List of disaster films
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{{See also|Doomsday film}}
This list of [[disaster film|disaster]] and [[doomsday film|doomsday]] [[film]]s represents over half a century of films within the [[film genre|genre]]. Films are also listed if a disaster plays a role in the film, even if the film is not considered a disaster film. Disaster films are motion pictures which depict an impending or ongoing [[disaster]]. The films typically feature large casts and multiple storylines and focus on the protagonists' attempts to avert, escape, or cope with the disaster presented.
==[[Natural disaster]]s==
===Geological disasters===
*''[[The Core]]'' (2003)
*''On Hostile Ground'' (2000)
====[[Avalanche]]s====
*''Avalanche'' (1969)
*''Avalanche'' (1978)
*''Avalanche'' (1994)
*''Avalanche'' (1999)
*''Avalanche'' (2001)
*''[[Avalanche Alley]]'' (2001)
*''[[Avalanche Express]]'' (1979)
*''Lavina'' (1982)
*''Nature Unleashed: Avalanche'' (2004)
*''Trapped: Buried Alive'' (2002)
*''[[Vertical Limit]]'' (2000)
====[[Earthquake]]s====
*''[[10.5 (TV series)|10.5]]'' (2004)
*''[[10.5: Apocalypse]]'' (2006)
*''[[Aftershock: Earthquake in New York]]'' (1999)
*''Aftershocks'' (1998)
*''The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake'' (1990)
*''[[Crack in the World]]'' (1965)
*''[[The Day the Earth Caught Fire]]'' (1961)
*''Deathquake'' (1980)
*''Deep Core'' (2000)
*''[[Descent (2005 film)|Descent]]'' (2005)
*''[[Deluge (film)|Deluge]]'' (1933)
*''[[Earthquake (film)|Earthquake]]'' (1974)
*''[[Epicenter (disambiguation)|Epicenter]]'' (2000)
*''[[Epoch (film)|Epoch]]'' (2001)
**''Epoch: Evolution'' (2003)
*''Nature Unleashed: Earthquake'' (2004)
*''The Night the World Exploded'' (1957)
*''Quake'' (1993)
*''[[The Rains of Ranchipur]]'' (1955)
*''[[San Francisco (film)|San Francisco]]'' (1936)
*''Short Walk to Daylight'' (1972)
*''Tidal Wave: No Escape'' (1997)
====[[Volcanoe]]s====
*''[[Dante's Peak]]'' (1997)
*''[[The Devil at 4 O'Clock]]'' (1961)
*''[[Dragon Head]]'' (2003)
*''[[End Day]]'' (2005)
*''[[The Island at the Top of the World]]'' (1974)
*''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)|Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'' (1959)
*''[[Krakatoa, East of Java]]'' (1969)
*''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1935)
*''Magma: Volcanic Disaster'' (2006)
*''Nature Unleashed: Volcano'' (2004)
*''[[Pompeii: The Last Day]]'' (docudrama) (2003)
*''[[Supervolcano (docudrama)|Supervolcano]]'' (docudrama) (2005)
*''[[Volcano (film)|Volcano]]'' (1997)
*''[[The Volcano Disaster (film)|The Volcano Disaster]]'' (2004)
*''Volcano: Fire on the Mountain'' (1997)
*''[[When Time Ran Out (film)|When Time Ran Out...]]'' (1980)
*''Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York'' (tv) (2006)
===Hydrological disasters===
====[[Flood]]s and [[tidal wave]]s====
*''[[Killer Wave (mini series]]'' (2007)
*''[[10.5 (TV series)|10.5]]'' (2004)
*''[[10.5: Apocalypse]]'' (2006)
*''Condominium'' (1980)
*''[[The Dam Busters (film)|The Dam Busters]]'' (1954)
*''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'' (2004)
*''[[The Day the Earth Caught Fire]]'' (1961)
*''[[Daylight (film)|Daylight]]'' (1996)
