The Best Disaster Movies Of All-Time
“What are the best Disaster movies of all-time?” We looked at 223 of the top disaster films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 39 films, all appearing on 4 or more “Best Disaster” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 175+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
Top 39 Disaster Movies
39 .) 28 Days Later (2002)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- IMDB
- Jezebel
- Onedio
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs — and it’s absolutely impossible to contain.
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38 .) Everest (2015)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Metro
- Movies Drop
- Orlando Sentinel
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, “Everest” documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
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37 .) Gravity (2013)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Futurism
- Onedio
- Ranker
Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.
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36 .) Meteor (1979)
Lists It Appears On:
- ET Online
- IMDB
- Movie Theater Prices
- syfy
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?
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35 .) Miracle Mile (1988)
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- Goliath
- Refinery 29
- Vulture
After 30 years of searching, Harry (Edwards) has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!
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34 .) San Francisco (1936)
Lists It Appears On:
- Info Please
- Mandatory
- Orlando Sentinel
- Vulture
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the big earthquake.
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33 .) The Finest Hours (2016)
Lists It Appears On:
- Metro
- Movies Drop
- Orlando Sentinel
- The Vore
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
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32 .) The Happening (2008)
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Mens XP
- Ranker
- Refinery 29
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore (Mark Wahlberg) and his wife (Zooey Deschanel) flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon — or something even more sinister? John Leguizamo and Betty Buckley co-star in this thriller from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan.
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31 .) The Swarm (1978)
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Info Please
- Mandatory
- syfy
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen’s film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.
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30 .) The Wave
Lists It Appears On:
- Movie Theater Prices
- Orlando Sentinel
- The Vore
- Vulture
Based on the fact that mountain party Åkneset, located in the Geiranger fjord in Norway, one day will race out and create a violent tsunami of over 80 meters that will crush everything in its path before it hits land in Geiranger. A geologist gets caught in the middle of it and a race against time begins.
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29 .) Tidal Wave (2009)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- IMDB
- Movie Theater Prices
- syfy
Man-sik and Yeon-hee, are unsure as to whether they can overcome past wounds and continue being a couple. Dr. Kim, who cautions against a possible mega-tsunami at Haeundae, collapses in agony springing from an unexpected turn-up of his daughter and divorced wife. Hyoung-sik, after rescuing a woman from Seoul, rides out a ferocious storm to gladden her heart. A tsunami which destroys Haeundae symbolizes the establishment of a typical axis called provocation of conflicts, and later the inner spaces of the couples without anything left behind after all conflicts have ended
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28 .) World War Z (2013)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Flick Chart
- Onedio
- Refinery 29
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
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27 .) Apollo 13 (1995)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Futurism
- IMDB
- Movies Drop
- Slash Films
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.
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26 .) Hard Rain
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Mandatory
- Orlando Sentinel
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
Get swept up in the action as an armored car driver (Christian Slater) tries to elude a gang of thieves (led by Morgan Freeman) while a flood ravages the countryside. Hard Rain is “a wild, thrilling, chilling action ride” filled with close calls, uncertain loyalties and heart-stopping heroics.
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25 .) Sharknado (2013)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Decider
- Mandatory
- Metro
- Screen Rant
A freak hurricane hits Los Angeles, causing man-eating sharks to be scooped up in tornadoes and flooding the city with shark-infested seawater. Surfer and bar-owner Fin sets out with his friends Baz and Nova to rescue his estranged wife April and teenage daughter Claudia.
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24 .) Alive (1993)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Decider
- Goliath
- IMDB
- Movies Drop
- Ranker
The amazing, true story of a Uruguayan rugby team’s plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.
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23 .) Pompeii (2014)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- ET Online
- Jezebel
- Mandatory
- The Vore
- Vulture
In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
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22 .) Airport (1970)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Goliath
- IMDB
- Info Please
- Mandatory
- Ranker
- Vulture
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
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21 .) Cloverfield (2008)
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- IMDB
- Info Please
- Jezebel
- Onedio
- Ranker
- Slash Films
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.
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20 .) Outbreak (1995)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- ET Online
- IGN
- IMDB
- Info Please
- Ranker
- Thought Co.
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels’ job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
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19 .) Poseidon
Lists It Appears On:
- ET Online
- IMDB
- Movie Theater Prices
- New Now Next
- Orlando Sentinel
- Ranker
- Variety
A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.
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18 .) War Of The Worlds (2005)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Chillopedia
- IMDB
- Info Please
- Onedio
- Ranker
- Thought Co.
