Genre: Disaster

Disaster stories drop ordinary people into catastrophe — the quake, the storm, the wave — and find their drama in survival and what it costs.

  • Volcano (1997) Cover

    Volcano (1997)

    Mick Jackson's 1997 Los Angeles volcano. Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche. Released alongside Dante's Peak in volcano cinema year.
    Action • Disaster
    May 19, '26
  • Dante’s Peak (1997) Cover

    Dante’s Peak (1997)

    Roger Donaldson's 1997 volcano disaster. Pierce Brosnan as volcanologist. Linda Hamilton. The other 1997 volcano film.
    Action • Disaster
    May 19, '26
  • Deep Impact (1998) Cover

    Deep Impact (1998)

    Mimi Leder's 1998 comet impact drama. Released alongside Armageddon. The serious one. Tea Leoni, Robert Duvall, Morgan Freeman.
    Disaster • Drama • Science Fiction
    May 19, '26
  • Airport (1970) Cover

    Airport (1970)

    George Seaton's 1970 airline disaster film. Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Helen Hayes Oscar. Launched the 1970s disaster cycle.
    Disaster
    May 19, '26
  • The China Syndrome (1979) Cover

    The China Syndrome (1979)

    James Bridges' 1979 nuclear plant near-meltdown. Lemmon, Fonda, Douglas. Released twelve days before Three Mile Island. Predictive.
    Disaster • Drama • Thriller
    May 19, '26
  • Twister (1996) Cover

    Twister (1996)

    Jan de Bont's 1996 tornado-chase. Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt. Cow scene. Foundation for every storm-chasing production since.
    Action • Disaster
    May 19, '26
  • The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Cover

    The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

    Ronald Neame's 1972 capsized ocean liner. Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters. Defining 1970s disaster film. Original.
    Action • Disaster
    May 19, '26
  • The Swarm (1978) Cover

    The Swarm (1978)

    1978 Irwin Allen disaster film with Michael Caine versus African killer bees. Star-studded train wreck.
    Disaster • Horror
    May 18, '26
  • Deepwater Horizon (2016) Cover

    Deepwater Horizon (2016)

    2016 Peter Berg disaster film with Mark Wahlberg recreating the 2010 BP oil rig explosion. Eleven dead, worst spill in U.S. history.
    Disaster • Drama
    May 18, '26
  • Geostorm (2017) Cover

    Geostorm (2017)

    2017 Dean Devlin disaster film with Gerard Butler battling weather-controlling satellites that go rogue. Plot from a fortune cookie.
    Disaster • Science Fiction
    May 18, '26
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