Disaster Movies, a list by VODKING

7.9

/26820/

77

/1271/

76

/376/

4.2

/65273/

100

/15/

92

/391/

92

/5/

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

84

7.5

/492807/

75

/12004/

72

/5966/

3.8

/300354/

96

/288/

84

/13782/

95

/37/

4.0

age 17+

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

83

7.9

/19018/

77

/476/

76

/276/

3.9

/14185/

100

/23/

91

/474/

age 10+

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.

83

7.7

/333165/

79

/12086/

74

/5718/

3.8

/254294/

94

/149/

87

/9090/

78

/22/

4.0

age 12+

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

81

79

6.9

/8395/

72

/359/

78

/280/

3.8

/21907/

100

/6/

92

/92/

A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.

77

7.5

/25235/

75

/1399/

74

/523/

4.0

/55225/

82

/305/

7.7

/54646/

A freighter crew responds to a distress call from a station run by an AI opera diva. The AI manipulates life support, VR, and nanosystems, posing dangers the crew must overcome to survive.

76

7.5

/23770/

74

/460/

72

/352/

3.7

/9182/

86

/22/

81

/282/

A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.

75

7.2

/54326/

71

/3385/

69

/980/

3.3

/124984/

93

/94/

86

/92/

75

/26/

3.0

age 15+

He promised supermodels and yachts, but delivered tents and cheese sandwiches. How one man engineered a music festival disaster.

75

6.9

/7791/

67

/202/

63

/132/

3.6

/4764/

89

/46/

75

/105/

71

/19/

4.0

It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.

75

6.8

/11859/

71

/856/

72

/631/

3.4

/20578/

100

/15/

81

/47/

68

/6/

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.

74

7.0

/25876/

70

/461/

68

/327/

3.7

/14849/

86

/44/

80

/505/

3.0

After surviving a plane crash that kills many others, Max Klein develops a sense of invulnerability, leading to radical, compulsive actions. Can a psychologist and a fellow guilt-ridden survivor bring him down to earth?

73

7.3

/170484/

72

/8027/

71

/3664/

3.6

/399384/

90

/347/

85

/1088/

76

/44/

2.0

age 16+

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.

75

72

7.2

/6829/

71

/256/

68

/162/

3.7

/5104/

86

/14/

84

/113/

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.

71

7.1

/53291/

71

/1225/

70

/957/

3.5

/28340/

81

/31/

76

/1388/

70

/10/

2.5

age 13+

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

80

71

7.9

/8824/

79

/196/

77

/166/

4.3

/36497/

After the earthquake of Guilan, a film director and his son travel to the devastated area to search for the actors from the movie the director made there a few years previously. In their search, they see how people who have lost everything in the earthquake still have hope and try to live life to the fullest.

71

7.0

/20040/

71

/894/

67

/424/

3.4

/10435/

86

/14/

69

/475/

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

70

7.0

/51912/

72

/1367/

70

/998/

3.5

/29276/

69

/39/

72

/983/

69

/11/

3.0

age 14+

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.

70

7.2

/43369/

72

/1733/

70

/754/

3.6

/22239/

68

/41/

72

/603/

60

/9/

3.0

age 12+

When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.

70

7.1

/196605/

75

/18490/

68

/4768/

3.4

/129570/

82

/265/

82

/1396/

68

/52/

2.0

age 13+

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.

69

6.6

/45890/

66

/2576/

67

/1359/

3.2

/32132/

83

/109/

65

/245/

68

/26/

3.0

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.

69

7.0

/440774/

69

/14650/

67

/7557/

3.4

/412552/

78

/214/

68

/59399/

64

/37/

3.0

age 14+

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

68

6.7

/29156/

66

/1094/

66

/595/

3.5

/17763/

71

/17/

68

/442/

After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.

68

7.1

/369492/

71

/11880/

69

/5641/

3.4

/421899/

74

/152/

65

/23167/

58

/29/

age 16+

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

75

67

7.3

/5247/

77

/745/

78

/425/

3.3

/8704/

79

/12/

8.1

/503643/

Six thousand years before Sora and Shiro were even a blink in the history of Disboard, war consumed the land, tearing apart the heavens, destroying stars, and even threatening to wipe out the human race. Amid the chaos and destruction, a young man named Riku leads humanity toward the tomorrow his heart believes in. One day, in the ruins of an Elf city, he meets Schwi, a female exiled "Ex Machina" android who asks him to teach her what it means to have a human heart.

67

6.0

/12321/

64

/298/

55

/71/

2.9

/1297/

90

/20/

75

/31/

65

/9/

3.0

Two miles into the earth, nine Appalachian miners struggle to survive after a methane explosion leaves them with one hour of oxygen.

66

6.7

/5463/

69

/527/

67

/82/

3.2

/39418/

age 15+

Featuring exclusive interviews with survivors, paramedics and festival staff, this documentary examines the 2021 Astroworld tragedy and its aftermath.