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
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17 .) Contagion (2011)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- ET Online
- IGN
- Jezebel
- Onedio
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- The Vore
- Vulture
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus – that kills within days – rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
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16 .) Independence Day (1996)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Flick Chart
- IMDB
- Jezebel
- Onedio
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- Slash Films
- Thought Co.
On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped ‘destroyer’ spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated counterattack that fails. On July 4, a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space, in order to plant a nuclear missile.
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15 .) The Core (2003)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- ET Online
- IMDB
- Mandatory
- New Now Next
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- Variety
- Young Hollywood
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth’s inner core to stop rotating. With the planet’s magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world’s most gifted scientists, travel into the earth’s core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.
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14 .) San Andreas (2015)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Goliath
- Jezebel
- Metro
- Movie Theater Prices
- Orlando Sentinel
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- Slash Films
- Spy
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.
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13 .) The Towering Inferno (1974)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Goliath
- IGN
- IMDB
- Mandatory
- New Now Next
- Ranker
- syfy
- Thought Co.
- Variety
- Vulture
At the opening party of a colossal – but poorly constructed – office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
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12 .) Volcano (1997)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Chillopedia
- ET Online
- IMDB
- Mandatory
- Metro
- New Now Next
- Orlando Sentinel
- Ranker
- Variety
- Young Hollywood
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.
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11 .) Dante’s Peak (1997)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- ET Online
- IMDB
- Jezebel
- Mandatory
- New Now Next
- Orlando Sentinel
- Ranker
- Slash Films
- Spy
- Vulture
- Young Hollywood
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante’s Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.
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10 .) The Impossible (2012)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Goliath
- IGN
- Mandatory
- Movie Theater Prices
- Movies Drop
- Orlando Sentinel
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- Spy
- Variety
- Young Hollywood
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.
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9 .) The Perfect Storm (2000)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Chillopedia
- Decider
- Goliath
- IMDB
- Mandatory
- Movies Drop
- Onedio
- Orlando Sentinel
- Ranker
- Slash Films
- Spy
- Vulture
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute details of the fishing boats, their gear and the weather are juxtaposed with the sea adventure.
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8 .) Twister (1996)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Chillopedia
- ET Online
- IGN
- IMDB
- Info Please
- Mandatory
- Orlando Sentinel
- Ranker
- Spy
- Thought Co.
- Variety
- Young Hollywood
TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the three have joined the team of stormchasers as they attempt to insert a revolutionary measuring device into the very heart of several extremely violent tornados.
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7 .) The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- ET Online
- Goliath
- IGN
- IMDB
- Info Please
- Mandatory
- New Now Next
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- syfy
- Thought Co.
- Variety
- Vulture
The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first Catastrophe films and began the Disaster Film genre. Director Neame tells the story of a group of people that must fight for their lives aboard a sinking ship. Based on the novel by Paul Gallico.
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6 .) 2012 (2009)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- ET Online
- Goliath
- IMDB
- Jezebel
- Mandatory
- Mens XP
- Movie Theater Prices
- New Now Next
- Orlando Sentinel
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- Spy
- Vulture
- Young Hollywood
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.
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5 .) Armageddon (1998)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Chillopedia
- Decider
- ET Online
- Flick Chart
- Futurism
- IGN
- IMDB
- Mandatory
- New Now Next
- Onedio
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- Vulture
- Young Hollywood
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn’t good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.
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4 .) Deep Impact (1998)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Decider
- ET Online
- Futurism
- IMDB
- Mandatory
- Movie Theater Prices
- New Now Next
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- Screen Rant
- Slash Films
- Thought Co.
- Vulture
- Young Hollywood
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it’s up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
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3 .) Earthquake (1974)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- ET Online
- IGN
- IMDB
- Info Please
- Mandatory
- Mens XP
- New Now Next
- Orlando Sentinel
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- syfy
- Thought Co.
- Variety
- Vulture
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.
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2 .) Titanic (1997)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Chillopedia
- IGN
- IMDB
- Info Please
- Jezebel
- Metro
- Movies Drop
- Onedio
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- Slash Films
- Thought Co.
- Variety
- Vulture
84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.
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1 .) The Day after Tomorrow (2004)
Lists It Appears On:
- Bill Damon
- Chillopedia
- ET Online
- Flick Chart
- Goliath
- IGN
- IMDB
- Info Please
- Jezebel
- Mandatory
- Mens XP
- Movie Theater Prices
- New Now Next
- Onedio
- Orlando Sentinel
- Ranker
- Refinery 29
- Screen Rant
- Spy
- Thrillist
- Vulture
- Young Hollywood
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.
