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Plot Summary:
A stolen seismic weapon is activated in Yemen. A hostage freed there tries in vain to warn against its global effect. It starts seismic activity at the Californian fault line where her daughter and ex are monitoring it. Can they stop it?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic, action adventure, disaster movie
Best tv shows and movies like Shockwave: Countdown to Disaster (2017):
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Arctic Apocalypse (2019)
Plot Summary:
A massive influx of glacial melting triggers a new ice age in the Northern Hemisphere, forcing a family to make their way across the ice-covered landscape before they are frozen out for good.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, intense, compassionate, apocalyptic
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Quantum Apocalypse (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of talented but rebellious 'rock-star scientists' find themselves in a race against time to save Earth when a comet makes an unexpected turn towards our blue planet where all life may cease to exist within days if our small town heroes fail to find a solution.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, rough, apocalyptic, grindhouse, disaster movie
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Impact Earth (2015)
Plot Summary:
A former NASA asteroid tracker discovers a looming asteroid collision that could send it on a collision-course with Earth. Because he made a wrong call ten years earlier that cost him his career, nobody at NASA will listen to him when he starts raising the waning flags. Desperate to alert the public, and now certain of a collision, he and his student assistant publish a video telling the world about this looming danger. He gathers his family and his student assistant and they begin a journey towards a fall-out shelter owned by his old mentor over 100 miles away. When meteors tear up the highway they're driving on and nearly get them killed, they have to take the rest of the journey by foot through a dark forest filled with unexpected dangers. The journey will bring this family closer than ever as they try to get to safety before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, disaster movie
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Crystal Skulls (2014)
Plot Summary:
A millionaire philanthropist collects the famous Chrystal Skulls trying to tap into their ancient powers. It is up to a team lead by a college professor whose father disappeared searching for the 13th skull to save the world when the first 12 skulls are united and reek havoc on the earth without the control of the 13th skull.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Absolute Zero (2006)
Plot Summary:
INTER SCI climatologist Dr. David Kotzman has evidence that a shift in the Earth's polarity triggered the last Ice Age...in a single day. Now, it's happening again, and there's no time to escape. As the temperature plummets, Miami is blasted with snow and ice. Evacuation routes are jammed. The only chance David, his old flame Bryn, and a few other hopeful survivors have is to hole themselves up in a special chamber at INTER SCI. A desperate race for survival is ignited as nature's fury rages and the temperature plunges toward -459.67° F...ABSOLUTE ZERO!.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, tense, disaster movie
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40 Days and Nights (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a colossal tectonic shift causes the sea level to start rising, a microbiologist gathers the DNA of as many species as she can, while the military creates an "ark" in a desperate attempt to preserve life on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, mockbuster, independent film, disaster movie
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Fire Twister (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a mysterious orb of light strikes a deep water oil rig, the massive explosion erupts into a ball of flames creating a swirling mass of clouds and fire. As the twister begins to move.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, disaster movie
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Jack's Apocalypse (2015)
Plot Summary:
An addict ex-politician whose life has spiraled out of control finds redemption when challenged with keeping his sister-in-law and niece alive during the apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 749
Genere: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, disaster movie
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10.0 Earthquake (2014)
Plot Summary:
Los Angeles is about to be hit by a devastating earthquake, and time is running out to save the city from imminent danger.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful, disaster movie
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MegaFault (2009)
Plot Summary:
A crack in the world has started... we have 24 hours to stop it.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, bleak, serious, tense, suspense, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, independent film, disaster movie
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LA Apocalypse (2015)
Plot Summary:
For 5 billion years the Earth's core has operated like a giant, nuclear reactor. Now it's overheated, melting down like a bomb that's about to explode. The earth is being ripped apart at the seams and beneath LA, pressure is building. After a mass evacuation, Calvin Crawford is one of few left, desperately searching for his fiancée, Ashley Pace, who unbeknownst to him, has been kidnapped and is being held hostage. With LA becoming more unstable by the minute, Calvin, must find a way to save Ashley and get them both to safety before the city is completely annihilated.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 785
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, disaster movie
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CAT. 8 (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a breakthrough in global defense malfunctions, the result is a fireball four times the size of Earth streaking toward the planet. As fires blaze and panic spreads, a renegade scientist comes to the world’s rescue.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, disaster movie
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Collision Earth (2020)
Plot Summary:
A large meteor shower unexpectedly bombards planet Earth. Scientists rush to the scene of the first impact and the race is on to find a solution to save humanity.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 631
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, apocalyptic, disaster movie
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Category 5 (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a family survives Hurricane Katrina, there is another storm but this one is much worse.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Oceans Rising (2017)
