Top 20 Scariest Natural Disaster Movies
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- Hey, it could happen! For this list, we’ll be looking at the most thrilling and terrifying films that involve natural catastrophes as central conflicts to their plot. Our countdown includes disaster movies "Only the Brave", "The Impossible", "The Core" and more! Did any of these films traumatize you as a child? Let us know in the comments below!
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Moonfall was pretty Damn scary
@@danielsantiagourtado3430that I argree with you as well. When it comes to it, the acting and story line of the movie was really good.
2012
volcano and san andreas
The Disaster movie. 🤣
Anyone else watch disaster films regularly because they are comforting, safe, and just always entertaining? Even if you've seen it over and over and over.
I saw Armageddon when it came out in theaters, and have seen it on TV a few times, and now have it on DVD. Twister was one of 2 movies I bought used from a video store sight unseen, and didn't regret it. I have seen it (or part of it) many times on TV, along with a few others. Several of the ones featured in this compilation are in my collection (2012, San Andreas, Volcano< Dante's Peak, The Day After Tomorrow), or on an SSD connected to my DVR. I also saw The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure when they came out, and have the former in my collection.
I enjoy the 1970s disaster movies. The Posideon Avdenture, The Towering Inferno, Earthquake and The Swarm I find rewatchable during holidays.
Twister and The Towering Inferno are my two favorite movies, and are both comfort movies for me!
My mum took me to see disaster movies when I was a kid. Earthquake was great because your seats shook too which was the sensaround affect
@@jimmyboy7817I love the Poseidon Adventure the remakes suck. I have it on dvd
Greenland deserved to be on the list. It made the imminent threat of the meteor hitting Earth feel more terrifying by focusing on one family.
Came here specifically to comment about the lack of Greenland on this list!
Living in Florida the opening of a meteor wiping us out made me laugh
I fully agree. Greenland was ridiculous... but probably the most accurate depiction of a meteor hit.
@@worldofdoom995unfortunately it only hit a small slice of America’s penis and not the entire state 😞
@@Pissedoffdetective Really sobering and very realistic. And I'm beginning to think Gerry Butler is triplets.
I desperately wanted to be a stormchaser up until watching Twister. I still have lots of love for the film and huge respect for the people who risk their lives to learn more about these storms. RIP Bill Paxton
When I was a kid I wanted to become a storm chaser because of Twister
you look like the type
@@monsoon1234567890 Twister actually made an increase in college majors for Meteorology. Aptly named "The Twister Effect".
@serenitymoon825 When Bill passed, real-life storm-chasers did something incredibly sweet in his memory. A group of them organized into the shape of his initials, which were seen as dots on a satellite tracking computer. They did the same thing when a massive tornado hit El Reno, Oklahoma, and a trio of chasers, which included a father and son, were killed. It proved how they accepted Bill as one of their own. (7/14/2023)
@@daniellemusella1594 The Father and son were Team TWISTEX's leader Tim Samaras, his son and a fellow member. Tim and the TWISTEX team were a part of the Discovery show Storm Chaser alongside Sean Casey's TIV team and Reed Timmer's Dominator team
Either 2012 or The day after tomorrow traumatised me as a kid
I remember that is as well. I can't imagine what whould that whould be like if that were to happen.
2012 gave me PTSD as a kid.
The tidal waves specifically for me. And Yellowstone.
@@bobthedopeman7327 when it comes to that, I think seeing all that ice is scary . Add the cold wind , you could probably freeze to death ☠️ as well. Scary . Also I can see why you use the wave scene. The thought of drowning as scary as well.
You we’re a kid? Oh shit
Twister is hands down a timeless movie
The Poseidon adventure ( 1970’s version) has got heart unlike Twister. You really hurt when Shelley Winters dies 😔
@@CashelOConnolly Twister was based off the work of actual storm chasers. That’s just as good as any movie based on a true story since storm chasers risk their lives chasing after storms to study first hand
I read they are making a Twister sequel, coming out sometime next year....
It’s called Twisters and it’s coming out on July 19 this year. The comment about it coming out next year was posted in early July 2023 which was when this video came out.
The Day after Tomorrow was my favourite disaster film growing up. The scene where New York City is flooded for me is iconic and one of my favourite scenes of the film.
Mine too.
