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Disaster Movies

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  • The Day the Earth Moved (1974)

    1. The Day the Earth Moved

    19741h 15mTV Movie
    5.2 (249)
    A team taking aerial photographs of the desert deduces that an earthquake is about to strike a nearby town, but nobody in the town believes them.
    DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsJackie CooperStella StevensCleavon Little
  • 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)

    2. The Towering Inferno

    19742h 45mPG69Metascore
    7.0 (50K)
    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
  • Mia Farrow and Rock Hudson in Avalanche (1978)

    3. Avalanche

    19781h 31mPG
    3.7 (2.6K)
    The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
    DirectorsCorey AllenLewis TeagueStarsRock HudsonMia FarrowRobert Forster
  • Cyclone (1978)

    4. Cyclone

    19781h 40mPG-13
    4.8 (937)
    After a surprise cyclone hits the area, tourists become stranded on a boat in the sea, and they have to do anything in order to survive. To make matters even worse, they're joined by the survivors of a plane crash and a sinking boat.
    DirectorRené Cardona Jr.StarsArthur KennedyCarroll BakerLionel Stander
  • St. Helens (1981)

    5. St. Helens

    19811h 30mPG
    6.1 (720)
    Dramatization of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20, 1980 and ends with its eruption on May 18.
    DirectorErnest PintoffStarsArt CarneyDavid HuffmanCassie Yates
  • Cave in! (1983)

    6. Cave in!

    19831h 38mTV Movie
    5.2 (201)
    A group of strangers become entrapped in a cave after it collapses. A fugitive among them claims a hostage as leverage for means of escape.
    DirectorGeorg FenadyStarsDennis ColeSusan SullivanLeslie Nielsen
  • The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)

    7. The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

    19903hTV-PGTV Movie
    5.9 (742)
    After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and time of when the long awaited earthquake--"The Big One"--will strike southern California. With this information, she must battle city officials to release this information to the general public. Also, she hopes that her family is out of harms way when the quake strikes. Subplots show how other families and people cope with the the tremors that strike before the impending "Big One."
    DirectorLarry ElikannStarsJoanna KernsDan LauriaBonnie Bartlett
  • Alive (1993)

    8. Alive

    19932h 8mR56Metascore
    7.1 (67K)
    After crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive.
    DirectorFrank MarshallStarsEthan HawkeVincent SpanoJosh Hamilton
  • Charlton Heston, Victoria Principal, Geneviève Bujold, Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Marjoe Gortner, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Roundtree, and Barry Sullivan in Earthquake (1974)

    9. 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
  • Jane Kaczmarek and Sander Vanocur in Without Warning (1994)

    10. Without Warning

    19941h 40mNot RatedTV Movie
    6.8 (1.7K)
    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?
    DirectorRobert IscoveStarsSander VanocurJane KaczmarekBree Walker
  • Night of the Twisters (1996)

    11. Night of the Twisters

    19961h 32mNot RatedTV Movie
    5.7 (2.6K)
    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.
    DirectorTimothy BondStarsDevon SawaAmos CrawleyJohn Schneider
  • Tornado! (1996)

    12. Tornado!

    19961h 29mPGTV Movie
    4.7 (1.2K)
    An accountant sent to produce an evaluation of a tornado research project, and the scientist running the project pursue tornadoes and each other.
    DirectorNoel NosseckStarsBruce CampbellShannon SturgesErnie Hudson
  • Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton in Twister (1996)

    13. Twister

    19961h 53mPG-1368Metascore
    6.6 (244K)
    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.
    DirectorJan de BontStarsHelen HuntBill PaxtonJami Gertz
  • Asteroid (1997)

    14. Asteroid

    19972h 2mTV-PGTV Movie
    4.7 (2.2K)
    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 be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas City, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation.
    DirectorBradford MayStarsMichael BiehnAnnabella SciorraZach Charles
  • Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton in Dante's Peak (1997)

    15. Dante's Peak

    19971h 48mPG-1343Metascore
    6.1 (103K)
    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.
    DirectorRoger DonaldsonStarsPierce BrosnanLinda HamiltonJamie Renée Smith
  • Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997)

    16. Tidal Wave: No Escape

    19971h 31mTV Movie
    4.0 (670)
    When brutal tidal waves suddenly destroy many coastal communities in a short period of time, John Wahl, a nobel prize winner, is brought out of his lazy retirement and back into service as a consultant. He teams up with a Navy officer to find out the cause of the disaster. But when a ransom of one billion dollars is demanded, Wahl is the government's number one suspect.
    DirectorGeorge MillerStarsCorbin BernsenJulianne PhillipsGregg Henry
  • Volcano (1997)

    17. Volcano

    19971h 44mPG-1354Metascore
    5.5 (85K)
    A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles and a city official and a seismologist try to stop its inevitable flow through the city.
    DirectorMick JacksonStarsTommy Lee JonesAnne HecheGaby Hoffmann
  • Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, and Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)

    18. Armageddon

    19982h 31mPG-1342Metascore
    6.7 (466K)
    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.
    DirectorMichael BayStarsBruce WillisBilly Bob ThorntonBen Affleck
  • Elijah Wood and Leelee Sobieski in Deep Impact (1998)

    19. Deep Impact

    19982hPG-1340Metascore
    6.3 (198K)
    A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.
    DirectorMimi LederStarsRobert DuvallTéa LeoniElijah Wood
  • Earthquake in New York (1998)

    20. Earthquake in New York

    19981h 34mTV-PGTV Movie
    4.2 (567)
    After an earthquake hits New York City, a policeman races to find his missing family members while pursuing a dangerous serial killer, and aids in rescue procedures.
    DirectorTerry IngramStarsGreg EviganMelissa Sue AndersonCynthia Gibb
  • Flood: A River's Rampage (1997)

    21. Flood: A River's Rampage

    19971h 36mPGTV Movie
    4.6 (394)
    Starring Scott Wickware (the hard hat worker from Welcome to Dead House), this film tells the story of a flood wreaking havoc on a small Mississippi town, and features a family struggling with the ordeal surrounding them.
    DirectorBruce PittmanStarsRichard ThomasKate VernonNigel Bennett
  • Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater in Hard Rain (1998)

    22. Hard Rain

    19981h 37mR36Metascore
    5.9 (38K)
    The partner and nephew of an armored-truck driver tries to prevent three million dollars from being taken by a gang during a catastrophic flooding caused by a severe storm.
    DirectorMikael SalomonStarsMorgan FreemanChristian SlaterRandy Quaid
  • Inferno (1998)

    23. Inferno

    19981h 30mPG-13TV Movie
    4.3 (690)
    Scorching disaster movie starring James Remar (Dexter). When a huge fireball hurtles towards the Earth the authorities have only hours to react before temperatures soar beyond human tolerance.
    DirectorIan BarryStarsJames RemarStephanie NiznikDaniel von Bargen
  • Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister (1998)

    24. Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister

    19981h 36mTV-14TV Movie
    3.8 (563)
    When a tornado takes her meteorologist husband's life, his wife and colleague devotes her own life to prove his theories that violent twisters are predictable.
    DirectorMark SobelStarsKelly McGillisWolf LarsonLiz Torres
  • Rob Estes and Shannon Sturges in Terror in the Mall (1998)

    25. Terror in the Mall

    19981h 25mTV-14TV Movie
    4.2 (479)
    A group of people are trapped in a deserted mall during a flood along with an escaped prisoner.
    DirectorNorberto BarbaStarsRob EstesShannon SturgesKai Wiesinger

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