Plot Summary:
A scientist builds a massive ark after his warnings of an Earth-destroying flood are ignored. But when it's evident the disaster will occur, those who maligned the scientist now turn to him in desperation, boarding the ark and seeking his answers before the world drowns in a never ending sea.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, mockbuster, disaster movie
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San Andreas Mega Quake (2019)
Plot Summary:
Scientists make a horrible discovery: The "Big One" is coming in two days, with it, California will sink to the ocean. Their only hope is to rupture a volcano that will displace the earthquake's energy and build a new crust on the surface. But as fore-shocks turn California into chaos, it's a race against time the scientists might not win.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 688
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, disaster movie
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2022 Tsunami (2009)
Plot Summary:
18 years on from the devastating impact of 2004's tsunami, the world still fights to come to terms with this devastating environmental disaster. Little does humanity know that it is about to face the ultimate peril; a monumental death wave annihilating everything in its wake. With the threat of another catastrophic tsunami, Prime Minister Tribhop sets up a national disaster alarm centre. His political future and the lives of his people depend upon the decisions he makes. But no one predicts the enormity of what is about to rise from the Thai Gulf. And no one can out run it this time. The Death Wave is coming.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense, disaster movie
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Global Meltdown (2017)
Plot Summary:
A helicopter pilot and an environmental scientist lead a exodus of survivors in a search for a safe haven after a catastrophic tectonic event causes the crust of the earth to break apart.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 739
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, disaster movie
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Geo-Disaster (2017)
Plot Summary:
A chunk of dark matter shoots right through earth, causing various worldwide disasters. A family in Los Angeles struggles to survive the ordeal.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, bleak, apocalyptic, disaster movie
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End of the World (2018)
Plot Summary:
As mass of solar storms causes tsunamis, volcanoes, and flooding, a city-dwelling family attempts to flee to the relative safety of a group of high-elevation caves several miles away.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, apocalyptic, exciting, suspense, intense, psychotronic, disaster movie
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100 Degrees Below Zero (2013)
Plot Summary:
After freak climate and weather events destroy the world around them, a group of rogue scientists attempt to reverse the deadly new ice age.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, disaster movie
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Arctic Blast (2010)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, suspense, disaster movie, canadian science fiction
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Mega Cyclone (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jupiter’s famous blemish, the Great Red Spot, has vanished. When massive storms are reported in North America, it quickly becomes apparent that the huge, high storm that has been swirling around Jupiter for hundreds of years has landed on Earth. Swallowing up everything in its path, the Great Red Spot threatens to transform Earth into another Jupiter-like gas giant in just a matter of days! aka Mega Cyclone.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 613
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, disaster movie
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Firequake (2014)
Plot Summary:
Promethean Kinetics has created Helios, a revolutionary clean coal energy source so powerful it rivals the force of the sun and will solve the energy crisis. But when certain governments start cutting safety measures required by Helios, the highly-explosive product begins to seep deep below the Earth's crust, producing giant blasts of fire and violent earthquakes above the surface. As cities shake and oceans boil, Eve Adams, creator of the Helios technology, rushes to investigate the subterranean phenomenon. As the situation becomes ever more dire, she is the only one who can save mankind, not to mention reputation.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, disaster movie
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Metal Tornado (2011)
Plot Summary:
The HELIOS PROJECT is a high tech facility tasked with storing and converting solar rays into an endless supply of renewable energy. After years of research and millions of dollars, it is now time to test the system out.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, disaster movie
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End of the World (2013)
Plot Summary:
In End of the World, the fate of humanity lies in the hands of two guys who run a video rental store and are “sci-fi obsessed” movie fans. And who better to save the world, than guys who have seen all the movies and all the “out there” ways to save it!?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, apocalyptic, offbeat, humorous, disaster movie
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Stormageddon (2015)
Plot Summary:
What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human. When a master computer program, Echelon, takes over America's entire online system, our country is threatened to be brought to its knees. Hacking into DARPA, Echelon gains the ability to manipulate the weather, create earthquakes, and cause a level of destruction unlike anything the country could ever imagine. But how do you stop a computer program when it has control over any and every defense you have?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, disaster movie
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2012 (2009)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 393000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, apocalyptic, tense, sentimental, serious, bad ending, entertaining
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The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 469000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, entertaining, serious, suspense, apocalyptic, sincere, action packed, predictable
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Left Behind (2014)
Plot Summary:
A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish during the rapture and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, tense, suspenseful, biblical, suspense, christian film, apocalyptic, inspirational, spiritual