The Impossible gave me nightmares; as a 2004 Tsunami survivor, I had years of PTSD. The day the wave struck the Maldives was terrifying. Since the country is just numerous islands, when the wave came the sea just shifted in. Aside from the coconut palms entire islands were submerged for 15 to 20 minutes, and along with myself I saw people clinging on to their dear life at the same time completely helpless, as we saw many pulled out to sea.
That sounds terrible😮 sorry that you had to go through that.
Word of advise avoid disaster movies involving tsunamis unless you feel like you can handle watching them. There are plenty of other type of Natural Disasters movies involving other natural disasters. But uh another word of advise don’t watch Pompeii. Although it’s a volcano disaster movie there was a scene where a lava ball caused a massive wave on Pompeii
Dude. I'm a Christian, if I see a MASSIVE tsunami, I would trade my life for heaven.
I was also there as a young boy
@@MrFungames1 I'm sorry you had to face that. A lot of island resorts got submerged when it came for up to 15 to 20 minutes. Many foreigners also lost their lives too. Eventhough it's been years....still feels like it happened yesterday.
Deep impact is one my favourite disaster movies ever,thanks to that scene of the father and daughter holding each other until the giant wave 🌊 come for them. It’s breath taking moving love it too.
i have no idea how many times ive watchd it
And as they are hugging, she says "Daddy" that gets me every time 😭
It is the most nostalgic disaster movie. I remember crying while watching it because it made me think about my grandmother and how vulnerable she would be if something like this ever happen
Twister was terrifying because it was so realistic. Tornadoes happen all the time and the special effects on this film were masterpieces.
true, and they didn't even go for an insanely epic tornado at the end, just a standard-issue EF5. reality is already dramatic enough for cinema when it comes to twisters!
You know what I also like about Dante's Peak besides the eruption scene? Everything that happened before the eruption. By having the volcanologist study Dante's Peak to keep track of it's activities, the movie gives you an idea what a volcano can be like when it start showing signs of eruption (while of course keeping the viewer's interest and entertain as the movie is meant to entertain). Even the seemingly cease of activity before the eruption as that's exactly what Mount Saint Helens did before it blew it's top and side off in the 1980s eruption
The only thing I make fun of Dantes Peak is that the town has Interstate 90 (aka I 90) going through it.
The filming took place in Wallace, Idaho that actually has I 90 going through the town.
I remember being frightened by The Day After Tomorrow as a young boy. Just the thought of New York City being flooded and later frozen solid seemed pretty unthinkable, but with the city having experienced flooding as a result of Hurricanes Irene, Sandy, and Ida, and with global warming being a big issue, it just seems possible.
I just hope NYC, or any other city that is near water or has rivers (i.e., Chicago, San Francisco, Vancouver, Tokyo, London, Paris, Sydney, etc.) doesn’t get flooded in my lifetime.
my absolute favorite part of the day after tomorrow, aside from its referencing real life events like the collapse of the larsen b ice shelf, is how effectively it illustrates the difference between global warming and climate change. all of the events of the movie stem from global warming, but the key is that that warming causes a shift in the climate that ultimately results in a new ice age
Volcano, 2012 and The Core never fail to scar me for life. I'm always reluctant to rewatch any of them 😢
Don't forget Knowing 2009 bro
Earthquake 1974 film will always be the most deadliest disaster flick in that time.
The special effects were astonishing even the camera work was spot on.
John Williams' score is mesmerizing. Even they creating Sensurround to feel like an actual earthquake.
What a great terrifying movie experiences in that time.
Don’t they use Earthquake at Universal Studios?? I have no clue because I’m 51 and I’ve been to Disneyworld 4 times in my life and Universal Studios ZILCH!!!! I’d give ANYTHING to go to Universal! I don’t care if it’s mostly Harry Potter crap anymore I still want to see it!!
@@David_Theisen A long time ago from the 90s, Universal Studios Florida used to have Earthquake the ride to Disaster Studio and now they made Fast and Furious ride Supercharged but unfortunately, the ride sucks. I really missed the old ride now.
I was 8 when Twister came out, and while it initially traumatized me, I now LOVE thunderstorms, and my BFF and I are going to do some amateur storm-chasing. There's no question the movie inspired the next generation of meteorologists, and the movie still portrays the tornadoes in such a scary way, like how some chasers describe it as an almost living, breathing monster.
