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This list of disaster films represents over half a century of films within the genre. Disaster films are motion pictures which depict an impending or ongoing disaster as a central plot feature. The films typically feature large casts and multiple storylines and focus on the protagonists attempts to avert, escape, or cope with the disaster ...
While the movies it spoofs rank higher on this list, surely you can't leave out this pitch-perfect comedy sending up Hollywood's 1970s disaster-flick golden era. ( Don't call me Shirley.
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) The Creation of the Humanoids (1962) Panic in Year Zero! (1962) The Day of the Triffids (1962) This Is Not a Test (1962) La Jetée (1962) Ladybug Ladybug (1963) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) The Time Travelers (1964) Fail-Safe (1964) The Last Man on Earth (1964 ...
Documentary films about natural disasters, major adverse events resulting from natural processes of the Earth. Examples are floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other geologic processes.
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake is a 1990 American made-for-television disaster film about a massive earthquake that strikes Los Angeles, California.The movie stars Joanna Kerns in the movie's lead role, seismologist Clare Winslow, who tries to warn city leaders of the possibility that a powerful earthquake may strike southern California.
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He reveals his determinations: the impacts were an attempt at first contact by an extraterrestrial species; the radio signal was a transponder to help steer a follow-up vehicle; and, by destroying the follow-up vehicle, Earth has declared war. The two survivors, Kimberly Hastings and Jean-Paul Chounard, succumb to their wounds.
They merge into one giant cluster heading for Earth. To make matters worse, scientists find that the cluster will pass the Moon, causing tidal effects which will flood coastal regions. As the cluster approaches, it causes worldwide disasters: tidal waves, wind, firestorms, and earthquakes. Mass evacuations lead to panic and riots.