66

6.2

/16229/

65

/1247/

67

/796/

2.9

/11556/

85

/39/

65

/60/

70

/11/

2.5

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

77

66

7.2

/4733/

74

/372/

72

/122/

3.5

/1018/

92

/13/

82

/23/

When the space shuttle Challenger blew up in 1986, it was the most shocking event in the history of American spaceflight. The deaths of seven astronauts, including the first teacher in space Christa McAuliffe, were watched live on television by millions of viewers. But what was more shocking was that the cause of the disaster might never be uncovered. The Challenger is the story of how Richard Feynman, one of America's most famous scientists, helped to discover the cause of a tragedy that stunned America.

70

66

6.7

/9454/

69

/676/

75

/498/

3.4

/11971/

71

/27/

When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.

65

IMDb 23

6.4

/156301/

68

/11311/

71

/4894/

2.9

/159060/

77

/159/

63

/815/

64

/25/

2.5

age 14+

John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.

65

6.1

/1306/

59

/68/

66

/37/

3.4

/3215/

84

/74/

54

/16/

72

/19/

2.5

age 14+

Dash and his best friend Assaf are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely-distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti. But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens to destroy the boys' friendship, Dash learns of a cover-up by the administration that puts the entire student body in danger.

64

6.4

/9474/

67

/953/

73

/457/

2.9

/44400/

52

/21/

70

/58/

56

/5/

7.2

/132107/

age 12+

In an abandoned Tokyo overrun by bubbles and gravitational abnormalities, one gifted young man has a fateful meeting with a mysterious girl.

64

6.5

/60866/

67

/1295/

64

/830/

3.0

/13084/

41

/160/

81

/9099/

47

/32/

3.5

age 14+

Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. However, Jack has reached a crossroads as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted his relationship with his wife and kids.

64

6.9

/102492/

73

/2424/

71

/1614/

3.4

/25953/

37

/149/

80

/13010/

53

/29/

age 15+

A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.

64

6.5

/186939/

67

/4299/

64

/2477/

3.1

/74436/

47

/137/

63

/6097/

59

/36/

3.5

age 14+

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.

63

6.5

/64810/

68

/2001/

63

/995/

3.1

/27775/

62

/42/

53

/1064/

62

/20/

3.0

age 15+

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.

63

6.6

/502346/

67

/15421/

65

/8907/

3.3

/380102/

76

/264/

42

/1179023/

73

/40/

2.0

age 15+

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

77

63

7.0

/8781/

74

/530/

76

/277/

3.4

/16675/

83

/6/

94

/3/

At his mother's 70th birthday party, Yong-nam runs into Eui-joo, who rejected him in college. When the city is engulfed in toxic gas from a terrorist attack, the two must find a way to escape using all the techniques they learned in their college rock climbing club.

64

63

6.6

/10239/

68

/393/

63

/194/

3.2

/4519/

81

/26/

64

/156/

47

/6/

When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.

74

61

7.4

/2714/

72

/260/

77

/29/

3.8

/5746/

age 12+

Survivors, witnesses, and experts tell the story of the tragic fire that engulfed a residential tower block in London — and the investigation that ensued.

67

61

6.4

/3419/

62

/290/

70

/70/

3.6

/44746/

A chef's life is disrupted by a chime that brings with it an increasing sense of dread.

82

61

7.9

/2414/

77

/267/

73

/36/

3.8

/2924/

100

/10/

88

/6/

Thirty-six years after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in Soviet Ukraine, newly uncovered archival footage and recorded interviews with those who were present paint an emotional and gripping portrait of the extent and gravity of the disaster and the lengths to which the Soviet government went to cover up the incident, including the soldiers sent in to “liquidate” the damage. Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes is the full, unvarnished true story of what happened in one of the least understood tragedies of the twentieth century.

78

61

7.4

/1628/

75

/111/

73

/151/

3.9

/7536/

93

Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.

61

7.1

/660016/

69

/25184/

70

/8994/

3.0

/2226991/

56

/304/

78

/69/

49

/52/

1.5

age 16+

Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.

67

61

6.5

/4619/

70

/202/

63

/85/

3.1

/2218/

77

/3022/

A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been finished being built, and the weather is awful. And there is something strange about the staff—they all look very similar. To top it all off, the weather seems to be having an adverse affect on the Hotel's foundations.

59

6.5

/506872/

68

/18039/

65

/8608/

3.0

/391700/

45

/220/

50

/1222828/

47

/38/

3.0

age 14+

After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.

58

5.9

/106827/

63

/9377/

62

/3325/

2.8

/180282/

48

/223/

60

/553/

48

/37/

3.0

age 14+

After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.

76

58

7.3

/2413/

74

/153/

75

/106/

3.8

/2590/

78

/9/

82

/7/