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Movies: Best "disaster movie" Movies

A disaster film or disaster movie is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device. Such disasters may include natural disasters, accidents, military/terrorist attacks or global catastrophes such as a pandemic. A subgenre of action films, these films usually feature some degree of build-up, the disaster itself, and sometimes the aftermath, usually from the point of view of specific individual characters or their families or portraying the survival tactics of different people. These films often feature large casts of actors and multiple plot lines, focusing on the characters' attempts to avert, escape or cope with the disaster and its aftermath. The genre came to particular prominence during the 1970s with the release of high-profile films such as Airport (1970), followed in quick succession by The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Earthquake (1974) and The Towering Inferno (1974). The casts are generally made up of familiar character actors. Once the disaster begins in the film, the characters are usually confronted with human weaknesses, often falling in love and almost always finding a villain to blame. The films usually feature a persevering hero or heroine (Charlton Heston, Steve McQueen, etc.) called upon to lead the struggle again... ()

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San Andreas(2015)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 4,050 votes)

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.

Alive(1993)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 7min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 622 votes)

The amazing, true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.

Godzilla(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 3min | Action, Drama, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 4,047 votes)

Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.

2012(2009)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 38min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
2.9/5 (with 5,505 votes)

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

Poseidon(2006)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 38min | Adventure, Action, Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 994 votes)

A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.

10.0 Earthquake(2014)

1h 28min | Drama, Adventure, Action
2.5/5 (with 52 votes)

Los Angeles is about to be hit by a devastating earthquake, and time is running out to save the city from imminent danger.

The Day After Tomorrow(2004)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 4min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 3,758 votes)

After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.

The Hurricane Heist(2018)

1h 43min | Action, Crime, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 449 votes)

Thieves attempt a massive heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches one of its Mint facilities.

Deepwater Horizon(2016)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 47min | Drama, Action
3.4/5 (with 2,038 votes)

A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Deep Impact(1998)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h | Action, Drama, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 1,340 votes)

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.

Into the Storm(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 29min | Action, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 953 votes)

As a new day begins in the town of Silverton, its residents have little reason to believe it will be anything other than ordinary. Mother Nature, however has other plans. In the span of just a few hours, an unprecedented onslaught of powerful tornadoes ravages Silverton. Storm trackers predict that the worst is still to come, as terrified residents seek shelter, and professional storm-chasers run toward the danger, hoping to study the phenomenon close up and get a once-in-a-lifetime shot.

The Quake(2018)

1h 46min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 342 votes)

A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo, Norway.

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The Impossible(2012)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 53min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 2,831 votes)

In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

Arctic Blast(2010)

2.8/5 (with 72 votes)

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.

The Core(2003)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 16min | Action, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction
2.9/5 (with 815 votes)

Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.

Twister(1996)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 53min | Action, Adventure, Drama
3.2/5 (with 1,368 votes)

An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.

Volcano(1997)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 44min | Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 692 votes)

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, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming LA.

The Poseidon Adventure(1972)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 57min | Adventure, Thriller, Action
3.5/5 (with 399 votes)

When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.

Tidal Wave(2009)

3.5/5 (with 189 votes)

On Haeundae Beach, a guilt-ridden fisherman takes care of a woman whose father accidentally got killed. A scientist reunites with his ex-wife and a daughter who doesn't even remember his face. And a poor rescue worker falls in love with a rich city girl. When they all find out a gigantic tsunami will hit the beach, they realize they only have 10 minutes to escape.

The Towering Inferno(1974)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 45min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 382 votes)

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

The Concorde... Airport '79(1979)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 3min | Action, Drama, Thriller
2.4/5 (with 81 votes)

Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.

The Wave(2015)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 44min | Thriller
3.4/5 (with 564 votes)

Although theorised, no one is really ready when a mountain pass above the scenic and narrow Geiranger fjord in Norway collapses and creates a tsunami over 300 feet high. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.

The Poseidon Adventure(2005)

2.6/5 (with 49 votes)

A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.

100 Degrees Below Zero(2013)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 28min | Action, Science Fiction
2.3/5 (with 52 votes)

After freak climate and weather events destroy the world around them, a group of rogue scientists attempt to reverse the deadly new ice age.

The Swarm(1978)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 56min | Thriller, Science Fiction
2.5/5 (with 71 votes)

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 spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.

Sharknado 2: The Second One(2014)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 26min | Thriller, Science Fiction
2.3/5 (with 287 votes)

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.

Directed by Anthony C. Ferrante - With Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Vivica A. Fox, Mark McGrath, Kari Wuhrer, Courtney Baxter, ...

Airport '77(1977)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 118 votes)

Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.

Ice Twisters(2009)

3.1/5 (with 34 votes)

Charlie Price, a former scientist turned science fiction author, starts living one of his novels when the Federal Science Foundation's weather experiments escape control and turn disastrous.

The Cassandra Crossing(1976)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 9min | Action, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 80 votes)

Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.

Airport(1970)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 17min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 152 votes)

Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.

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