List of disaster films

Main article: Disaster film

See also: Doomsday film

This list of disaster or doomsday films represents over half a century of films within the genre. 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 disasters

Geological disasters

• The Core (2003)
• On Hostile Ground (2000)

Avalanches

• 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)

Earthquakes

• 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)
• Deluge (1933)
• Earthquake (1974)
• Epicenter (2000)
• Epoch (2001)
  • Epoch: Evolution (2003)
• Nature Unleashed: Earthquake (2004)
• The Night the World Exploded (1957)
• Quake (1993)
• The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
• San Francisco (1936)
• Short Walk to Daylight (1972)
• Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997)

Volcanoes

• Dante's Peak (1997)
• Dragon Head (2003)
• End Day (2005)
• The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
• 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) (2005)
• Volcano (1997)
• The Volcano Disaster (2004)
• Volcano: Fire on the Mountain (1997)
• When Time Ran Out (1980)

Hydrological disasters

Floods and tidal waves

• 10.5 (2004)
• 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
• Condominium (1998)
• The Dam Busters (1954)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
• The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
• Daylight (1996)
• Deep Impact (1998)
• Deluge (1933)
• Earthquake (1974)
• Evan Almighty (2007)
• Flood (2007)
• Flood! (1976)
• Flood: A River's Rampage (1997)
• Killer Flood: The Day the Dam Broke (2003)
• The Last Wave (1997)
• Meteor (1979)
• Noah (1998)
• Noah's Ark (1928)
• Noah's Ark (1999)
• The Rains Came (1939)
• The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
• Superman: The Movie (1978)
• Tidal Wave No Escape (1997)

Climatic disasters

• Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)
• Category 7: The End of the World (2005)
• End Day (2005)
• Hard Rain (1998)
• The Hurricane (1937)
• Ice (1998)
• The Perfect Storm (2000)

Global warming

• The 11th Hour (2007)
• An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
• Waterworld (1995)

Tornadoes

• 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)
• Tornado Warning (2002)
• Tornado! (1996)
• Tornado-Der Zorn des Himmels (2006)
• Twister (1996)

Fires

• Backdraft (1991)
• City on Fire (1979)
• Dante's Inferno (1935)
• Fire! (1901)
• Firestorm (1998)
• 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 (1936)
• Terror on the 40th Floor (1974)
• The Towering Inferno (1974)

Epidemics

• Twelve Monkeys (1995)
• 28 Days Later (2002)
  • 28 Weeks Later (2007)
• Absolon (2003)
• The Andromeda Strain (1971)
• Cabin Fever (2003)
• Carriers (1998)
• The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
• Children of Men (2006)
• Contagion (2001)
• Contagious (1997)
• Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006)
• Doomsday (2008)
• End Day (2005)
• Epidemic (1987)
• Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (2006)
• Flying Virus (2001)
• I Am Legend (2007)
• It's Great to Be Alive (1933)
• The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
• The Last Man on Earth (1924)
• The Last Man on Earth (1964)
• George A. Romero's Living Dead films
• The Omega Man (1971)
• Outbreak (1995)
• Pandora's Clock (1996)
• Panic in the Streets (1950)
• Resident Evil films
• The Rock (1996)
• Runaway Virus (2000)
• The Satan Bug (1965)
• Smallpox 2002 (2002)
• Spill (1996)
• SST: Death Flight (1977)
• The Stand (1994)
• Thirst (1998)
• Virus (1980)
• Virus (1981)
• Virus (1999)
• Voyage of Terror (1998)
• Warning Sign (1985)

Space disasters

• Anna's Storm (2007)
• Armageddon (1998)
• Asteroid (1997)
• The Day the Sky Exploded (1958)
• Deep Impact (1998)
• Doomsday Rock (1997)
• Earthquake (1974)
• End Day (2005)
• End of the World (1977)
• Fire in the Sky (1993)
• Inferno (1998)
• Judgement Day (1999)
• Meteor (1979)
• Meteorites! (1998)
• Night of the Comet (1984)
• Solar Attack (also called Solar Strike) (2005-2006)
• Solar Crisis (1990)
• Sunshine (2007)
• Supernova (2005)
• The Black Hole (1979)
• Tycus (1998)
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
• When Worlds Collide (2008)
• When Worlds Collide (1951)
• Without Warning (1994)

Man-made disasters

• Blackout (1978)
• From Beyond (1985)
• Locusts (2005)
• On Deadly Ground (1994)
• The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
• The Quiet Earth (1985)
• Shadowzone (1990)
• Stairwell: Trapped In The World Trade Center (2002)

Sociological disasters

Crime

Main article: List of crime films

Terrorism

Further information: War on Terrorism films

• Air Force One (1997)
• Black Sunday (1977)
• Con Air (1997)
• The Delta Force (1986)
• Die Hard films
• Executive Decision (1996)
• Flightplan (2005)
• Invasion U.S.A (1985)
• Passenger 57 (1992)
• Red Eye (2005)
• Rollercoaster (1977)
• The Siege (1998)
• Speed (1994)
  • Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
• Two-Minute Warning (1976)