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The 175+ Additional Best Disaster Movies
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| 40 | A Night to Remember (1958) | Roy Ward Baker | IMDB |
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| Vulture | |||
| 41 | Airplane! | Mandatory | |
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| Vulture | |||
| 42 | Airport 1975 (1974) | Jack Smight | IMDB |
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| Variety | |||
| 43 | Avalanche (1978) | Corey Allen | IMDB |
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| Variety | |||
| 44 | Backdraft | Ranker | |
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| 45 | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) | Irwin Allen | IMDB |
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| 46 | Daylight (1996) | Rob Cohen | Bill Damon |
| IMDB | |||
| Ranker | |||
| 47 | I Am Legend | Francis Lawrence | Flick Chart |
| IMDB | |||
| Ranker | |||
| 48 | Into the Storm (2014) | Bill Damon | |
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| 49 | Knowing (2009) | Bill Damon | |
| Chillopedia | |||
| Ranker | |||
| 50 | Last Night | Don McKellar | Flick Chart |
| IMDB | |||
| Refinery 29 | |||
| 51 | Mad Max | George Miller | IMDB |
| Refinery 29 | |||
| Slash Films | |||
| 52 | Mars Attacks! | Tim Burton | IMDB |
| Ranker | |||
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| 53 | Melancholia (2011 | Flick Chart | |
| Onedio | |||
| Vulture | |||
| 54 |
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
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Decider | |
| Slash Films | |||
| The Vore | |||
| 55 | Sunshine (2007) | Chillopedia | |
| Futurism | |||
| Refinery 29 | |||
| 56 |
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
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| Flick Chart | |||
| Ranker | |||
| 57 | The Birds (1963) | Alfred Hitchcock | IMDB |
| Jezebel | |||
| Vulture | |||
| 58 | The Day After | Nicholas Meyer | Flick Chart |
| IMDB | |||
| Ranker | |||
| 59 | The Martian (2015) | Bill Damon | |
| Futurism | |||
| Metro | |||
| 60 | The Omega Man (1971) | Boris Sagal | Bill Damon |
| IMDB | |||
| Ranker | |||
| 61 | The Quiet Earth | Geoff Murphy | Flick Chart |
| IMDB | |||
| Refinery 29 | |||
| 62 | WALL·E (2008) | Mens XP | |
| Onedio | |||
| Ranker | |||
| 63 | When Time Ran Out … (1980) | James Goldstone | IMDB |
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| 64 | 10.5: Apocalypse | Kim Delaney | IMDB |
| Ranker | |||
| 65 | Airport ’77 (1977) |
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| 66 | Children of Men (2006) | Alfonso Cuarón | IMDB |
| Thought Co. | |||
| 67 | Dawn Of The Dead (1978) | George A. Romero | Bill Damon |
| IMDB | |||
| 68 |
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
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| Metro | |||
| 69 | Flood | Tony Mitchell | IMDB |
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| 70 | Geostorm |
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| 71 | Godzilla | Roland Emmerich | IMDB |
| Slash Films | |||
| 72 | Hereafter | Mandatory | |
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| 73 | Hurricane (1979) | syfy | |
| Variety | |||
| 74 | In Old Chicago (1937 | Variety | |
| Vulture | |||
| 75 | K-19 The Widowmaker (2002) | Kathryn Bigelow | IMDB |
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| 76 |
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
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Refinery 29 | |
| Thrillist | |||
| 77 | On the Beach | Stanley Kramer | Flick Chart |
| IMDB | |||
| 78 | Shaun of the Dead | Edgar Wright | IMDB |
| Refinery 29 | |||
| 79 | Soylent Green | Ranker | |
| Refinery 29 | |||
| 80 | The Abyss (1985) | Info Please | |
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| 81 | The Book of Eli | Albert Hughes | IMDB |
| Refinery 29 | |||
| 82 |
The China Syndrome (1979)
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Mens XP | |
| Ranker | |||
| 83 | The Crazies | George A. Romero | IMDB |
| IMDB | |||
| 84 | The Last Man on Earth | Ubaldo Ragona | Flick Chart |
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| 85 | The Mist | Frank Darabont | IMDB |
| Ranker | |||
| 86 | The Stand | Gary Sinise | IMDB |
| Ranker | |||
| 87 | Tidal Wave: No Escape | George Miller | IMDB |
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| 88 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Irwin Allen | Decider |
| IMDB | |||
| 89 | When Worlds Collide | Flick Chart | |
| Variety | |||
| 90 | White Squall | Ridley Scott | IMDB |
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| 91 |
