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Plot Summary:
When an oil rig causes an eruption in a small town, it's just the first in a series that could affect the dangerous Ring of Fire that contains most of the world's volcanoes. If these cataclysmic eruptions cannot be stopped, the Earth could be headed for an extinction level event.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, disaster movie
Best tv shows and movies like Ring of Fire (2012):
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Aftermath (2008)
Plot Summary:
Aftermath is a four-part 2010 documentary television series created by History Television Canadian station, airing in the United States on the National Geographic Channel, and produced by Cream Productions. Aftermath consists of a series of "experiments" looking at what would happen if planetary conditions changed drastically, within our lifetime. The series is a follow-up to the TV special Aftermath: Population Zero. In 2010, the series was nominated for a 2010 Gemini award for best documentary.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, tense, thought provoking, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, anthology, 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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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
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Japan Sinks (2006)
Plot Summary:
Japan sinks! Proving once again that Japan will never cease to find inventive ways to destroy itself on screen, this summer's blockbuster Sinking of Japan brings apocalypse through tectonics. Based on Sakyo Komatsu's best-selling novel, Sinking of Japan was first put on the big screen in Moritani Shiro's 1973 classic. In 2006, director Higuchi Shinji remakes the disaster movie, taking the story to.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, action thriller, disaster movie
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The Swell (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a big storm in the Netherlands and Begium comes down should prime minister Hans Kreuger the order taking: Can we evacuate four million people? But the storm can login deflect and the evacuation of civilians, hospitals and prisons takes sure 4 days.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, suspenseful, intense, disaster movie
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Eve of Destruction (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two scientists attempt to discover a new unlimited energy resource, but their experiment is sabotaged by eco-terrorists. A black hole is then formed and could destroy the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, serious, 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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Earthquake (2016)
Plot Summary:
After the devastating Spitak earthquake of December 7th, Konstantin Berezhnoy, a 50-year-old Russian, and Robert Melkonyan, a 28-year-old Armenian, work together to rescue the desperate survivors.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Armenia, Russia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, touching, 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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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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10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
Plot Summary:
A jolted West Coast deals with the deadly aftereffects of a massive tremor in this sequel to the disaster drama 10.5. Concerned that a widening fault line may set off two nuclear reactors, seismologist Samantha Hill (Kim Delaney) contacts the president (Beau Bridges). Assembling an expert rescue team, they search for the one man who can help them: Samantha's father (Frank Langella), a scientist who predicted this catastrophe. Dean Cain co-stars.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, tense, suspense, futuristic, fast, disaster movie
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10.5 (2004)
Plot Summary:
An earthquake reaching a 10.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, strikes the west coast of the U.S. and Canada. A large portion of land falls into the ocean, and the situation is worsened by aftershocks and tsunami.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, 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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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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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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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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Meteor (2009)
Plot Summary:
Somewhere on the outskirts of our solar system, the unthinkable occurs. A giant asteroid collides with a smaller one and changes direction - headed directly toward The Earth. The burning meteor rain that beats down with devastating force, is only a foretaste of what is to come. Just a few days from reaching the atmosphere Kassandra, the meteor that is three times as big as Mount Everest and with power in an instant to destroy all life on planet Earth.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic, disaster movie
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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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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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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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Shockwave: Countdown to Disaster (2017)
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