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Chaos! Panic! Disaster!...

by Dethcharm • Created 3 years ago • Modified 10 months ago
Remember those disaster epics from the likes of Irwin Allen? Well, he wasn't alone! Here are some incredible offerings from the terrifyingly entertaining world of catastrophic calamity! Get ready for Fires! Floods! Storms! Tornadoes! Earthquakes! Tidal waves! Diseases! Take cover now!...
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  • Fred Astaire, William Holden, Paul Newman, Richard Chamberlain, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, and Jennifer Jones in The Towering Inferno (1974)

    1. The Towering Inferno

    19742h 45mPG69Metascore
    7.0 (51K)
    At the opening party of a colossal San Francisco skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out due to careless building practices by the contractor, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
    DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPaul NewmanSteve McQueenWilliam Holden
  • Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman, Leslie Nielsen, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Carol Lynley, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, and Eric Shea in The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

    2. The Poseidon Adventure

    19721h 57mPG70Metascore
    7.1 (52K)
    A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.
    DirectorRonald NeameStarsGene HackmanErnest BorgnineShelley Winters
  • Charlton Heston, Victoria Principal, Geneviève Bujold, Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Marjoe Gortner, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Roundtree, and Barry Sullivan in Earthquake (1974)

    3. Earthquake

    19742h 2mPG56Metascore
    5.9 (19K)
    Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
    DirectorMark RobsonStarsCharlton HestonAva GardnerGeorge Kennedy
  • Charlton Heston, Linda Blair, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Myrna Loy, Sid Caesar, Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Gloria Swanson, Roy Thinnes, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in Airport 1975 (1974)

    4. Airport 1975

    19741h 47mPG50Metascore
    5.7 (13K)
    A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.
    DirectorJack SmightStarsCharlton HestonKaren BlackGeorge Kennedy
  • Flood (1976)

    5. Flood

    19761h 38mTV Movie
    5.3 (602)
    After several weeks of heavy rainfall, the dam above Brownsville is ready to burst. But the town's mayor refuses to open its gates - paving the way for disaster.
    DirectorEarl BellamyStarsRobert CulpMartin MilnerBarbara Hershey
  • The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)

    6. The Concorde... Airport '79

    19791h 53mPG39Metascore
    4.5 (7.3K)
    A supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane.
    DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsAlain DelonSusan BlakelyRobert Wagner
  • Dana Andrews, Alexander Knox, Kieron Moore, and Janette Scott in Crack in the World (1965)

    7. Crack in the World

    19651h 36mApproved
    5.9 (3.1K)
    A dying scientist pushes forward his project to tap through to the Earth's magma layer, with results that threaten to destroy the Earth as we know it.
    DirectorAndrew MartonStarsDana AndrewsJanette ScottKieron Moore
  • When Worlds Collide (1951)

    8. When Worlds Collide

    19511h 23mG47Metascore
    6.6 (9.9K)
    As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.
    DirectorRudolph MatéStarsRichard DerrBarbara RushPeter Hansen
  • Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, Michael Caine, Richard Chamberlain, Patty Duke, José Ferrer, Slim Pickens, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Bradford Dillman, Lee Grant, Ben Johnson, and Fred MacMurray in The Swarm (1978)

    9. The Swarm

    19781h 56mPG30Metascore
    4.5 (9K)
    Deadly African bees spread over Texas and kill thousands of people. Scientists led by Bradford Crane and Captain Helena Anderson try to find an antidote and destroy the swarm - against the advice of Army General Thalius Slater.
    DirectorIrwin AllenStarsMichael CaineKatharine RossRichard Widmark
  • Edward Judd and Janet Munro in The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

    10. The Day the Earth Caught Fire

    19611h 39mUnrated
    7.2 (6.6K)
    When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.
    DirectorVal GuestStarsEdward JuddJanet MunroLeo McKern
  • Genocide (1968)

    11. Genocide

    19681h 24mApproved
    4.7 (802)
    All the insects on Earth become wild and attack humans, causing Armageddon.
    DirectorKazui NihonmatsuStarsKeisuke SonoiYûsuke KawazuEmi Shindô
  • Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)

    12. Smash-Up on Interstate 5

    19761h 40mNot RatedTV Movie
    6.0 (521)
    Flashbacks profile California motorists involved in a disastrous 39-car smash-up over a holiday weekend.
    DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsRobert ConradSian Barbara AllenBuddy Ebsen
  • Mayday at 40, 000 Feet! (1976)