World Trade Center (2006)
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Info Please | |
| Movies Drop | |||
| (Movies Appear On 1 Lists each) | |||
| 92 | 10 Cloverfield Lane | Flick Chart | |
| 93 | 2022 Tsunami |
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| 94 | 28 Weeks Later | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | IMDB |
| 95 | A Boy and His Dog | Refinery 29 | |
| 96 | A Quiet Place | The Vore | |
| 97 | Aftershock’ |
Orlando Sentinel
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| 98 | Air Force One | Ranker | |
| 99 | Alien | Futurism | |
| 100 | An Inconvenient Truth | Screen Rant | |
| 101 | Ants! | Robert Scheerer | IMDB |
| 102 | Arachnophobia | Frank Marshall | IMDB |
| 103 | Attack the Block | Joe Cornish | IMDB |
| 104 | Avatar (2009) | Mens XP | |
| 105 | Battle Los Angeles | Jonathan Liebesman | IMDB |
| 106 |
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
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Chillopedia | |
| 107 | Bølgen – (2015) | Onedio | |
| 108 | Cabin Fever | Eli Roth | IMDB |
| 109 | Category 6: Day of Destruction | Dick Lowry | IMDB |
| 110 | Cave In! | Georg Fenady | IMDB |
| 111 |
Chernobyl Diaries (2012)
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| 112 | City on Fire (1979) | syfy | |
| 113 | Cloud Atlas | Refinery 29 | |
| 114 |
Colossus: The Forbin Project
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| 115 | Contact | Ranker | |
| 116 | Crash | Barry Shear | IMDB |
| 117 |
Darwin’s Nightmare – (2004)
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| 118 | Dawn of the Dead | Zack Snyder | IMDB |
| 119 | Daybreakers | Refinery 29 | |
| 120 |
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (1992)
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| 121 | Disaster Movie’ |
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Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami
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Doctor Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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| 124 | Eight Legged Freaks | Ellory Elkayem | IMDB |
| 125 | Empire of the Ants | Bert I. Gordon | IMDB |
| 126 | End of Days | Peter Hyams | IMDB |
| 127 | Erin Brockovich (2000) | Mens XP | |
| 128 | Escape from L.A. | Decider | |
| 129 | Event Horizon | Futurism | |
| 130 | Final Destination | James Wong | IMDB |
| 131 | Fire | Earl Bellamy | IMDB |
| 132 | Fire Down Below (1997) | Mens XP | |
| 133 | Flood | Earl Bellamy | IMDB |
| 134 | Frogs | George McCowan | IMDB |
| 135 | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Ishirô Honda | IMDB |
| 136 | Gray Lady Down (1978) | syfy | |
| 137 | Happy Feet (2006) | Mens XP | |
| 138 | Happy Feet Two (2011) | Thrillist | |
| 139 | Hell | Refinery 29 | |
| 140 | Hours – (2013) | Onedio | |
| 141 | How I Live Now | Refinery 29 | |
| 142 | Ice Age: The Meltdown’ |
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| 143 | Interstellar | Futurism | |
| 144 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Philip Kaufman | IMDB |
| 145 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | IMDB |
| 146 | Jurassic Park (1993) | Bill Damon | |
| 147 | Jurassic World (2015) | Onedio | |
| 148 | Key Largo |
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| 149 | Killer Wave |
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| 150 | King Kong | Peter Jackson | IMDB |
| 151 | King Kong | Merian C. Cooper | IMDB |
| 152 | Land of the Dead | George A. Romero | IMDB |
| 153 | Legion | Refinery 29 | |
| 154 | Lo imposible – (2012) | Onedio | |
| 155 | Mad Max 2 | Ranker | |
| 156 | Matrix | Refinery 29 | |
| 157 | Maximum Overdrive | Stephen King | IMDB |
| 158 | Miracle Landing | Dick Lowry | IMDB |
| 159 | Mission to Mars | Futurism | |
| 160 | Monsters | Flick Chart | |
| 161 | Most Realistic Tsunami |
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| 162 | Night of the Comet | Flick Chart | |
| 163 | Night of the Living Dead | George A. Romero | IMDB |
| 164 | Only the Brave (2017 | Vulture | |
| 165 | Pacific Rim | Ranker | |
| 166 | Pandorum | Futurism | |
| 167 | Pearl Harbor (2001) | Movies Drop | |
| 168 | Planet of the Apes | Franklin J. Schaffner | IMDB |
| 169 | Prometheus | Futurism | |
| 170 | Quarantine | Ranker | |
| 171 | Rabid | David Cronenberg | IMDB |
| 172 |
Real Tsunamis Caught on Tape
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| 173 | Red Dawn | Ranker | |
| 174 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Rupert Wyatt | IMDB |
| 175 | Runaway Train (1985) | Info Please | |
| 176 | Serenity | Futurism | |
| 177 | Signs | M. Night Shyamalan | IMDB |
| 178 | Snowpiercer (2013) | Jezebel | |
