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This list of disaster and 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

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On Hostile Ground (2000 TV)
Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (2003 TV)
The Core (2003)
Descent (2005)
Ice Quake (2010)
Doomsday Prophecy (2011 TV)

Avalanches

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Avalanche (1978)
Avalanche Alley (2001)
Avalanche Express (1979)
Vertical Limit (2000)

Electrical disturbances and lightning

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NYC: Tornado Terror (2008 TV)
Stonehenge Apocalypse (2010 TV)
2012: Supernova (2009 TV)
Lightning: Bolts of Destruction (2003 TV)
War of the Worlds (2005)

Volcanoes

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The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
When Time Ran Out (1980)
St. Helens (1981)
Volcano (1997)
Dante's Peak (1997)
Scorcher (2002)
Dragon Head (2003)
End Day (2005 docudrama)
Supervolcano (2005 docudrama)
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York (2006 TV)
Krakatoa: The Last Days (2006 docudrama)
Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006)
Descent 2: Magma Under New York (2008)
2012 (2009)
Vulcano (2009)
Stonehenge Apocalypse (2010 TV)
Super Eruption (2011 TV)
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York (2006)
Nature Unleashed:Volcano (2005)

Hydrological

Floods

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The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? (1993)
Nihon Chinbotsu (Japan Sinks)
Flood (2007)
Hard Rain
The Impossible (2012)

Tsunami

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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Meteor (1979)
The Abyss (1989)
Deep Impact (1998)
The Perfect Storm (2000)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
10.5 (2004 TV miniseries)
The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Category 7: The End of the World (2005 TV miniseries)
10.5: Apocalypse (2006 TV miniseries)
Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006)
Poseidon (2006)
Flood (2007 TV)
Dasavathaaram (2008)
2012 (2009)
Tsanami 2022 (2009)
Tidal Wave (2009)
Hereafter (2010)
Titanic II (2010 TV)
The Impossible (2012)

Climate

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2012: Ice Age (2011)
Absolute Zero (2006)
Arctic Blast (2010)
Atomic Twister (2002 TV)
Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004 TV miniseries)
Category 7: The End of the World (2005 TV miniseries)
Doomsday Prophecy (2011 TV)
Flood (2007 TV)
End Day (2005 TV docudrama)
Hurricane (1979)
Ice (1998 TV)
Ice Twisters (2009 TV)
Lost City Raiders (2008 TV)
Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006)
NYC: Tornado Terror (2008 TV)
Night of the Twisters (1996 TV)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
The Perfect Storm (2000)
Tornado! (1996)
Twister (1996)
2012 (2009)
Nuclear Hurricane (2007)
500 MPH Storm (2013)

Fires

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The Towering Inferno (1974)
City on Fire (1979)
On Deadly Ground (1994 Drama)
Volcano (1997)
Fire Down Below (1997 drama)
Firestorm (1998)
Knowing (2009)

Epidemics

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Space

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Impact (2009)
Anna's Storm (2007)
Armageddon (1998)
Asteroid (1997)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
Deep Impact (1998)
Doomsday Prophecy (2011 TV)
End Day (docudrama) (2005)
End of the World (1977)
Epoch (2001)
Independence Day (1996)
Judgment Day (1999)
Knowing (2009)
Lifeforce (1985)
Lifepod (1993)
Meteor (1979)
Melancholia (2011)
Night of the Comet (1984)
Pandorum (2009)
Solar Attack (2005) AKA Solar Strike
Solar Crisis (1990)
Sunshine (2007)
2012: Supernova (2009 TV)
Tycus (1998)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Where Have All The People Gone? (1974)
Without Warning (1994)
Inferno^{[disambiguation needed]} (1998 TV)

Aliens

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Man-made disasters

The Island (2005)
I, Robot (film) (2004)

Hazardous materials

Daylight (1996)
End Day (docudrama) (2005)
Fire Down Below (1994)
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003)

Chemicals

Chain Reaction (1996)
The Children (1980)
Danger Zone (1997)
Fire Down Below (1997)
It's a Disaster (2012)
The Happening (2008)
Once Upon a Forest (1993)
Right at Your Door (2006)

Nuclear energy

The China Syndrome (1979)
True Lies (1994)
Knowing (2009)
Atomic Train (1999)cookies :p
Atomic Twister (2002 TV)
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
The Chain Reaction (1980)
Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
Countdown to Looking Glass (1984)
The Day After (1983)
Doomsday Machine (1972)
The Final Combat (1983)
The Manhattan Project (1986)
Miracle Mile (1988)
Next (2007)
On the Beach (2000)
Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
The Peacemaker (1997)
Special Bulletin (1983)
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Testament (1983)
Threads (1984 TV)
The War Game (1965 TV)
When the Wind Blows (1986)

