Disaster Films
by j-penny | created - 28 Nov 2017 | updated - 28 Nov 2017 | PublicThe good, the bad, and the ugly in Earth shattering disaster flicks!
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1. San Andreas (2015)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue his daughter.
Director: Brad Peyton | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Colton Haynes
Votes: 256,590 | Gross: $155.19M
2. Deep Impact (1998)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.
Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 190,310 | Gross: $140.46M
3. Dante's Peak (1997)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A volcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second-most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that a nearby long-dormant volcano may awaken at any moment.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley
Votes: 98,309 | Gross: $67.13M
4. Twister (I) (1996)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Two storm chasers on the brink of divorce must work together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.
Director: Jan de Bont | Stars: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz
Votes: 213,481 | Gross: $241.72M
5. Geostorm (2017)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate starts to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock for its creator to uncover the real threat before a worldwide Geostorm wipes out everything and everyone.
Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 118,405 | Gross: $33.70M
6. Volcano (1997)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles and a city official and a seismologist try to stop its inevitable flow through the city.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle
Votes: 81,527 | Gross: $49.32M
7. 10.5 (2004)
Unrated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Stars: Kim Delaney, Fred Ward, Ivan Sergei, Dulé Hill
Votes: 4,023
8. 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
169 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A massive earthquake creates a chain of events that threaten two of the largest nuclear reactors.
Stars: Kim Delaney, Dean Cain, David Cubitt, Oliver Hudson
Votes: 2,758
9. Night of the Twisters (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Drama, Family
The residents of a small town come face to face with a deadly and unpredictable series of tornadoes. Among them is one boy struggling to keep his family safe in the dangerous weather.
Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Devon Sawa, Amos Crawley, John Schneider, Lori Hallier
Votes: 2,465
10. Daylight (1996)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya
Votes: 76,703 | Gross: $33.02M
11. The Perfect Storm (2000)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane
Votes: 177,861 | Gross: $182.62M
12. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok
Votes: 475,887 | Gross: $186.74M
13. Armageddon (1998)
PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler
Votes: 450,645 | Gross: $201.57M
14. 2012 (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet
Votes: 397,731 | Gross: $166.11M
15. Into the Storm (2014)
PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Storm trackers, thrill-seekers, and everyday townspeople document an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes touching down in the town of Silverton.
Director: Steven Quale | Stars: Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Matt Walsh, Max Deacon
Votes: 71,492 | Gross: $47.60M
16. Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004 TV Movie)
Unrated | 175 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Three tornadoes converge to wreak havoc on Chicago, disrupting the power grid and creating the worst super-storm in history: a category 6 twister.
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Thomas Gibson, Nancy McKeon, Chandra West, Brian Markinson
Votes: 2,695
17. Asteroid (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 122 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to ... See full summary »
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Michael Biehn, Annabella Sciorra, Zach Charles, Don Franklin
Votes: 2,123
18. Ring of Fire (2012)
Drama, Sci-Fi
When an oil rig causes a volcanic eruption in a small town, it's just the first in a trigger effect called the Ring of Fire that stretches across the globe. If these cataclysmic series of ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Vartan, Terry O'Quinn, Ian Tracey, Brian Markinson
Votes: 984
19. This Is the End (2013)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Six Los Angeles celebrities are stuck in James Franco's house after a series of devastating events just destroyed the city. Inside, the group not only have to face the apocalypse, but themselves.
Directors: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen | Stars: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel
Votes: 434,786 | Gross: $101.47M
20. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
R | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Director: Lorene Scafaria | Stars: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Melanie Lynskey, Patton Oswalt
Votes: 118,756 | Gross: $6.62M
21. The Core (2003)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Bruce Greenwood
Votes: 107,286 | Gross: $31.19M
22. The Finest Hours (2016)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Drama, History
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana
Votes: 70,645 | Gross: $27.57M
23. Deepwater Horizon (2016)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, History
A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin, James DuMont
Votes: 182,286 | Gross: $61.43M
24. Only the Brave (2017)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire.
Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connelly
Votes: 77,330 | Gross: $18.34M
25. The Impossible (2012)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Oaklee Pendergast
Votes: 243,978 | Gross: $19.02M
26. Pompeii (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Votes: 116,608 | Gross: $23.22M
27. Sunshine (2007)
R | 107 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A team of international astronauts is sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 267,329 | Gross: $3.68M
28. Hours (2013)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
A father struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Director: Eric Heisserer | Stars: Paul Walker, Genesis Rodriguez, Nancy Nave, Shane Jacobsen
Votes: 30,818
29. 40 Days and Nights (2012)
TV-PG | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a colossal tectonic shift causes the sea level to start rising, a microbiologist gathers the DNA of as many species as she can, while the military creates an "ark" in a desperate attempt to preserve life on Earth.