| 179 | St. Helens | Ernest Pintoff | IMDB |
| 180 |
Stephen King’s The Stand
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| 181 | Take Shelter | Refinery 29 | |
| 182 |
Tang shan da di zhen – (2010)
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| 183 |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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| 184 | The 5th Wave |
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| 185 | The Blob | Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. | IMDB |
| 186 | The Cabin in the Woods | Ranker | |
| 187 |
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
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| 188 |
The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
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| 189 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Robert Wise | IMDB |
| 190 |
The Fire Next Time (1993)
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| 191 |
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
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| 192 |
The High and the Mighty (1954
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| 193 | The Hindenburg (1975) | Info Please | |
| 194 | The Hurricane | John Ford | IMDB |
| 195 |
The Last Days of Pompeii (1959
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| 196 | The Last Winter (2006) | Thrillist | |
| 197 |
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow” (1981)
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| 198 | The Mummy | Decider | |
| 199 |
The Planet of the Apes remakes (Rise, 2011; Dawn, 2014; War, 2017)
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| 200 | The Road | John Hillcoat | IMDB |
| 201 | The Road Warrior | George Miller | IMDB |
| 202 | The Savage Bees | Bruce Geller | IMDB |
| 203 |
The Shape of Things to Come
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| 204 |
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
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| 205 | The Thing | John Carpenter | IMDB |
| 206 | The Tower (2012) | Bill Damon | |
| 207 | The War Game | Refinery 29 | |
| 208 |
The War of the Gargantuas
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| 209 | The War of the Worlds | Byron Haskin | IMDB |
| 210 | Them! | Gordon Douglas | IMDB |
| 211 | These Final Hours | Metro | |
| 212 | Threads | Refinery 29 | |
| 213 | Time of the Wolf | Refinery 29 | |
| 214 | Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) | Movies Drop | |
| 215 | Towering Inferno (1974) | Info Please | |
| 216 | United 93 | Paul Greengrass | IMDB |
| 217 | Unstoppable (2010) | Movies Drop | |
| 218 |
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
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| 219 | Vertical Limit | Metro | |
| 220 | Where Was God? | Decider | |
| 221 | Z For Zachariah | Refinery 29 | |
| 222 | Zero Hour! (1957) | Bill Damon | |
| 223 | Zombieland | Ruben Fleischer | IMDB |
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| Flick Chart | The Best Sci-fi Disaster Films of All Time – Flickchart |
| Futurism | Best Space Disaster Movies | Futurism |
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| IGN | Top 10 Best Disaster Movies Ever Made – IGN |
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| Mandatory | The Best Movie Ever: Disasters – Mandatory |
| Mens XP | Top 10 Hollywood Movies On Environmental Disasters – MensXP.com |
| Metro | Movies to watch on Netflix: The 10 best disaster films | Metro News |
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| Movies Drop | 10+ Best Disaster Movies Inspired By True Events & Stories |
| New Now Next | The Best (And Worst) Disaster Movies! | NewNowNext |
| Onedio | 19 Best Disaster Movies Of Cinema History – onedio.co |
| Orlando Sentinel | Twister’ turns 22 years old: My top 22 natural disaster films – Orlando … |
| Ranker | Disaster Movies: List of the Best Disaster and Apocalypse Films Ever |
| Refinery 29 | Best Apocalypse Movies About The End Of The World Scary |
| Screen Rant | The 11 Most Awe-Inspiring Disaster Movies | ScreenRant |
| Slash Films | Top 15 Best Natural Disaster Movies – Slash Film |
| Spy | Best Natural Disaster Movies of All Time, From Twister to San Andreas … |
| syfy | The 1970s: decade of the disaster movie – Syfy |
| The Vore | Best Dangerous Disaster movies to trigger your survival instinct in … |
| Thought Co. | Top 10 Disaster Action Films: From Natural Disasters to Alien Invasions |
| Thrillist | Best Climate Change Disaster Movies Where Nature Takes Revenge … |
| Variety | The Best and Worst Disaster Movies of All Time – Variety |
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