I've seen images and videos of tornadoes there Is nothing left standing especially the ones at night that's why when there's an warning at night I'm highly scared at that point but now I love seeing storms
I am very alarmed by the word
amateur in this context. Among other things, it means you will have nothing near the knowledge, skills, or resources for that kind of thing. 😮
I respect your enthusiasm and ambition, but if you really want to get into it, then study the heck out of the relevant subjects, quiz professionals and see if you can get some peripheral experience in. And then you will not just be able to fill your chasing desires, you will be able to actually find out new things.
@@sarahprice659No need to be concerned, he ain't going to be doing any kind of storm chasing.
absolutely, i love the way they make the tornadoes "growl" as they're ripping up everything.
I was around 5 years old when Twister came out. I remember being somewhat traumatized the first time I saw it. I can’t remember if I initially saw it in the theater or on TV before cable. It has inspired me to start storm chasing. I’m currently doing it from within my house in the Cincinnati area. I’m thinking about chasing away from home but I still have to figure out how to navigate the risks safely.
Thanks to "The Poseidon Adventure" and the remake (very underappreciated IMO), I always got jittery around midnight on New Year's Eve. Still remember having major anxiety at my cousin Amanda's wedding reception at a golf club one New Year's Eve when I was in high school. Kept thinking something bad was gonna happen. Was outside the building when fireworks went off at midnight and nothing happened after that. Could've enjoyed the reception but let my anxiety get the better of me.
I agree with you about the remake. I liked it.
As kids during the summer we would play The Poseidon Adventure in our pool. We’d throw objects in the pool and we’d have to hold our breath and circle the pool 2 times and make it back to the ladder to climb up on the deck which was our engine room. 😊
@@MrTbk1701 I love this! I was too young when the original Poseidon Adventure was released. When I got a bit older my sister told me that I had to watch it so we did. I remember the song There’s Got to be a Morning After being played on the radio a lot so I understood where it came from. I didn’t think the new one would be any good but it was. Shelley Winters diving under the water to get free was an iconic moment for me!
I loved Poseidon Adventure all the remakes are horrible
@@alloralou4722 When Shelley Winters dies I was devastated. It still to this day is something that gets me in the feels.
Twister was the only movie I’ve seen in the theater 3 times! I was obsessed and was going to be so mad if it wasn’t on this list 😂
Yeah, that's one you really should see on the big screen
27 years later and Twister still holds up. I can't wait for the sequel coming next summer!
Wait what... there's a sequel coming? Do the cows know? Have they got sufficient shelter?
@@felicityanne979 yep a sequel titled Twisters is coming hopefully next summer if it doesn't get seriously delayed by the writer and actors strikes. From what i know they already started shooting the film not too long ago, apparently they are going with Bill Paxton's idea for a sequel and it will be about bill and Jo Harding's daughter who is now a storm chaser. Plot wise thats all i know about it.
@@Punisher6791 I look forward to that.
I was OBSESSED with Twister ever since I was a kid! 🌪️ I was both fascinated and frightened of tornadoes and this movie really captured my interest. Rest in peace Bill Paxton ✌🏻
That's exactly what happened to me this movie made have had the biggest impact on my life especially when it came to fear of tornadoes and living in Texas
I actually really liked Moonfall. The premise was a little crazy but it was a very well done film.
I enjoyed it as well! So what if most people hated it!! If u liked it that’s all that matters to you!! Yeah it was a little absurd but still fun
It was! Classic Roland Emmerich!!!
It was kind of ridiculous. Like the idea was good but it was not good executed
I really liked Moonfall, despite its unbelievability.
As I was watching this, I kept saying to myself “If The Wave isn’t on here, I’m going to be pissed”. Needless to say I was beyond excited to see it at #2. Best disaster film of all time. Please watch it if you haven’t!
During COVID I like many was searching for good movies and found The Wave. It is really great and I've watched it multiple times. If you haven't seen the follow up with the same characters The Quake, it's also pretty good.
These films had me genuinely believing that giant tidal waves and lava would be a lot more prevalent in my adult life.
I appreciate the inclusion of Dante's Peak and Deep Impact. Two of my favorite movies from my youth.
Glad they chose Deep Impact over Armageddon, like forget the gung-ho 'Murica saving the world, let's see how shit goes wrong and regular people have to deal with the disaster. Vanessa Redgrave's character's suicide really hit hard. Also, they're scary because they feel REAL.