Director: Peter Geiger | Stars: Alex Carter, Monica Keena, Alex Arleo, Alex Ball
Votes: 2,455
30. Supervolcano (2005 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
A volcano in Yellowstone Park suddenly erupts.
Director: Tony Mitchell | Stars: Michael Riley, Gary Lewis, Shaun Johnston, Adrian Holmes
Votes: 2,520
31. Age of Ice (2014 Video)
TV-14 | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When sudden and massive earthquakes open the Arabian tectonic plate, the result is unstable weather and freezing temperatures that will be unsurvivable by nightfall. Attempting to reach ... See full summary »
Director: Emile Edwin Smith | Stars: Barton Bund, Bailey Spry, Jules Hartley, Owais Ahmed
Votes: 2,507
32. 100 Degrees Below Zero (2013 Video)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a chain of volcanic eruptions rips through Europe, the enormous ash cloud blocks out the sun, plunging the continent into a new ice age. An American couple must find their kids and get them out of Paris before it freezes over.
Director: Richard Schenkman | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Sara Malakul Lane, Marc Ewins, John Rhys-Davies
Votes: 2,391
33. Without Warning (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Sci-Fi
3 fragments of an asteroid hit USA, China and France. The events are covered by TV news reports. More meteors come. Is it natural events or alien aggression?
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Sander Vanocur, Jane Kaczmarek, Bree Walker, Dwier Brown
Votes: 1,491
34. Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction (2006 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama
A documentary on the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait of Indonesia, bringing tsunamis, rains of pumice and ash, and a deadly flow of hot steam, sulfuric acid, and ash. More than 36,000 died; survivors had bad burns.
Director: Sam Miller | Stars: Rupert Penry-Jones, Olivia Williams, Kevin McMonagle, Ramon Tikaram
Votes: 841
35. Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Gilmore | Stars: Xander Berkeley, Amy Jo Johnson, David O'Donnell, George R. Sheffey
Votes: 983
36. Impact (2009)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A luminary crashes on the moon, causing to change its orbit and head straight toward Earth. With less than 40 days, scientists are in a desperate race to launch a lunar mission that will save both planets from mutual destruction
Stars: David James Elliott, Natasha Henstridge, Benjamin Sadler, Florentine Lahme
Votes: 3,590
37. Polar Storm (2009 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A comet passes near the Earth and disturbs Earth's magnetic field.
Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Jack Coleman, Holly Elissa, Tyler Johnston, Terry David Mulligan
Votes: 1,845
38. Storm Cell (2008 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Storm chaser April, whose parents died in a twister during her childhood, must warn her brother and his unsespecting town of a massive storm heading their way before he meets the same fate.
Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Mimi Rogers, Robert Moloney, Andrew Airlie, Ryan Kennedy
Votes: 850
39. Deep Core (2000)
PG-13 | 80 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The future of Earth is in question when a strange reaction deep beneath its surface causes a massive rupture in the planet's inner structure.
Director: Rodney McDonald | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Terry Farrell, Bruce McGill, Harry Van Gorkum
Votes: 1,330
40. 500 MPH Storm (2013)
TV-PG | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When an energy experiment goes haywire, a rash of massive hurricanes rips across North America. A scientist must get his family to safety before the hurricanes merge, creating a "hypercane" with the power to wipe America off the map.
Director: Daniel Lusko | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Michael Beach, Sarah Lieving, Bryan Head
Votes: 2,363
41. Earthquake (2016)
101 min | Drama
Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR, 1988. 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.
Director: Sarik Andreasyan | Stars: Konstantin Lavronenko, Mariya Mironova, Viktor Stepanyan, Tatev Hovakimyan
Votes: 2,399
42. The Wave (2015)
R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Although anticipated, no one is really ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.
Director: Roar Uthaug | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande
Votes: 42,756 | Gross: $0.18M
43. Pandora (2016)
Not Rated | 136 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The explosion of a nuclear power plant caused by an earthquake leads to a disaster which no one other than its workers can stop from spreading further.
Directors: Jeong-woo Park, Jong-woo Park | Stars: Kim Nam-gil, Kim Joo-Hyun, Jung Jin-young, Kim Yeong-ae
Votes: 8,578
44. Solar Attack (2006 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When the sun's increasing expulsions of plasma threaten to ignite methane in our atmosphere, international tensions rise while scientists race for a solution to avoid natural disaster.
Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Joanne Kelly, Kevin Jubinville, Sugith Varughese
Votes: 1,159
45. Volcano: Fire on the Mountain (1997 TV Movie)
PG | 96 min | Action, Drama
A USGS scientist attempts to convince his boss and the residents of Angel Falls, California that a nearby volcano is about to erupt.
Director: Graeme Campbell | Stars: Dan Cortese, Cynthia Gibb, Don S. Davis, Lynda Boyd
Votes: 755
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