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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
Best tv shows and movies like Quantum Apocalypse (2010):
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Supervolcano (2005)
Plot Summary:
Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start popping up, but they are ignored or dismissed as 'minor'. But when they learn an eruption will happen, panic breaks out through people of the USA and the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, educational, disturbing, apocalyptic, mockbuster, disaster movie
Similar in 89%
Tidal Wave (1973)
Plot Summary:
Racked by earthquakes and volcanos, Japan is slowly sinking into the sea. A race against time and tide begins as Americans and Japanese work together to salvage some fraction of the disappearing Japan.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: action thriller, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, disaster movie
Similar in 86%
NYC: Tornado Terror (2008)
Plot Summary:
An unexplained, local split in the atmosphere causes a series of total unpredictable, yet devastating tornadoes. Rookie fireman Brian Flynn gets trapped in the underground sewage with his girlfriend, deputy mayor James 'Jim' Lawrence and climatologist Dr. Cassie Lawrence's niece Lori. Mayor Leonardo of New York initially refuses to pay proper attention to the phenomenon, a 'reelection threat', so the alert status remains too low for long. Atypical lightning discovered inside tornadoes adds unprecedented dangers. The Lawrences and aeronautics renegade Dr. Lars Liggenhorn conceive a possible solution by launching rockets, but NASA's Dr. Quinn overrules them, imposing standard silver iodine.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, apocalyptic, surprise ending, independent film, disaster movie
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Collision Earth (2011)
Plot Summary:
A huge solar flare blasts Mercury out of it's orbit and provides it with an intense magnetic field and it's on collision course for Earth.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, apocalyptic, disaster movie
Similar in 78%
Ice Twisters (2009)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Price, a former scientist turned science fiction author, starts living one of his novels when the Federal Science Foundation's weather experiments escape control and turn disastrous.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, apocalyptic, christmas horror, disaster movie, canadian science fiction
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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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Supercollider (2013)
Plot Summary:
A scientist working on an energy project discovers his family have undergone strange changes in their personalities, while a series of natural disasters are happening across the globe. He realises that his work has accidentally pushed the planet forward in time seven seconds - and the loss of those few moments has had devastating effects on the world and the human race.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disaster movie
Similar in 86%
Storm Cell (2008)
Plot Summary:
A brother and sister are torn apart when their parents die tragically in a tornado. While he moves to Seattle to be away from the memory, she devotes her life to studying storms and weather patterns. When she discovers the threat of a powerful series of tornadoes are heading for Seattle, she must convince her brother and the entire city that she is not crazy; and they are in grave danger.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 821
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, disaster movie
Similar in 87%
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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Seattle Superstorm (2012)
Plot Summary:
An object is shot down over Seattle and the debris begins to effect the local weather ultimately threatening the whole world.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, apocalyptic, captivating, disaster movie
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Storm War (2011)
Plot Summary:
A series of freak weather occurrences around Washington D.C. reunites two estranged brothers who are the sons of a once prestigious climate scientist. One of them suspects their father is behind it and upon further investigation, they discover that all of their father's enemies are dead - victims of freak weather accidents. Soon their suspicions are confirmed as their father hijacks radio and TV transmissions to relay the message that unless a certain Senator whom canceled his Defense Department contracts is handed over, the city of Washington D.C will suffer the consequences. As the brothers race to form a plan that can defeat their father, he lets loose a variety of diabolical weather weapons on the Smithsonian, Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials, and National Mall!.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 974
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, humorous, captivating, apocalyptic, disaster movie
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Maximum Velocity (2003)
Plot Summary:
After a comet passes the Earth it causes a cataclysmic storm. Only a disbanded government unit with a secret weather-manipulating weapon can try to stop it.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, rough, independent film, disaster movie
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Exploding Sun (2013)
Plot Summary:
The world watches in awe as the Roebling Clipper is launched into space. Using state-of-the-art scalar engines to fly around the Moon and back in just hours, the maiden voyage of the first-ever trans-lunar passenger ship is about to make history. Among those on board: First Lady Simone Mathany, space-exploration entrepreneur Steve Roebling, Dr. Denise Balaban, pilot Fiona Henslaw, and a very lucky lottery winner. But while en route, a massive solar flare sparks a cosmic-ray burst that accelerates Aurora’s engine and blows the ship away from Earth’s orbit. Now out of control, it’s hurtling straight for the sun.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, disaster movie
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Ice Quake (2010)
Plot Summary:
As the permafrost melts in Alaska, underground rivers of volatile liquid methane form which sets off a series of devastating earthquakes. Forced apart by this violent occurrence, one family must find each other during the holidays and work to stop the deadly rivers that could cause a worldwide catastrophy.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, apocalyptic, christmas horror, suspenseful, exciting, disaster movie
Similar in 75%
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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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
Similar in 77%
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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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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2012: Supernova (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two hundred years ago a supernova exploded somewhere in the Lyra constellation. Now the lethal burst of radiation is headed straight for Earth, and time is swiftly running out. The only thing standing between humanity and complete devastation is astrophysicist Dr. Kelvin (Brian Krause), who heads up a project to save the planet.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, mockbuster, tense, funny, disaster movie
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Earthstorm (2006)
Plot Summary:
A massive asteroid impact on the moon begins causing storms on earth due to the sudden changes in ocean tides. But when further examination is conducted it's discovered that the moon's structure is now entirely unstable -- threatening all life on earth. With time running out, a team of scientists turn to one man, demolitions expert John Redding, in effort to find a solution and secure the moon.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, apocalyptic, exciting, disaster movie
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Salvation (2017)
Plot Summary:
An MIT grad student and a tech superstar bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, suspense, apocalyptic
Similar in 77%
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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Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)
Plot Summary:
Three tornadoes converge to wreak havoc on Chicago, disrupting the power grid and creating the worst super-storm in history: a category 6 twister.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, apocalyptic, 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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Earth's Final Hours (2011)
Plot Summary:
After dense matter from an imploded white hole hits Earth, the planet's rotation is devastated. A group of government agents must locate a lost satellite network that is the world's only hope for survival.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense, apocalyptic, 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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Meteor Apocalypse (2010)
Plot Summary:
A gigantic meteors enters Earth's orbit and begins to disintegrate, showering the entire planet with debris.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, bleak, apocalyptic, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, biblical, disaster movie
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The Apocalypse (2007)
Plot Summary:
In this epic disaster film of faith, a mother and father search for their only child as a giant asteroid headed for Earth triggers a series of apocalyptic events.
IMDB Rating: 1.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, mockbuster, psychological, suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, disaster movie
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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