Twister, Dante's Peak, Volcano, Armaggedon, Deep Impact and TDAT are firm favourites. Everest is a film I've watched a number of times and do not tire of it. The Impossible was incredibly well done as well as The Core and The Perfect Storm. I love this intense genre
Let's not forget Pompeii that movie was really good and Quite honestly scary
@@Ott-ep7slespecially since unlike with Dante’s Peak, Vesuvius is a very real volcano and really did destroy Pompeii. The fact that Vesuvius can repeat what happened to Pompeii makes it even scarier
@@jakealter5504 very true that dose infact make it scary
@@jakealter5504 Fun fact: if/when Vesuvius erupts again on a similar scale to the 79AD eruption, the city of Naples will have roughly about 12hrs or so at most to evacuate over 2 million people before it likely becomes too dangerous to even try.
Vesuvius currently holds the title of the most dangerous volcano on the planet, simply because there is such a dense population located so close. Hence why it's now also the most closely watched & studied volcano.
Bonus Fact: The film Pompeii also managed to do what no one else has; KIA Jack Bauer! ;-)
@@drunkenastarte5243 it’s likely has even less time since most of the structures in the city aren’t built to safely withstand earthquakes (which would become more common as Vesuvius gets closer to erupting)
A most iconic line:
"We got cows!" 😂
my family loves quoting the part that goes "cow... 'nother cow..." "actually i think that was the same one..."
Thanks for these lists!🎉🎉🎉🎉
You almost had me with your April Fool joke Moonfall LOL! I have always enjoyed a well done disaster flick, and you chose well! The Wave was extraordinarily well done - slow and moody at first, while pulling us into the lives of the protagonists, and pulse-poundingly urgent once things get moving. Now I need to see the sequel, which I didn't know existed! Totally agree with Deep Impact over Armageddon too - while I re-watch both periodically, the entertainment value of Armageddon wasn't quite enough to make me buy it on DVD, while Deep Impact had both entertainment and gravitas, and was worth owning, IMO. Now I need to go back and re-watch a few more of these - especially Twister, a long time favorite! Great job!
Knowing got me big time. I think it's the pacing. Relatively calm story segments that get interrupted several times by smaller, unrelated disasters, all leading up to the finale. The buildup to these smaller disasters is great, because you know that something's gonna happen, but given the nature of the film, you don't actually know *what* is gonna happen. This uncertainty of the actual nature of the impending disaster is masterfully utilized in the highway scene.
totally agree with you bro it's tells the end times happening though...cause the 2nd coming of Christ the world we live which was the planet Earth...God will destroy this world not in the water which happened in the great flood....but in end times in second coming of Christ God will destroy this world through fire and brimstone.
Twister made me fear the worse as a kid. I look forward to see what the sequel has to offer next year.
I'm sorry what? They are making a sequel??? Now I'm hyped
@@ADJenks Yep. It’s called “Twisters” and it is scheduled to be released next summer.
@michaelmonthey5974 I'm not so sure about it. Some movies are better off as a stand alone. No sequel.
@@sarahhenry1845 My expectations for it are low, but we’ll see what happens.
@@michaelmonthey5974 I'm in the same boat. I've been watching this movie since before my double digits.
Twister and Volcano are my favorite guilty pleasures. I love 2012.
In my honest opinion, Day After Tomorrow gave Ice Age vibes that I blasted the Ice Age theme every time I watched it.
Twister is a hands down classic. I blind watched The Wave and was blown away. Fantastic movie.
It's not a natural disaster, but the ABC TV Movie THE DAY AFTER scared me as a child when it's was shown on Philippine TV in the 1980s.
Threads (1984) is very similar but set in England. It is much scarier
As a Norwegian, so proud that The Wave and The Quake was mentioned, and their 3rd movie production "nordsjøen" The Burning Sea is also actually pretty good.
The Wave was pretty good.
Oh wow! There's going to be a third one? I loved the first two!
its not a 3rd one, but same creators, different actors, and its called the Burning sea, its about oilplatform and oil@@nancybarnes7109
SO many favorites here!!! I love that The Poseidon Adventure ranked so high!!! And Twisted at #1!!! Great list!!!