*''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]'' (1998)
*''[[Deluge (film)|Deluge]]'' (1933)
*''[[Earthquake (film)|Earthquake]]'' (1974)
*''Flood (2007)
*''Flood!'' (1976)
*''Flood: A River's Rampage'' (1997)
*''Killer Flood: The Day the Dam Broke'' (2003)
*''The Last Wave'' (1997)
*''[[Meteor (film)|Meteor]]'' (1979)
*''[[Nippon Chinbotsu (film)|Nippon Chinbotsu]]'' (1973) (released as ''Tidal Wave'' in North America)
*''[[Noah (film)|Noah]]'' (1998)
*''Noah's Ark'' (1928)
*''Noah's Ark'' (1999)
*''[[The Rains Came]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Rains of Ranchipur]]'' (1955)
*''Tidal Wave No Escape'' (1997)
*''Vajont'' (2001)
===Climatic disasters===
*''[[Category 6: Day of Destruction]]'' (2004)
*''[[Category 7: The End of the World]]'' (2005)
*''[[End Day]]'' (2005)
*''[[Hard Rain (film)|Hard Rain]]'' (1998)
*''[[The Hurricane (1937 film)|The Hurricane]]'' (1937)
*''Ice'' (1998)
*''[[The Perfect Storm (film)|The Perfect Storm]]'' (2000)
====[[Global warming]]====
*''[[The 11th Hour (film)|The 11th Hour]]'' (2007)
*''[[Earth (2007 film)|Earth]]'' (2007)
*''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'' (2006)
*''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'' (2004)
*''[[Waterworld]]'' (1995)
====[[Tornado]]es====
*''[[Atomic Twister (TV)|Atomic Twister]]'' (2002)
*''[[Category 6: Day of Destruction]]'' (2004)
*''[[Category 7: The End of the World]]'' (2005)
*''Devil Winds'' (2003)
*''Nature Unleashed: Tornado'' (2004)
*''[[Night of the Twisters]]'' (1996)
*''Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister'' (1998)
*''[[The Day After Tomorrow]] (2004)
*''Tornado Warning'' (2002)
*''Tornado!'' (1996)
*''Tornado-Der Zorn des Himmels'' (2006)
*''[[Twister (film)|Twister]]'' (1996)
===Fires===
*''[[Backdraft (film)|Backdraft]]'' (1991)
*''[[City on Fire (1979 film)|City on Fire]]'' (1979)
*''[[Dante's Inferno (film)|Dante's Inferno]]'' (1935)
*''Fire!'' (1901)
*''[[Firestorm (film)|Firestorm]]'' (1998)
*''[[The Hindenburg (1975 film)|The Hindenburg]]'' (1975)
*''[[In Old Chicago]]'' (1937)
*''[[Inferno]]'' (1998)
*''[[Ladder 49]]'' (2004)
*''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1935)
*''Nature Unleashed: Fire'' (2004)
*''Red Skies of Montana'' (1952)
*''[[San Francisco (film)|San Francisco]]'' (1936)
*''Terror on the 40th Floor'' (1974)
*''[[The Towering Inferno (film)|The Towering Inferno]]'' (1974)
===[[Epidemic]]s===
*''[[Twelve Monkeys]]'' (1995)
*''[[28 Days Later]]'' (2002)
**''[[28 Weeks Later]]'' (2007)
*''Absolon'' (2003)
*''[[The Andromeda Strain (film)|The Andromeda Strain]]'' (1971)
*''[[Cabin Fever (film)|Cabin Fever]]'' (2003)
*''Carriers'' (1998)
*''[[The Cassandra Crossing]]'' (1976)
*''[[Children of Men]]'' (2006)
*''Contagion'' (2001)
*''Contagious'' (1997)
*''[[Covert One: The Hades Factor]]'' (2006)
*''[[Doomsday (film)|Doomsday]]'' (2008)
*''[[End of Days (film)|End of Days]]'' (1999)
*''[[Epidemic (film)|Epidemic]]'' (1987)
*''[[Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America]]'' (2006)
*''[[Flying Virus]]'' (2001)
*''[[The Happening (2008 film)|The Happening]]'' (2008)
*''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]'' (2007)
*''[[It's Great to Be Alive]]'' (1933)
