling results. Confirming her theory that a long-dormant ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, volcano, save the day, family relations, chaos, escapades, race against time, danger, forces of nature, destruction, corporate greed, natural disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
miami, florida, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Tianhuo Island is a beautiful paradise. It almost makes people forget that it is located in the "Ring of Fire", the world-famous Pacific Rim volcanic belt. Young geologist Li Xiaomeng brings her team here to develop the first volcanic ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, exciting, independent film, suspense ...
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, female warrior, resort, catastrophe, island, father daughter relationship, fire, volcano, mountain, lava, destruction ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a former Special Ops commando visits Pompeii, his wife and daughter are trapped as Mt. Vesuvius erupts with massive force. While his family fights to survive the deadly onslaught of heat and lava, he enlists his former teammates in a daring ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, mockbuster, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
volcano, tourist, daring rescue, forces of nature, family in danger, chaos and mayhem, escapades, heroes, disaster, rescue mission, lava, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, naples italy, napoli italy, pompeii
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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, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Illegal experimentation accidentally rips open a previously unknown hidden magma reserve directly under Manhattan!
Style:
suspenseful, rough, tense, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
volcano, save the day, danger, rescue, experiment gone awry, natural disaster, survival, chase, chases and races, forces of nature, conspiracy, disaster ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa, san francisco, new york
Is relevant?
633
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
An exploration into the various ways in which, within the circumstances of one day, civilisation could be brought to an abrupt end..
Style:
tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
volcano, disaster, natural disaster, epidemic, black hole, experiment, apocalypse, destruction, danger, chaos, catastrophe, meteorite ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa, europe, middle east, atlantic ocean
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a super-volcano threatens the island of Hawaii, a team of rescue and disaster experts who are called in to help must race against the clock to save those in the path of the molten lava and stop the volcano for good.
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
disaster, volcano, natural disaster, rescue, lava, island, salvation, rescue mission, lifeguard, rescue attempt, tropical island, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii, pacific ocean
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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
Is relevant?
122K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a ...
Style:
exciting, epic, period piece, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, roman empire, ancient history, arena, roman, gladiator, save the lady, slave, volcano, tsunami, volcanic eruption ...
Time:
1st century, ancient times, middle ages, year 2014, 2010s ...
Place:
pompeii, italy, europe, britain, london ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A fatal explosion and sudden earthquake rock Los Angeles, and reporter John Benson seizes his chance to cover the breaking news of increasing seismic activity.
Style:
action adventure, brutal, disturbing, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
asthma, volcanic eruption, survival, death, danger, fear, apocalypse, volcano, natural disaster, reporter, trauma, lava ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A historical drama documentary depicting the eruption of Krakatoa volcano in 1883. The volcano was located in the Sunda strait in Indonesia and its eruption resulted in tsunami, rains of coals and ash, and ended with a very hot tsunami. The eruption ...
Style:
realistic, tense, historical drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
volcano, natural disaster, disaster, tsunami, volcanic eruption, cataclysm, tragic event, nature, historical event, survivor, mass death, seafaring ...
Time:
1880s, 19th century
Place:
indonesia
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
The Fruitties is a community of peaceful and cheerful fruits and vegetables that live in a supposedly inactive volcano. One day the rumble of the volcano announces its approaching eruption and forces them to look for a new home. During the search, ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
children, volcano, forest, equality, friendship, teamwork, entertainment, adventurer, jungle adventure, adventure hero, journey, generosity ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Giant lava breathing tarantulas – Lavalantulas – erupt out of ancient volcanos in the Santa Monica Mountains, raining death and destruction upon Los Angeles. With the City of Angels on the verge of incineration, only a washed up ‘90s action ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, natural horror, tense ...
Plot:
spider, creature, giant spider, volcano, chaos, monster, creature feature, supernatural, save the day, survival, escapades, family in danger ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 361 min.
TV show
Story:
A year after a subglacial volcano erupts, mysterious elements from prehistoric times emerge from the melting ice, bringing unforeseen consequences.
Style:
mysterious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
volcanic eruption, volcano, small town, survival, mysticism, struggle for survival, afterlife, cold, riddles and clues, city, ice, snow ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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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
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20 and ends with its eruption on May 18, 1980
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, volcano, survival, darkness, climate, evacuation, journalism, danger, escapades, society, racism ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
oregon, washington state
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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
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Lara Winslet is an expert geologist in volcanology. She is together with her team of work on a volcano to conduct surveys. One day Lara decides to stay a little longer to finish an exam and she remains alone. Returning, she has an accident, falling ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, existential, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
volcano, trapped, accident, isolation, loneliness, reflection, female protagonist, survival, geologist, claustrophobia, character study, desperation ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A volcanic eruption in Iceland sends a glacier towards North America, causing everything in it's path to freeze. A family man struggles to escape the onslaught of the coming ice age.
Style:
mockbuster, hilarious, apocalyptic, independent film, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ice age, disaster, natural disaster, glacier, winter, ecological disaster, snow, climate change, frozen, volcano, blizzard, catastrophe ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his female co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.
Style:
romantic, cult classic, sweet, surreal, humorous ...
Plot:
terminal illness, self discovery, millionaire, manic pixie dream girl, lost at sea, love story, life & death, summer vacation, island, couples, fall in love, surrealism ...
Place:
fictional island, new york, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
TV show
Story:
On a holiday to Mt Tarawera, teenager Jenny finds an odd shard of metal. In this third episode of the kids sci-fi series she meets its owner: 'Drom' — a survivor of an alien mission to deactivate a planet-annihilating space gun (aka ...
Style:
suspense
Audience:
kids
Plot:
alien, volcano, extraterrestrial, children, artifact, friendship, danger, waking up, teamwork, teenager, coming of age, survivor ...
Place:
new zealand, pacific ocean
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This made-for-TV film version uses the title and general premise of Jules Verne's novel, but had its heroes carry out the journey in an earth-penetrating machine. A television series was supposed to follow, but was never produced. Cast includes ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending, psychotronic
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, escapades, adventurer, daring rescue, obsessive quest, inventions and discoveries, legends and myths, forces of nature, curses spells and rituals, imaginary kingdom, scientist, volcano ...
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