I'm a survivor of 2004 Tsunami, and Impossible is nothing like the disaster itself. I can't even comprehend or tell what've seen in words.
I don't think congratulations can even be a correct application at this point, but really, I'm sure you're ok with your good fortune. As someone myself who has underwent multiple forms of trauma in my life, I sympathize with the amount of work you've probably had to put in on your mental health and recovery. So yes, congratulations on the fortitude to navigate your pain, feelings, and emotions. I can only imagine what you saw in such a catastrophic and significant event in our lifetime. If God is your thing, may he continue to bless you and others that mourn and bear the scars from witnessing and surviving such a tragic geological nightmare. I read your comment and understood right away why no one had said anything regarding your post. To put it simply, It is hard for folks who haven't been directly or even indirectly affected by such hardships to communicate. I have thought for years that we have not brought up and honored victims and survivors of the deadly tsunami that you survived. I can only imagine the stories you could tell. Good luck to you in all of your endeavors through "life." Like myself, I'm sure you possess just a bit more empathy and humility than the average bear. Take care, my friend. ~ Matt Crawford, Washington State.
As a grown ass man to this day "Only the Brave" Still makes me cry
The first time I saw it I cried. The second time I cried too, but I couldn’t watch the end again. And now I actually know a wildfire fighter who works in Arizona 😬. He is not a hotshot, thank heaven.
@sarahprice659 Yeah, when I first became a truck driver, my trainer was from Phoenix and showed me where the fire happened when we drove through there.
2012 remains as my most favorite apocalyptic film. The visuals are dazzling and yet scary. I like how the world leaders and every race were all shown in tension and fear. The religious tone also helps.
I love 2012 too, sadly it wasn't on this list.
I forgot did they explain why the world was ending
Great list! You missed my fave - a little Australian pic called These Final Hours. You will be gutted after watching - so good! 😊
I call The Day After Tomorrow Al Gore's nightmare! That also got me into understanding our environment and the impact humans have.
i LOVE the day after tomorrow,NOT because of what happens in the movie,i just love watching it,although sometimes certain parts do kinda scare me
I had my typing fingers ready. I was gonna be upset if The Perfect Storm wasn't on this list. That movie traumatized me as a kid, terrified of hurricanes and being lost at sea. I love The Poseidon Adventure (and even the remake). And also, The Day After Tomorrow is one of my fave disaster flicks.
My top 3, 2012, The Impossible, and Danta’s Peak!! Edge of the seat films. Keeps your attention for sure
San Andreas, Deep Impact and the Day After Tomorrow are my favourites.
All of my favorite disaster movies were featured in this list except one - Into the Storm.
Into the Storm was absolutely amazing regarding the mixture of documentary and action while also giving amazing scenes that were almost accurate with actual tornadoes and twisters in real life. Like a tree being thrown into a building, a bike rammed into the side of a car, and also giving light to the dangerous job that stormchasers face. But all the other disaster movies on this list, I have got to watch them.
I'm so glad someone else mentioned Into The Storm. I absolutely LOVE that movie, but I feel like everyone else either never heard of it, or just hated it! Of course it didn't make me feel much better when a few years later I was actually in a tornado myself in the northeast US where tornadoes rarely actually touch down. Trying to get my 4-year-old stepson out of the car to run into a building while I'm being pelted with hail, leaves, sticks etc and simultaneously watching trees go down one after the other was terrifying...I couldn't even see the funnel because we were basically inside it at that point. Luckily it didn't turn into a 5-mile-wide funnel, nor did it catch on fire lol, but man...all I could think of once we were safely inside was Into The Storm.
@@crichards037 I live down in the South so twisters and tornadoes are common, but luckily haven't had any encounter with either, only having to shelter in place due to one touching down ten miles from my school.
@@brackenstorm2682 That's still scary though! The worst part of it was nobody really thought much of the tornado warning/watch...we get the warnings a few times a year usually, but then it's either nothing but a thunderstorm, or if a tornado does form, it doesn't actually touch down. But it went from just some mild/moderate wind and rain to insane winds, hail, and things getting destroyed in under 3 minutes. It calmed for a moment so I was able to get out of the car and into a building with my stepson, but as soon as we got inside, the trailing winds hit and I realized it had only calmed because we were literally in the eye of the tornado. 2/10, do not recommend. Lol. (It gets a 2 only because now that it's over and everyone was safe, it's an interesting story to tell lmao.)