*''[[The Killer That Stalked New York]]'' (1950)
*''[[The Last Man on Earth (1924 film)|The Last Man on Earth]]'' (1924)
*''[[The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)|The Last Man on Earth]]'' (1964)
*[[George A. Romero]]'s ''[[Living Dead]]'' films
*''[[The Omega Man]]'' (1971)
*''[[Outbreak (film)|Outbreak]]'' (1995)
*''[[Pandora's Clock]]'' (1996)
*''[[Panic in the Streets (film)|Panic in the Streets]]'' (1950)
*''[[Resident Evil#Films|Resident Evil]]'' films
*''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]'' (1996)
*''Runaway Virus'' (2000)
*''[[The Satan Bug]]'' (1965)
*''[[Smallpox 2002]]'' (2002)
*''Spill'' (1996)
*''[[SST: Death Flight]]'' (1977)
*''[[The Stand (TV miniseries)|The Stand]]'' (1994)
*''Thirst'' (1998)
*''[[Virus (1980 film)|Virus]]'' (1980)
*''Virus'' (1981)
*''[[Virus (1999 film)|Virus]]'' (1999)
*''Voyage of Terror'' (1998)
*''[[Warning Sign_(film)|Warning Sign]] (1985)
===[[Outer space|Space]] disasters===
*''[[Anna's Storm]]'' (2007)
*''[[Armageddon (film)|Armageddon]]'' (1998)
*''[[Asteroid (film)|Asteroid]]'' (1997)
*''The Day the Sky Exploded'' (1958)
*''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]'' (1998)
*''Doomsday Rock'' (1997)
*''Earthquake'' (1974)
*''[[End Day]]'' (2005)
*''End of the World'' (1977)
*''[[A Fire in the Sky]]'' (1978)
*''[[Inferno#In film|Inferno]]'' (1998)
*''[[Judgement Day (film)|Judgement Day]]'' (1999)
*''[[Meteor (film)|Meteor]]'' (1979)
*''Meteorites!'' (1998)
*''[[Night of the Comet]]'' (1984)
*''[[Solar Attack]]'' (also called ''Solar Strike'') (2005-2006)
*''[[Solar Crisis]]'' (1990)
*''[[Sunshine (2007 film)|Sunshine]]'' (2007)
*''[[Supernova (2005 film)|Supernova]]'' (2005)
*''[[The Black Hole]]'' (1979)
*''[[Tycus]]'' (1998)
*''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' (1961)
*''[[When Worlds Collide (film)#New version planned for 2008|When Worlds Collide]]'' (2008)
*''[[When Worlds Collide (film)|When Worlds Collide]]'' (1951)
*''[[Without Warning]]'' (1994)
*''Countdown: The sky's on fire'' (1998)
==[[Man-made hazards|Man-made disasters]]==
*''[[Blackout (film)|Blackout]]'' (1978)
*''[[From Beyond (film)|From Beyond]]'' (1985)
*''Locusts'' (2005)
*''[[On Deadly Ground]]'' (1994)
*''[[The Philadelphia Experiment (film)|The Philadelphia Experiment]]'' (1984)
*''[[The Quiet Earth (film)|The Quiet Earth]]'' (1985)
*''[[Shadowzone (film)|Shadowzone]]'' (1990)
*''[[Stairwell: Trapped In The World Trade Center]]'' (2002)
===Sociological disasters===
====[[Crime]]====
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====[[Terrorism]]====
{{main|List of terrorism films}}
====[[War]]====
{{main|List of war films}}
===Hazardous materials===
*''[[End Day]]'' (2005)
*''[[The Magnetic Monster]]'' (1953)
====Chemical disasters====
*''[[The Children (1980 film)|The Children]]'' (1980)
*''[[Danger Zone (film)|Danger Zone]] (1997)
*''[[Fire Down Below (1997 film)|Fire Down Below]]'' (1997)
*''[[Once Upon a Forest]]'' (1993)
====Nuclear disasters====
*''An Act of God'' (1989)
*''[[Atomic Train]]'' (1999)
*''[[Atomic Twister (TV)|Atomic Twister]]'' (2002)
*''[[By Dawn's Early Light]]'' (1990)
*''[[Chain Reaction (film)|Chain Reaction]]'' (1996)
*''[[The China Syndrome]]'' (1979)
