Disaster
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1.
2012
(2009)
A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind. (158 mins.)
Director: Roland Emmerich
2.
Twister
(1996)
Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes. (113 mins.)
Director: Jan de Bont
3.
The Poseidon Adventure
(1972)
A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea. (117 mins.)
Director: Ronald Neame
4.
Armageddon
(1998)
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet. (151 mins.)
Director: Michael Bay
5.
Airplane!
(1980)
A man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick. (88 mins.)
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker
6.
Apollo 13
(1995)
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy. (140 mins.)
Director: Ron Howard
7.
Titanic
(1997)
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. (194 mins.)
Director: James Cameron
8.
The Day After Tomorrow
(2004)
Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek across America to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age. (124 mins.)
Director: Roland Emmerich
9.
Deep Impact
(1998)
Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into shelters will survive. Which people will survive? (120 mins.)
Director: Mimi Leder
10.
The Core
(2003)
The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again. (135 mins.)
Director: Jon Amiel
11.
A Night to Remember
(1958)
An account of the ill-fated maiden voyage of RMS Titanic in 1912. (123 mins.)
Director: Roy Baker
12.
The Towering Inferno
(1974)
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. (165 mins.)
Director: John Guillermin
13.
Airport
(1970)
A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved. (137 mins.)
Director: George Seaton
14.
Earthquake
(1974)
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles. (123 mins.)
Director: Mark Robson
15.
Airport 1975
(1974)
A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land. (107 mins.)
Director: Jack Smight
16.
Airport '77
(1977)
Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under 100 feet of water. (114 mins.)
Director: Jerry Jameson
17.
Poseidon
(2006)
On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for their lives as they attempt to escape the sinking ship. (98 mins.)
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
18.
Daylight
(1996)
Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety. (114 mins.)
Director: Rob Cohen
19.
Volcano
(1997)
A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles, threatening to destroy the city. (104 mins.)
Director: Mick Jackson
20.
The Hindenburg
(1975)
A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames. (125 mins.)
Director: Robert Wise