@@crichards037 That's amazing/scary all at once! My family doesn't take the sirens seriously unfortunately yet the sirens going off always sets off my alert senses.
@@brackenstorm2682 Definitely stay alert if the sirens go off...hopefully if something ever happens, your family will take them more seriously also. We don't even have sirens where I live - the warnings only come through on tv/radio, or as an urgent weather alert to all smartphones in the area. I definitely take the warnings a lot more seriously now. Stay safe!! And may you and your family never end up in an Into The Storm situation!! Lol
I’d argue that Dante’s Peak is a lot scarier than it lets on, mainly because its startlingly realistic, especially against other genre films like Volcano. The scare factor here is that a scenario not too different from the film’s could actually happen, which makes sense, given that the US Geological Survey consulted with the filmmakers and it was partially inspired by Mt St Helens and its massive 1980 eruption
One of my favorite disaster movie.
😲😳😲😳😲 Thanks for sharing!!! All great films!!
Twister absolutely is at the top of my list too!! I LOVE it. There's an adorable Twister movie museum in Wakita, Oklahoma that's full of a lot of great items and photos from the movie. 😄❤️
Having been through the 1971 6.6 in the northern San Fernando Valley, I can say that "Earthquake" was pretty well done, particularly for its time. Thanks, WatchMojo!
Dante’s peak was the one that traumatized me the most. Especially the lake scene where the grandma swam.
ooof yea thatpart was a tear jerker
I am SO glad that The Wave made the list. I was going to have to suggest it if it wasn't.
Oh heck yeah! The Wave was absolutely fantastic! Great Movie! Didn't know there was a sequel, gonna have to watch it.
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This movie reminds me of that quote Bill from The Last Of Us (2013), said how it’s people who he worries more about than clickers. “You know, as bad as those things are, at least they're predictable. It's the normal people that scare me.”
This movie, Aftershock really reminds me of that due to the depictions of the human actions being more horrific than the natural disaster that most people would think was more
In the future, i plan to show the movie 2012 to my grandkids and say: “I survived that”
😂
One of the warnings on the rating for Twister is “extreme depictions of weather” (or something like that), which I find kinda funny. Also, Knowing terrified me as a kid.
Saw Twister in theaters as a kid and it was one of the most unique movie going experiences I've ever had
Seeing it in the theater was awesome!!! Would like to have it in 4k
2012 freaked me out so much as a kid that I thought that was how the world was gonna end... in 2012😂
Nope the world will end in 3028 when an alien race called the Drej will destroy Earth and whatever humans that are left alive they will try to find and kill them too!! LOL just kidding!!
OH AND Deep Impact was one of my dad's fave movies (and you're totally right, you're either a Deep Impact person or an Armageddon person. You may like both, but you love one over the other).
I have been watching The Core, Armageddon, Deep Impact, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, and a bunch of others lately. I just had a craving for 90´s and 00's disaster movies
KUDOS for including The Wave. I loved that movie it was so much fun!
Was surprised to see armageddon wasn't in the list
How tf is 'Greenland' not on here?!
I loved that the movie focused more on the emotional aspect of fleeing an impending disaster than the special effects. it felt real and it made hyperventilate a few times
Love Moonfall - I know it's nuts and silly but it's also great and fun to watch.
I did like the list though but just wanted to stand up for the crazy that is Moonfall.
Moonfall had me 😂😂😂
I watched TDAT when I was a kid, I absolutely loved it. It was more earth shaken movies like Dante's Peak, Volcano and 2012 that scared the absolute sh*t out of me. They honestly still do!
Literally Crawl, Everest, The Impossible and 2012 made me feel like the world was going to end at any moment 😅😢
I immediately started typing "How did Twister not make this list!", and then realized I'd been duped. Well-played, Mojo.
I’ve seen a lot of these movies and I love a lot of these movies. My mom is a huge disaster Movie fan. Deep impact, the Poseidon adventure and twister are a few of her favorites. At first, when y’all said Moonfall, I was thinking there’s one I need to watch. I have never seen that one but that’s neither here nor there. Great list!!!!
I love Twister, Dantes Peak, and San Andreas. All of which were movies I never would have watched if my teachers hadn't shown them in high school. I love the stories within them. The deaths that are shown in Dantes Peak, particularly the main characters wife in the beginning and grandma later on, really stick with you.