    13. Mayday at 40, 000 Feet!

    19761h 40mTV-PGTV Movie
    5.6 (392)
    The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne until it can reach an open airfield after a killer aboard the plane fires a gun at an engine and pilot of the plane.
    DirectorRobert ButlerStarsDavid JanssenDon MeredithChristopher George
  • Tornado (1943)

    14. Tornado

    19431h 23mApproved
    5.9 (135)
    Pete Ramsey (Morris) is a hard-working coal miner who falls in love with and marries scheming showgirl Victory Kane (Kelly). Victory presses Pete to fight for the position of the mine superintendent, which he earns. Unable to bear her poor surroundings and unsatisfied with being a miner's wife, Victory decides to climb the social ladder and have an affair with the wealthy owner of the mine, Gary Linden (Conway), unbeknownst to her faithful husband. Suddenly, a ferocious tornado forms and hits the town and the mine, putting everyone's life in danger. For its time, the film has impressive visual effects for the tornado sequence.
    DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsChester MorrisNancy KellyWilliam Henry
  • Will Geer, Michael Learned, and Martin Milner in Hurricane (1974)

    15. Hurricane

    19741h 14mTV-PGTV Movie
    4.9 (232)
    Two hurricane hunters track a huge, violent hurricane that is bearing down on a Gulf Coast town.
    DirectorJerry JamesonStarsLarry HagmanMartin MilnerJessica Walter
  • Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)

    16. Disaster on the Coastliner

    19791h 37mTV-PGTV Movie
    5.8 (675)
    A vengeful employee of a computer-controlled railway arranges a head-on collision of passenger trains. Can it be stopped?
    DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsLloyd BridgesRaymond BurrRobert Fuller
  • The Savage Bees (1976)

    17. The Savage Bees

    19761h 30mNot RatedTV Movie
    5.1 (912)
    Sheriff McKew and experts face killer bees at Mardi Gras.
    DirectorBruce GellerStarsBen JohnsonMichael ParksPaul Hecht
  • Concorde Affaire '79 (1979)

    18. Concorde Affaire '79

    19791h 36m
    5.5 (686)
    A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.
    DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsJames FranciscusMimsy FarmerVenantino Venantini
  • Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983)

    19. Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

    19831h 55mNot RatedTV Movie
    4.8 (1.4K)
    On the maiden flight of the first hypersonic commercial plane which can make the flight from New York City to London in four hours, a minor disaster occurs resulting in the plane actually leaving the Earth's atmosphere and orbiting around the globe. A lack of heat-resistant tiling prevents the plane from simply re-entering the atmosphere. With oxygen (and therefore time) running out, the crew of the plane and the crew on the ground must figure out a way to return the plane and its passengers to safety.
    DirectorJerry JamesonStarsLee MajorsHal LindenLauren Hutton
  • Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, and Peggy King in Zero Hour! (1957)

    20. Zero Hour!

    19571h 21mApproved
    6.6 (2.4K)
    In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WWII fighter pilot (Dana Andrews) to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
    DirectorHall BartlettStarsDana AndrewsLinda DarnellSterling Hayden
  • David Janssen in Fer-de-Lance (1974)

    21. Fer-de-Lance

    19741h 40mNot RatedTV Movie
    4.9 (204)
    Snakes on board an American sub set off a chain of events that ultimately causes the boat to sink to the bottom of the ocean. The surviving crew must devise a rescue plan to free themselves and raise the sub.
    DirectorRuss MayberryStarsDavid JanssenHope LangeIvan Dixon
  • This Is Not a Test (1962)

    22. This Is Not a Test

    19621h 13mNot Rated
    5.3 (945)
    A deputy sheriff stops motorists on a mountain road after police dispatch reports of a possible nuclear attack.
    DirectorFredric GadetteStarsSeamon GlassThayer RobertsAubrey Martin
  • The Big Bus (1976)

    23. The Big Bus

    19761h 28mPG
    5.7 (3.9K)
    A nuclear-powered bus driving cross-country from New York City to Colorado is destined for disaster because of the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby.
    DirectorJames FrawleyStarsJoseph BolognaStockard ChanningJohn Beck
  • The Doomsday Flight (1966)

    24. The Doomsday Flight

    19661h 33mApprovedTV Movie
    6.5 (446)
    A bomb on board an airliner has an altitude-sensitive trigger. Unless a ransom is paid, it will explode when the plane descends to land.
    DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsJack LordEdmond O'BrienKatherine Crawford
  • Meteorites! (1998)

    25. Meteorites!

    19981h 29mPG-13TV Movie
    3.7 (619)
    A meteor shower threatens a small American town.
    DirectorChris ThomsonStarsRoxanne HartTom WopatPato Hoffmann

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