*''[[Class of Nuke 'Em High]]'' (1986)
*''[[Countdown to Looking Glass]]'' (1984)
*''[[The Day After]]'' (1983)
*''The Doomsday Machine'' (1972)
*''[[Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]'' (1964)
*''[[Fail-Safe (1964 film)|Fail-Safe]]'' (1964)
*''[[Le Dernier Combat|The Final Combat]]'' (1983)
*''[[Ladybug Ladybug (film)|Ladybug Ladybug]]'' (1963)
*''[[The Last War (1961 film)|The Last War]]'' (1961)
*''[[The Manhattan Project (film)|The Manhattan Project]]'' (1986)
*''[[Miracle Mile (film)|Miracle Mile]]'' (1988)
*''[[On the Beach (1959 film)|On the Beach]]'' (1959)
*''[[On the Beach (2000 film)|On the Beach]]'' (2000)
*''[[Panic in Year Zero!]]'' (1962)
*''[[The Peacemaker (1997 film)|The Peacemaker]]'' (1997)
*''[[The Postman (film)|The Postman]]'' (1997)
*''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (1968)
*''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (2001)
*''[[Special Bulletin]]'' (1983)
*''[[The Sum of All Fears (film)|The Sum of All Fears]]'' (2002)
*''[[Threads]]'' (1984)
*''[[WarGames]]'' (1983)
*''[[The War Game]]'' (1965)
*''[[When the Wind Blows (film)|When the Wind Blows]]'' (1986)
*''[[The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959 film)|The World, the Flesh and the Devil]]'' (1959)
===Transportation disasters===
====Airplanes====
*''[[9/11 (film)|9/11]]'' (2002)
*''[[Airport (film)|Airport]]'' (1970)
*''[[Airport 1975]]'' (1974)
*''[[Airport '77]]'' (1977)
*''[[The Concorde: Airport '79]]'' (1979)
*''[[Alive (1993 film)|Alive]]'' (1993)
*''[[Con Air]]'' (1997)
*''[[The Day Britain Stopped]]'' (2003)
*''[[The Delta Force (film)|The Delta Force]]'' (1986)
*''[[Executive Decision]]'' (1996)
*''[[Final Destination]]'' (2000)
*''[[Fire and Rain (film)|Fire and Rain]]'' (1989)
*''[[Five Came Back]]'' (1939)
*''[[Flight 93 (TV film)|Flight 93]]'' (2006)
*''[[The Flight of the Phoenix]]'' (1965)
*''[[Flightplan]]'' (2005)
*''[[The High and the Mighty (film)|The High and the Mighty]]'' (1954)
*''[[The Langoliers]]'' (1995)
*''[[Miracle Landing]]'' (1990)
*''[[No Highway in the Sky]]'' (1951)
*''[[Pandora's Clock]]'' (1996)
*''[[Passenger 57]]'' (1992)
*''[[Red Eye (film)|Red Eye]]'' (2005)
*''[[Snakes on a Plane]]'' (2006)
*''[[Stealth (film)|Stealth]]'' (2005)
*''[[Turbulence (film)|Turbulence]]'' films
*''[[United 93 (film)|United 93]]'' (2006)
====Cars and trucks====
*''[[The Big Bus]]'' (1976)
*''[[Breaker! Breaker!]]'' (1977)
*''[[The Chase (1994 film)|The Chase]]'' (1994)
*''[[Drinking And Driving Wrecks Lives]]'' series
*''[[Duel (film)|Duel]]'' (1971)
*''[[Final Destination 2]]'' (2003)
*''[[Maximum Overdrive]]'' (1986)
*''Runaway Car'' (1997)
*''[[Speed (film)|Speed]]'' (1994)
*''Trucks'' (1997)
*''Daylight'' (1996)
====Ships and submarines====
*''[[Das Boot (film)|Das Boot]]'' (1981)
*''[[Evan Almighty]]'' (2007)
*''[[Gray Lady Down]]'' (1978)
*''[[Hostile Waters (film)|Hostile Waters]]'' (1997)
*''[[The Hunt for Red October (film)|The Hunt for Red October]]'' (1990)
*''[[In Search of the Castaways]]'' (1962)
*''[[Juggernaut (film)|Juggernaut]]'' (1970)
*''[[K-19: The Widowmaker]]'' (2002)
*''[[The Last Voyage]]'' (1960)
*''[[Lord of the Flies (1963 film)|Lord of the Flies]]'' (1963)