The grandma broke my heart
Knowing has angels not alien beings. The light beings has wings. I loved that movie! I agree deep impact was much better! Good lists!
I saw Armageddon as a kid in Texas AT NIGHT. I walked out of the theater looking up at the sky scanning for asteroids asking my dad "could that really happen?" 😅 the whole way home!
you had me at the fake out haha
I watch Twister and Dante's Peak at least 4-5 times a year, as they were staples of my childhood and are my two main comfort movies. My mom's a retired Geoscience teacher and used Dante's Peak a lot in her classes and had the students identify the different types of volcanic processes and the types of volcanoes that could cause them. It was always a good time.
The day after tomorrow was a really good film. We watched it in school for a science assignment
They don't traumatise me but they amaze me, keeps me wonder how they capture moments as realistic as they can. Thanks for the list! I'm rewatching movies I've watched as a child 🚸 👏
The Day After Tomorrow is sooo good everytime we get a blizzard or a large amount of snowfall I put it on its fun to watch with fresh tick blanket of snow on the ground
Nobody does it better than WatchMojo. 💪
Twister, The Poseidon Adventure and The Core are my favourites movies from this list. I particulary like The Core, as it was great to see how would someone imagine what is underneath the bottom Earth crust and the oceans. That geode scene still amazes me
I was on a school trip when The Core came out, we had free time so I went and saw it, then immediately saw it again
@@LennoxMatt1 unabtanium
@@minenoturs4271 It's an inside science nerd joke. If you've never taken a decent chemistry class, you won't get it. But it's funny as hell if you do get the joke.
great video wish I can tell you about the disaster films lol
The core and 2012~ are my favorite ! I can watch them over and over again. Especially “ the core” It stills give me anxiety when they travel thru the different levels
I lived just south of the Yarnell Fire and the loss of those 19 hot shot firemen devastated the community. You have to watch Only The Brave and have a lot and I mean a lot of tissues within reach.
2012 perfectly dramatizes what would happen if the Mayans' prophecy about the world ending on December 21st, 2012 came true, which fortunately, it didn't. If it had, none of us would be standing here today.
The Mayans never prophesied the end of the world. People simply saw that the Mayan calendar ended in 2012 and ran with the notion that it meant the end of the world. But they had to end their calendar at some point, right?
Although, I have heard the theories about how their was some sort of shift in 2012 which supposedly explains things like the Mandela Effect.
I must say i was a little disappointed that "Don't Look Up" wasn't on there. The most satisfying ending ever!
I'm really glad only the brave and Twister made the list!
I watched a lot of weather disaster movies when i was younger on syfy. There was one where Yellowstone blew up and the movie was like a documentary the aftermath of who survived. I also liked 10.5 earthquake. I have seen Volcano and Dante's Peak many times as a kid.
Supervolcano(2005). Yup seen that too.
Thank you for including The Wave. Yes, watch it with original language with subtitles 😁
The Wave & The Quake absolutely deserved to be on this list
I used to watch "The Perfect Storm" on VHS when I was a kid. Back then, I had no clue that the wave in the background when Mark Wahlberg was on screen at the end actually meant it would eventually be his demise, but off camera. I just thought it looked pretty cool.
I actually have a book on real-life disasters that has some chilling stories that put even the best movies on this list to shame. Some notable examples include the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (perhaps the deadliest earthquake in recorded history, with tales of massive fissures opening in the ground under people, only to close back over them after they fell in), the 1923 Kanto earthquake (a firestorm took place immediately after the earthquake that got so hot that streets melted underneath people's feet, getting them stuck and exposed to the flames), the 1975 Moorgate subway crash in London (the train's driver, for some still unknown reason, sat bolt upright and stared dead ahead as he sped past a platform into a dead-end tunnel), and the Collinwood school fire of 1908 (hundreds of children got stuck in an enormous tangle of bodies trying to escape through the back door of the school while their parents fruitlessly tried to beat back the flames with their bare fists. The entire town of Collinwood was so shaken by the fire that they decided to remove it from the maps, annexing into Cleveland, Ohio).
What is the book called
@@sophw9323 501 Most Devastating Disasters, published by Bounty Books.
