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Plot Summary:
A cop is after a nasty serial killer. Cop's wife and kids are somewhere in the city too. Then a disastrous earthquake hits the city.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: detective, disaster movie
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Terror in the Mall (1998)
Plot Summary:
A group of people are trapped in a deserted mall during a flood along with an escaped prisoner.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, disaster movie
Similar in 77%
Flood! (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two helicopter pilots rush aid to a small town devastated by a flood following the collapse of an aging dam.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 478
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, disaster movie
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On Hostile Ground (2000)
Plot Summary:
A geologist (John Corbett) investigates a sinkhole under New Orleans that might engulf the city during Mardi Gras.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, captivating, disaster movie
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Night of the Twisters (1996)
Plot Summary:
A Nebraska farm community is plagued by a storm with a series of tornadoes acting against normal patterns.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a volcano expert becomes convinced that a cataclysmic natural disaster is about to unfold, a volcanologist Professor John Shepherd and his graduate students believes that recent unexplainable volcanic activity as all of the volcanoes in the world are going to erupt and kill every living thing on the planet! They try to convince the government that their theory is true not a joke while also trying to figure out how to stop it before time runs out!.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: disaster movie
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Nature Unleashed: Earthquake (2005)
Plot Summary:
An earthquake destroys a Russian Nuclear Power plant.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Lithuania, UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Christmas Twister (2012)
Plot Summary:
In a small Texas town during the holiday season, Ethan Walker, a meteorologist and part-time professor working at the local university studying tornadoes, is woken in the middle of the night for a call about a tornado that has just hit. His team is assembling at the lab and he needs to report. His wife Addison, a TV news reporter, is also summoned to work to do a piece on the tornado for the morning news. Ethan realizes the conditions are ripe for more tornadoes. Although he and his wife have been having marriage problems, he calls her and begs her to put the warning out, but the station's slick meteorologist thinks it was an isolated incident. Addison tries to get him to change his mind, but he won't -- because it's Christmas time and he does not want to be a Scrooge with some hypothetical news. When a tornado levels the Walker's house on Christmas Eve, Ethan and his wife must come together to help save others and rescue their missing children.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, christmas horror, disaster movie
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Volcano: Fire on the Mountain (1997)
Plot Summary:
A USGS scientist attempts to convince his boss and the residents of Angel Falls, California that a nearby volcano is about to erupt.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 744
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie
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City on Fire (1979)
Plot Summary:
A pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film, disaster movie
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Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
Plot Summary:
New York, the city that never sleeps, is trapped in a nightmare of horror and destruction when a massive earthquake rocks the unsuspecting city. Countless lives are lost, families are torn apart, and chaos runs rampant as the mayor and former Fire Chief race to enact a city-wide emergency plan. An incredible story of undying courage in the face of unimaginable human tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie
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13 Minutes (2021)
Plot Summary:
As a new day begins in the small American town of Minninnewah, the residents start their day as ordinary as the next. Mother Nature, however, has other plans for them. Inhabitants have just 13 minutes to seek shelter before the largest tornado on record ravages the town, leaving them struggling to protect their loved ones and fighting for their lives. Left to deal with the aftermath, four families must overcome their differences and find strength in each other in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film, disaster movie
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The Quake (2018)
Plot Summary:
A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo, Norway.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: breathtaking, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, action thriller, disaster movie
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Heat Wave (2009)
Plot Summary:
When a sudden, unexplained rise in local temperatures threatens to turn Los Angeles County into a parched, lifeless desert, one scientist must put her theories to the test in a desperate effort to prevent the catastrophe.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Meteor (1979)
Plot Summary:
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, serious, suspenseful, fast, exciting, light, romantic
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End Day (2005)
Plot Summary:
An exploration into the various ways in which, within the circumstances of one day, civilisation could be brought to an abrupt end.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative, disaster movie
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Atomic Twister (2002)
Plot Summary:
When tornadoes hit a nuclear power plant, critically damaging the plant's cooling system, the results could be catastrophic. Atomic Twister, a countdown to disaster, traces an extraordinary day in the lives of small town citizens who unexpectedly find themselves facing the possibility of mass destruction.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, disaster movie
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Super Eruption (2011)
Plot Summary:
A Yellowstone National Park scientist and a thrill-seeking ranger join forces to plug-up a volatile super volcano that threatens to wipe out the entire United States.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, bleak, apocalyptic, mockbuster, rough, disaster movie
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Earthfall (2015)
Plot Summary:
As a rogue planet roars through our solar system, it acts as an intergalactic magnet that pulls Earth in its wake. Meteors destroy major cities. Fire and ice storms engulf the land. Casualties are in the millions. And as the situation grows even worse, Steve Lannon is determined to reunite with his wife and teenage daughter. But when they stumble into a secret government installation, they'll uncover a nuclear mission that will either blast our planet back into orbit or guarantee front row seats to the end of the world.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 886
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disaster movie
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San Andreas Quake (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a discredited L.A. Seismologist warns of an impending 12.7 earthquake, no one takes her seriously. Now on her own, she races desperately to get her family to safety before the earthquake breaks Los Angeles apart from the mainland.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, intense, exciting, serious, suspense, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami (2013)
Plot Summary:
Deep underwater in the Marianas Trench an accident results in a devastating Tsunami that destroys the Hawaiian Islands as it continues toward the west coast. Panic ensues all up and down the western coast of North and South America. In an attempt to lessen its impact, scientists launch an underwater explosion that inadvertently makes the tsunami more powerful and focused on Los Angeles. Scientists rush to a solution while the military begins planning for the worst. Los Angeles begins emergency evacuation. Lives and loves are lost even as a brash young grad student comes up with a solution: start the mother of all earthquakes to counter the rushing torrent and raise the continental shelf off the coast of the United States.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 569
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, serious, captivating, disturbing, disaster movie
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Flood (2007)
Plot Summary:
Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the Barrier, torrents of water pour into the city. The lives of millions of Londoners are at stake.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, talky, captivating, apocalyptic, exciting, suspense, action thriller, rough, independent film
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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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Earthquake (1974)
Plot Summary:
Earthquake is a 1974 American disaster film that achieved huge box-office success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable all-star casts attempt to survive life or death situations. The plot concerns the struggle for survival after a catastrophic earthquake destroys most of the city of Los Angeles, California.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, rough, bad ending, psychotronic, sad, cult classic, serious, realistic
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Volcano (1997)
Plot Summary:
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, Mike Roark, working with geologist Amy Barnes, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, breathtaking, cult classic, action adventure, serious, realistic
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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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San Andreas (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 252000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, absurd, intense, serious, apocalyptic, romantic, breathtaking, scenic