War

Main article: List of war films

Hazardous materials

• End Day (2005)
• The Magnetic Monster (1953)

Chemical disasters

• The Children (1980)
• Danger Zone (1997)
• Fire Down Below (1997)
• Once Upon a Forest (1993)

Neuclear disasters

• An Act of God (1989)
• Atomic Train (1999)
• Atomic Twister (2002)
• By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
• 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)
• The Final Combat (1983)
• Ladybug Ladybug (1963)
• The Last War (1961)
• The Manhattan Project (1986)
• Miracle Mile (1988)
• On the Beach (1959)
• On the Beach (2000)
• Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
• The Peacemaker (1997)
• The Postman (1997)
• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• Planet of the Apes (2001)
• Special Bulletin (1983)
• The Sum of All Fears (2002)
• Threads (1984)
• WarGames (1983)
• The War Game (1965)
• When the Wind Blows (1986)
• The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)

Transportation disasters

Airplanes

• 9/11 (2002)
• Airplane! (1980)
• Airport (1970)
• Airport 1975 (1974)
• Airport '77 (1977)
• The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)
• Alive (1993)
• Con Air (1997)
• The Day Britain Stopped (2003)
• The Delta Force (1986)
• Executive Decision (1996)
• Final Destination (2000)
• Fire and Rain (1989)
• Five Came Back (1939)
• Flight 93 (2006)
• The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
• Flightplan (2005)
• 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 (2005)
• Snakes on a Plane (2006)
• Stealth (2005)
• Turbulence films
• United 93 (2006)

Cars and trucks

• The Big Bus (1976)
• Breaker! Breaker! (1977)
• The Chase (1994)
• Drinking And Driving Wrecks Lives series
• Duel (1971)
• Final Destination 2 (2003)
• Maximum Overdrive (1986)
• Runaway Car (1997)
• Speed (1994)
• Trucks (1997)

Ships and submarines

• Das Boot (1981)
• Evan Almighty (2007)
• Gray Lady Down (1978)
• Hostile Waters (1997)
• The Hunt for Red October (1990)
• In Search of the Castaways (1962)
• Juggernaut (1970)
• K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
• The Last Voyage (1960)
• Lord of the Flies (1963)
• A Night to Remember (1958)
• Noah (1998)
• Noah's Ark (1929)
• Noah's Ark (1959)
• Noah's Ark (1999)
• Poseidon (2006)
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
  • Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
• The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
• Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
• Titanic (1997)
• U-571 (2000)

Spaceships

• Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
• Apollo 13 (1995)
• The Black Hole (1979)
• Event Horizon (1997)
• Lost in Space (1998)
• Marooned (1969)
• Space Cowboys (2000)
• SpaceCamp (1986)
• Sunshine (2007)
• Trapped in Space (1994)
• The War of the Worlds (1953)
• War of the Worlds (2005)
• 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 (1985)
• Silver Streak (1976)
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
• Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
• Final Destination 3 (2006)

Other vehicles

• Daylight (1996)
• Final Destination 3 (2006)
• Hanging by a Thread (1979)
• Rollercoaster (1977)

Cyborgs, robots, and other machines

• Black Hole (2006)
• Demon Seed (1977)
• Eve of Destruction (1991)
• I, Robot (2004)
• The Matrix films
• Path of Destruction (2005)
• Stealth (2005)
• The Terminator films
• Transformers (2007)
• Westworld (1973)
  • Futureworld (1976)

Extraterrestrial and unknown phenomena

• Creature (1995)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• Signs (2002)
• Transformers (2007)
• The War of the Worlds (1953)
• War of the Worlds (2005)
• Within the Rock (1996)

Further information: List of films featuring extraterrestrials

Animals

Birds

• The Birds (1963)

Fish

• Deep Blue Sea (1999)
• Deep Rising (1988)
• DeepStar Six (1989)
• Great White (1980)
• Jaws films
• Leviathan (1989)
• Open Water (2003)
• Piranha (1978)
  • Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)
• Piranha (1995)
• Piranha (2008)

Insects and arachnids

• Bugs (2003)
• Eight Legged Freaks (2005)
• Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
• Mosquito (1995)
• The Naked Jungle (1954)
• The Swarm (1978)
• Webs (2003)

Mammals

• Congo (1995)
• Dogs (1976)
• The Edge (1997)
• The Food of the Gods (1976)
  • The Food of the Gods II (1989)
• The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
• The Killer Shrews (1959)
• King Kong films
• Orca (1977)
• Night of the Lepus (1972)
• Razorback (1984)
• Sabretooth (2002)
• Watership Down (1978)

Repitiles

• Alligator (1980)
• Anaconda (1997)
  • Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
• Godzilla films
• Lake Placid (1999)
  • Lake Placid 2 (2007)
• Python (2000)
  • Python II (2002)
• Rattlers (1975)
• Snakes on a Plane (2006)
• Snakes on a Train (2006)

Other

• The Cave (2005)
• The Cavern (2005)
• Cloverfield (2008)
• Deep Shock (2003)
• The Descent (2005)
• Jurassic Park films
• Reign of Fire (2002)
• Tremors films