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...
Daylight (1996)
5.8/10
Director: Rob Cohen
Starring: Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Sylvester Stallone, Dan Hedaya, Jay O Sanders, K...
Sly Stallone is a disgraced emergency medical service worker who springs into action when a huge explosion cripples a tunnel under New York City's Hud... Read more
Juggernaut (1974)
6.6/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Clifton James, David Hemmings, Ian Holm, Omar Sharif, Richard H...
The high seas have never been more terrifying than in this 'fascinating, hair-raising and nerve-tingling' adventure. Richard Harris and Omar Sharif he... Read more
Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
6.1/10
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Starring: B D Wong, Jeff Goldblum, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Justice Smith, Sam Ne...
Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Biosyn operatives attempt to track down Maisie Lockwood, while Dr Ellie Sattler investigates a geneti... Read more
The Perfect Storm ( Blu-ray ) (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
Hope and Wire (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Gaylene Preston
Starring: Bernard Hill, Joel Tobeck, Stephen Lovatt, Miriama McDowell, Rachel House, Chels...
"Hope and Wire", a television drama inspired by true events, first-hand accounts and employing actual newsreel footage, is set in the aftermath of the... Read more
Hindenburg (2007)
7/10
The Hindenburg tragedy was a catastrophe that was as significant as the Titanic disaster. Until that fateful day, airships were seen as the upcoming w... Read more
Aftershock (2011)
7.6/10
Director: Feng Xiaogang
Starring: Li Chen, Jingchu Zhang, Xu Fan
This popular disaster drama from China concentrates on a family whose lives were destroyed by the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. When a mother is forced to... Read more
Meteor (1979)
5/10
Director: Ronald Neame
Starring: Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Henry Fonda, Martin Landau
A five mile wide meteor races towards Earth, as the world's governments race against time and each other's suspicions to find a way to avert planetary... Read more
Rampage (2018)
6.2/10
Director: Brad Peyton
Starring: Marley Shelton, Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerma...
Primatologist Davis (Dwayne Johnson) shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent silverback gorilla who has been in his car... Read more
Twister ( Blu-ray ) (1996)
6.3/10
Director: Jan De Bont
Starring: Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Helen Hunt, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman
In this adventure swirling with cliffhanging excitement and awesome special effects, Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton play scientists pursuing the most dest... Read more