Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "volcanologist"

1. 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: 98,491 | Gross: $67.13M

2. Fire of Love (2022)

PG | 98 min | Documentary, Biography

Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded.

Director: Sara Dosa | Stars: Miranda July, Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Roland Haas

Votes: 14,464

3. Encounters at the End of the World (2007)

G | 99 min | Documentary

Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Scott Rowland, Stefan Pashov, Doug MacAyeal

Votes: 19,268 | Gross: $0.94M

4. Into the Inferno (2016)

104 min | Documentary

An exploration of active volcanoes around the world.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Clive Oppenheimer

Votes: 9,979

5. The Deep (2010)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A research submarine beneath the Arctic stumbles upon a terrifying secret with earth-shattering consequences.

Stars: James Nesbitt, Orla Brady, Goran Visnjic, Minnie Driver

Votes: 1,470

6. Supergator (2006 Video)

87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An American geologist is monitoring a local volcano when the Supergator, a prehistoric alligator recreated from fossilized DNA, escapes from a secret bio-engineering research center.

Director: Brian Clyde | Stars: Brad Johnson, Kelly McGillis, Bianca Lawson, Mary Alexandra Stiefvater

Votes: 1,001

7. The Burning Dead (2015)

Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A sheriff must rescue an estranged family from a mountain during a volcano eruption and fight off a horde of lava-filled zombies brought to life by a curse.

Director: Rene Perez | Stars: Danny Trejo, Thomas Downey, Moniqua Plante, Nicole Carmela

Votes: 821

8. The White Sister (1923)

143 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman becomes a nun when she believes her sweetheart has been killed, then things get complicated when he returns alive.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Lillian Gish, Ronald Colman, Gail Kane, J. Barney Sherry

Votes: 540 | Gross: $0.66M

9. The Riddle of Pompeii (2000 TV Movie)

50 min | Documentary

This documentary attempts to reconstruct the 24 August 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius hour by hour. By using the latest evidence from volcanology.

Director: Gary Johnstone | Stars: Lucy Briers, Haraldur Sigurdsson

Votes: 20

10. Raging Planet (1997– )
Episode: Volcano (1997)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary

Every volcano has its own personality. This program visits several to display their diverse behavior and dangers.

Director: Mick Rhodes | Star: Randall Lee Rose

Votes: 20

11. Power Rangers DinoThunder (2004)
Episode: Isn't It Lava-ly (2004)

TV-Y7-FV | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Elsa discovers that there is a dormant volcano under the city and unearths it with the help of an old friend of Dr. Oliver. The rangers must fight him as a monster which proves to be quite a challenge.

Director: Paul Grinder | Stars: James Napier Robertson, Kevin Duhaney, Emma Lahana, Jason David Frank

Votes: 64

12. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Firewalker (1994)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

At a remote outpost, scientists watch as their camera picks up a moving shadow on the inside of a smoldering hot volcano, too hot for any living creature to survive. Mulder and Scully arrive and notice that everyone is acting strangely.

Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Bradley Whitford, Leland Orser

Votes: 4,821

13. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Volcano Under the City (2005)

TV-G | Documentary

Volcanologists climb into the caldera of Mount Nyiragongo, an active and unstable volcano, to collect samples the will help determine when, where and how it is likely to erupt next. Two ... See full summary »

Directors: Antoine de Maximy, Jackie Mow, Caroline Wrinch | Stars: Rosa Flores, Neil Ross

Votes: 19

14. Un Noël, une vie (1981–1982)
Episode: Haroun Tazieff (1981)

16 min | Short, Talk-Show

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Director: Philippe Jamain | Stars: Marc Menant, Haroun Tazieff

15. Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers (1990– )
Episode: Science Italian Style (1995)

TV-PG | Documentary

Leaning Tower of Pisa; All in the Family - Species Conservation; Long Distance Doc - remote surgery; Spineless But Smart - Octopus; Eruption!; Where's the Matter? - Dark Matter; Renaissance Era Machines

Star: Alan Alda

16. National Geographic Specials (1965– )
Episode: In the Shadow of Vesuvius (1987)

Documentary, History

Documentary explores the history surrounding the destruction of Pompeii and its inhabitants in 79 A.D. by the volcano Vesuvius.

