Disaster Flicks
Ever have one of those days? Well chances are it never got as bad as it did for these people. Dodging meteors, tornados, floods, earthquakes, molten lava, deadly viruses and killer bees. Peaking in the 70s with the Irwin Allen school of filmmaking ("The Poseidon Adventure", "The Towering Inferno", "The Swarm", "When Time Ran Out...", "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure"), the disaster movie still rears its head from time to time and made something of a strong comeback in the mid-90s ("Dante's Peak", "Volcano", "Daylight", "Twister", "Armageddon", "Deep Impact" and so on). Head for the hills...
Flying High! ( aka Airplane! ) (1980)
6.5/10
Director: David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Starring: Julie Hagerty, Robert Hays, Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges
A funny spoof of 'Airport'-type disaster movies with non-stop hilarity that holds up to the end. Starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, R... Read more
Titanic (1997)
7.8/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Bernard Hill, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, David Warner, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stua...
Director James Cameron's epic blockbuster, at the time the most expensive movie ever, won a record-tying 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and... Read more
When a City Falls (2012)
8.7/10
Director: Gerald Smyth
The Canterbury earthquakes, shot in the streets of Christchurch. What happens to half a million New Zealanders the year their lives change forever. Read more
The Perfect Storm (2000)
6.4/10
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, Karen Allen, William Fichtner, Mary E...
Based on a true story, director Wolfgang Petersen's harrowing nautical adventure stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly and William Ficht... Read more
Life of Pi (2012)
7.9/10
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Rafe Spall, Tabu , Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma, Adil Hussain
Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, director Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi' is a visually stunning adventure story centering on Pi Patel, the prec... Read more
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
7.2/10
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid
A tense science-fiction thriller, this film focuses on a team of scientists attempting to isolate a deadly virus while racing against time and the pos... Read more
The Core (2003)
5.5/10
Director: Jon Amiel
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, D J Qualls, Richard Je...
Academy Award winner Hilary Swank ("Boys Don't Cry") leads an all-star cast in this electrifying journey that puts you in the middle of the most spect... Read more
Armageddon (1998)
6.6/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Steve Buscemi
A Texas-sized asteroid is hurtling towards Earth, NASA gets nervous and it's up to Bruce Willis and his misfit oil drillers turned astronaut crew to b... Read more
United 93 (2006)
7.6/10
Director: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Christian Clemenson, Trish Gates, David Alan Basche, Cheyenne Jackson, Opal Alla...
On September 11th, 2001 United Flight 93 crashed into a cornfield in Pennsylvania after passengers on board took it on themselves to thwart the plans... Read more
A Night To Remember (1958)
7.9/10
Director: Roy Baker
Starring: Kenneth More, David McCallum, Jill Dixon
The maiden voyage of the Titanic is meticulously detailed in this remarkable black and white recreation. Based on the best seller by Walter Lord. Grea... Read more