I have a massive fear of tornadoes so I never watched Twister willingly until maybe halfway through high school lol. I love the movie now, but I still won't watch it during tornado season
The impossible breaks my heart honestly
I’m glad twister was not only mentioned but number one.
My favourites are probably:
Twister
The Day After Tomorrow
2012
San Andreas
Volcano
Cool! Mine too! Great minds think alike!
Dante's Peak my favorite volcano disaster movie hands down. Volcano comes second. As much as I like the movie Pompeii, it had its faults that I can't disagree with. Mainly the fact they had a sea port close enough to have damaging tidal waves caused by giant lava rocks slamming into it. I been to Pompeii we were not that close to a sea port. Majority of the damage was from Vesuvius and anything else most likely came from the chaos of people either trying to escape or loot the homes of the riches (as chaos and looting is expected in any scenario like that).
Although it's actually a miniseries than a movie my favorite Earthquake theme is 10.5 and 10.5 Apocalypse. There's also a miniseries Aftershock Earthquake in New York.
Tornado theme a tie between Twister and Night of the Twister as I like how Twister give us an idea what a life of a storm chaser is, but Night of the Twister has a family genre to it. There's also Atomic Twister which is really a combination of Tornado disaster and near nuclear meltdown disaster brought on by the tornadoes but despite what the name might apply not the two together like the nuclear tornado in Sharknado 4 (probably for the best considering how Sharknado 4 turned out).
I like Day After Tomorrow despite its flaws but to be fair I haven't seen that many ice-age apocalypse movies to compare it too.
Asteroid/Commet Armageddon and Deep Impact. I gotta give Armageddon points because my dad had the movie so I grew up watching it.
Although I mention Sharknado 4 and I have seen all the Sharknado movies. I prefer the first two movies, and my opinion on the rest: third one could of gone better and they were just trying and doing too much to add something new in the rest of the franchise. Yes that includes the fourth movie (Just having sharknadoes in Las Vegas is much considering Las Vegas is in a freaking desert in Nevada).
Plus I want to mention I can't get over the fact the statue of Jupiter in the movie Pompeii looked he was holding up a boquet of flowers instead of a thunderbolt.
Honestly if I had to pick a shark movie that involves a natural disaster, I got to go with Bait over any of the Sharknado movies since it was a Tsunami that brought in the sharks to the grocery store making it count as a shark related natural disaster movie. I know Malibu Shark Attacks also included Tsunami bringing in maneating sharks, those were goblin sharks where as Bait had Great White Sharks and great whites are scareier.
I forgot about the Core. Good choice.
You got me good with Moonfall 😅.
I was about to stop the video to look for wrathful comments, when you said it was a joke. The relief I felt...
Excellent list WatchMojo!!! So many fun movies. Pity about Towering Inferno though. And you had me going with Moonfall. :P I've seen many of these movies but you've given me a few more to hunt down. Disaster flicks are some of my favorites. I saw 2012 in the theaters five times! It was really a Big Screen experience. Keep up the great and enjoyable work! :D
I’d go with Pompeii because aside from the love story aspect it was largely accurate to the events that the movie was based on, that being the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius
The correct way of saying the year is AD 79.
@@DavidRay39 my mistake
20. Everest (2015)
19. Aftershock (2012)
18. White Squall (1996)
17. Crawl (2019)
16. Earthquake (1974)
15. Only the Brave (2017)
14. The Impossible (2012)
13. Volcano (1997)
12. The Perfect Storm (2000)
11. Knowing (2009)
10. The Core (2003)
9. Dante's Peak (1997)
8. San Andreas (2015)
7. 2012 (2009)
6. Deep Impact (1998)
5. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
4. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
3. The Birds (1963)
2. The Wave (2015)
1. Moonfall (2022)
Real Number 1. Twister (1996)
Showing my age - but the BIRDS. Spent 20 years afraid to walk into a room and see a man on the floor with his eyes gouged out. Loved my little pet bird so much - but I always told her, “not the eyes please.”
Disaster movies definitely were popular in the 1970s. My father tried to capitalize on the trend with a screenplay about a blizzard in the Sierra Nevadas. He wrote one of the lead roles with his friend Woody Strode in mind, and the child hero was based on me. He was able to option it to Disney, but they decided not to produce it because it would be too expensive to produce it. He then turned it into a novel, and got a publishing house to option it. Again, it didn't go into production. I wish I still had that manuscript.