Transportation

Airplanes

7500 (2013)
A Wing and a Prayer (1998 TV)
Air Collision (2012 video)
Air Marshal (2003)
Air Rage (2001 video)
Airborne (2012)
Airline Disaster (2010 video)
Airport (1970)
Airport 1975 (1974)
Airport '77 (1977)
Airspeed (1999)
Blackout Effect (1998 TV)
Cabin Pressure (2002 TV)
Code 11-14 (2003 TV)
Con Air (1997)
Concorde Affaire '79 (1979)
Crash (1978 TV)
Crash Landing (1958)
Crash Landing (1999)
Crash Landing (2005)
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992 TV)
Crash Point: Berlin (2009 TV)
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990 TV)
Ekipazh (1980)
Executive Decision (1996)
Falling from the Sky: Flight 174 (1995 TV)
Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
Final Approach (2007 TV)
Final Descent (1997 TV)
Final Destination (2000)
Fire and Rain (1989 TV)
Flight (2012)
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984 TV)
Flight 93 (2006 TV)
Flight into Danger (1956 TV)
Flight to Holocaust (1977 TV)
Free Fall (1999)
Ground Control (1998)
Hijack (2008)
Hijacked (2012)
Hijacked: Flight 285 (1996 TV)
Hostage Flight (1985 TV)
Jet Over the Atlantic (1959)
Killing Moon (2000 TV)
Last Flight to Abuja (2012)
Mach 2 (2001)
Mayday (2005 TV)
Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (1976 TV)
Medusa's Child (1997 TV)
Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 (1993 TV)
Miracle Landing (1990 TV)
Murder on Flight 502 (1975 TV)
No Highway in the Sky (1951)
Non-Stop (2013)
Nowhere to Land (2000 TV)
NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 (2004 TV)
Pandora's Clock (1996 TV)
Panic (2002)
Panic in the Skies! (1996 TV)
Passenger 57 (1992)
Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 (2001 TV)
Skyjacked (1972)
Sonic Impact (2000)
SST: Death Flight (1977 TV)
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983 TV)
Submerged (2000)
Terror in the Sky (1971 TV)
The Concorde...Airport '79 (1979)
The Crowded Sky (1960)
The Doomsday Flight (1966 TV)
The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978 TV)
The Grey (2012)
The High and the Mighty (1954)
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988 TV)
This Is a Hijack (1973)
Trouble in the Sky (1960)
Turbulence (1997)
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying (1999)
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001 video)
Turbulent Skies (2010 TV)
United 93 (2006)
Zero Hour! (1957)

Cars, trucks and buses

Breaker! Breaker! (1977)
The Big Bus (1976)
Daylight (1996)
Eagle Eye (2008)
Knowing (2009)
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983)
Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976 TV)
Speed (1994)
Super 8 (2011)
Trucks (1997)
Damnation Alley (1977)

Ships and submarines

Britannic (2000)
Déjà Vu (2006)
Gray Lady Down (1978)
Hostile Waters (1997)
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Juggernaut (1970)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
The Last Voyage (1960)
Noah (2014)
Poseidon (2006)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
Titanic (1943, Germany) Four scenes were used in A Night to Remember (1958)
Titanic (1953)
A Night to Remember (1958)
S.O.S. Titanic (1979 TV)
Titanic (1996 TV miniseries)
Titanic (1997)
The Legend of the Titanic (1999)
Titanic II (2010)
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)

Spaceships

Apollo 13 (1995)
Armageddon (1998)
The Core (2003)
Marooned (1969)
Pandorum (2009)

Theme parks

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Rollercoaster (1977)
Final Destination 3 (2006)

Trains

Atomic Train (1999)
Breakheart Pass (1985)
Knowing (2009)
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
The Day of the Roses (1996)
The Peacemaker (1997)
Runaway! (1973 TV) AKA The Runaway Train and Frozen Passage
Runaway Train (1985)
Silver Streak (1976)
Unstoppable (2010)
Final Run (1999)
Super 8 (2011)
Metro (2012)

Animals and plants

Animals

Anaconda (film) (1997)
Congo (film) (1995)
Lake Placid (1999)
Piranha (2010)

Plants

The Day of the Triffids (1962)
The Happening (2008)

Monsters

Cloverfield (2008)
The Godzilla franchise (1954–present)
D-War (2007)
Gremlins (1984)
King Kong franchise (1933–2005)
The Mist (2007)
Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (2009)
Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus (2010)
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011)
Mega Piranha (2010)
Tremors (film) franchise (1990)

References

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