*''[[A Night to Remember (film)|A Night to Remember]]'' (1958)
*''[[Noah (film)|Noah]]'' (1998)
*''[[Noah's Ark (1929 film)|Noah's Ark]]'' (1929)
*''Noah's Ark'' (1959)
*''Noah's Ark'' (1999)
*''[[Poseidon (film)|Poseidon]]'' (2006)
*''[[The Poseidon Adventure (film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' (1972)
**''[[Beyond the Poseidon Adventure]]'' (1979)
*''[[The Poseidon Adventure (2005 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' (2005)
*''[[Speed 2: Cruise Control]]'' (1997)
*''[[Titanic (1953 film)|Titanic]]'' (1953)
*''[[Titanic (TV miniseries)|Titanic]]'' (1996)
*''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997)
*''[[U-571 (film)|U-571]]'' (2000)
====Spaceships====
*''[[Airplane II: The Sequel]]'' (1982)
*''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'' (1995)
*''[[The Black Hole]]'' (1979)
*''[[Event Horizon (film)|Event Horizon]]'' (1997)
*''[[Lost in Space (film)|Lost in Space]]'' (1998)
*''[[Marooned (film)|Marooned]]'' (1969)
*''[[Space Cowboys]]'' (2000)
*''[[SpaceCamp]]'' (1986)
*''[[Sunshine (2007 film)|Sunshine]]'' (2007)
*''Trapped in Space'' (1994)
*''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]'' (1953)
*''[[War of the Worlds (2005 film)|War of the Worlds]]'' (2005)
*''[[H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (2005 film)|H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds]]'' (2005)
====Trains====
*''[[Atomic Train]]'' (1999)
*''[[The Cassandra Crossing]]'' (1976)
*''[[The Day of the Roses]]'' (1977)
*''[[Money Train]]'' (1995)
*''[[Runaway Train (film)|Runaway Train]]'' (1985)
*''[[Silver Streak (film)|Silver Streak]]'' (1976)
*''[[The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film)|The Taking of Pelham One Two Three]]'' (1974)
*''[[Under Siege 2: Dark Territory]]'' (1995)
*''[[Final Destination 3]]'' (2006)
====Other vehicles====
*''[[Daylight (film)|Daylight]]'' (1996)
*''[[Final Destination 3]]'' (2006)
*''[[Hanging by a Thread (1979 film)|Hanging by a Thread]]'' (1979)
*''[[Rollercoaster (film)|Rollercoaster]]'' (1977)
===Cyborgs, robots, and other machines===
*''[[Black Hole (2006 film)|Black Hole]]'' (2006)
*''[[Demon Seed]]'' (1977)
*''[[Eve of Destruction (film)|Eve of Destruction]]'' (1991)
*''[[I, Robot (film)|I, Robot]]'' (2004)
*''[[The Matrix (film series)|The Matrix]]'' films
*''[[Path of Destruction (film)|Path of Destruction]]'' (2005)
*''[[Stealth (film)|Stealth]]'' (2005)
*''[[The Terminator series|The Terminator]]'' films
*''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' (2007)
*''[[Westworld]]'' (1973)
**''[[Futureworld]]'' (1976)
==[[Extraterrestrial]]s==
*''[[Creature (film)|Creature]]'' (1985)
*''[[Independence Day (film)|Independence Day]]'' (1996)
*''[[Mars Attacks!]] (1996)
*''[[War of the Worlds]] (2006)
*''[[Signs (film)|Signs]]'' (2002)
*''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' (2007)
*''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]'' (1953)
*''[[War of the Worlds (2005 film)|War of the Worlds]]'' (2005)
*''[[Within the Rock]]'' (1996)
{{see|List of films featuring extraterrestrials}}
==Animals and plants==
{{Main|List of eco-horror films}}
{{see|List of giant monster films}}
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