Stars: Robert Foxworth, Sara C. Bisel

Votes: 12

17. I-Witness (1999– )
Episode: Buhay sa Danger Zone (2011)

TV-14 | Documentary

Taal Volcano is among the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes, and it is acting up again. Howie Severino and his team enter the danger zone on the island to see what could be ... See full summary »

Director: Jazel Kristin Villamarin | Stars: Howie Severino, Ester Matienzo, Conrado 'Rading' Andal, Allan R. Loza

18. James May: Our Man in... (2020–2024)
Episode: God's Apology (2022)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy

James explores the sunny shores of Sicily where cultures collide under Mount Etna's shadow. He experiences timeless pleasures - chopping statue bits, canoe polo, bagpipes.

Directors: Bill Bailey, Tom Whitter | Stars: James May, Claudia Traina

Votes: 234

19. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: 10 People Whose Bodies Were Never Retrieved (2022)

10 min | Documentary

Most of us live normal lives, who will have normal funerals when it's our time. Others like to live more extreme. In some cases, their final resting places are in such dangerous terrain, that it's best to just leave them there.

Star: Simon Whistler

20. Earthstorm (2022– )
Episode: Volcano (2022)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary

From Iceland to Central America to Italy, experts take an in-depth look at four imposing volcanoes, each bigger, potentially deadlier, and more explosive than the last.

Director: James Morgan | Stars: David Calvo Fernández, Christopher Hamilton, Eveling Espinoza Jaime, Kristín Jónsdóttir

Votes: 153

21. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Guadeloupe (2010)

Documentary

Beginning of the journey in Saint-François: on the beach a Guadaloupean man is singing a creole song dedicated to the brave Guadaloupean men who joined the General de Gaulle in 1940: it's ... See full summary »

Director: Alain Goury | Star: Sophie Jovillard

22. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Hidden Volcano Abyss

TV-PG | Documentary

Geologists investigate the January 2022 volcanic eruption that rocked the Pacific islands of Tonga and sent shock waves around the world.

Director: Duncan Bulling | Stars: Mercer Boffey, Ana Akauola, Jose Borrero, Shane Cronin

23. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Chili, l'esprit nature (2023)

88 min | Documentary

Beginning of the journey in Valparaiso: Jérôme has taken a funicular railway and has arrived at a terrace where he meets the chef Cristian Gomez: they enjoy the panorama (the Pacific Ocean,... See full summary »

Director: Erwan Loussot | Star: Jérôme Pitorin

24. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Spéciale La Réunion: l'île des sens (2022)

88 min | Documentary

A nice journey from Saint-Denis (the meeting with Sophie Massieu) to the paragliding flight over the lagoon with Thibaut Chaigneau and Gildas Ben passing by Saint-Paul (the market, Olga ... See full summary »

Director: Franck Poirier | Stars: Sophie Jovillard, Sophie Massieu

25. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Guadeloupe, l'île de coeur (2016)

Documentary

Beginning of the journey in Pointe-Noire: Sophie meets Christophe Wachter, a moped collector and she rents the famous "Mobylette" of the trade mark "Motobécane"" to move on the island: at ... See full summary »

Director: Pascal Villa | Star: Sophie Jovillard

26. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Nero's Sunken City (2017)

TV-14 | 55 min | Documentary, History, War

Baiae was a favorite vacation spot for ancient Rome's elite including emperors like Nero. Not unlike Pompeii, everything was allowed there. Then one day, this coastal town sank into the sea. Today, scientists slowly uncover its secrets.

Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Kevin Dicus, Candace Rice, Jerry Toner

Votes: 53

27. Drain the Oceans (2018– )
Episode: Deadly Pacific (2018)

TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

Under the Pacific Ocean lies a vast area known as the Ring of Fire where 75% of the world's volcanoes lie and 90% of earthquakes occur. Evidence show that its seismic activity could destroy Japan, North America and New Zealand one day.

Director: John Hyde | Stars: Russell Boulter, Craig Sechler, Leland O'Driscoll, David Yamaguchi

Votes: 81

28. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Philippines, l'Archipel aux mille couleurs (2017)

90 min | Documentary

We see a great diversity of landscapes and activities: tourism, religious celebration, cockfight, music and volcanoes. About tourism: the place of El Nido on Palawan island: meeting with ... See full summary »

Director: Pascal Villa | Star: Raphaël de Casabianca