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The Greatest Disaster Movies of All Time
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These are the most entertaining, the most fun, the greatest disaster movies ever made, ranked by movie experts and film fans alike. There is a long history of these kinds of movies in cinema - never to be taken too seriously, always slightly histrionic - for moviegoers who love to watch cities leveled and populations run screaming for their lives. This list of floods, fires, earthquakes and alien attacks is built from both your votes and those lists that Rankers have contributed. If you are a die-hard fan of disaster movies, if you know your F-5 Tornados from your 10.5 Earthquakes, make your own ranking of these to really impact the list order! And if you see a film that should be amongst these greatest disaster movies of all time, please add it!
Be sure to check out Ranker's list of All Disaster Films.
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2008Matt ReevesMystery, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Horror, Monster movie, Monster, Doomsday film, Archives and records More - 2
2009Roland EmmerichDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Dystopia, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Doomsday film, Natural disaster More - 3
1998Mimi LederDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Doomsday film More - 4
1993Frank MarshallDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Film adaptation, Airplanes and airports MoreMost Listed - 5
1996Roland EmmerichThriller, Science Fiction, Action/Adventure - 6
2004Roland EmmerichDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Doomsday film, Natural disaster More - 7 2005Steven SpielbergDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror, Doomsday film MoreControversial
- 8 1972Ronald Neame, Irwin AllenDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure
- 9 1998Michael BayThriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
- 10 1996Jan de BontDisaster, Action/Adventure
- 11 1997James CameronDrama, Costume drama, Period piece, Disaster, Action/Adventure, Romance Film, Historical fiction, Romantic drama, Tragedy More
- 12 1996Tim BurtonComedy, Fantasy, Thriller, Science Fiction, Action
- 13 1997Roger DonaldsonThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Doomsday film
- 14 1997Mick JacksonDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure
- 15 2006Wolfgang PetersenThriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure
- 16 1971Boris SagalDrama, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action/Adventure, Film adaptation, Dystopia, Cult, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Doomsday film, Albino bias, Blaxploitation More
- 17 1974Mark RobsonDisaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Doomsday film, Natural disaster
- 18 1979James BridgesThriller, Disaster, Action/Adventure, Suspense
- 19 1971Robert WiseMystery, Thriller, Science Fiction
- 20 1974Irwin Allen, John GuillerminDisaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Doomsday film
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- 21 2000Wolfgang PetersenDrama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
- 22 George SeatonThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Airplanes and airports
- 23 2005John PutchThriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Television movie More
- 24 2003Jon AmielDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Doomsday film More
- 25 1996Rob CohenThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure
- 26 1977Jerry Jameson, Jerry JamesonThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Airplanes and airports
- 27 2009Ernie BarbarashDisaster, Science Fiction, Action/Adventure, Television movie
- 28 2008John Erick DowdleMystery, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Horror, Zombie
- 29 1998Mikael SalomonThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction
- 30 2009Peter Spierig, Michael SpierigDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Horror, World cinema, Dystopia More
- 31 2004John LafiaDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Action/Adventure, Television movie, Natural disaster More
- 32 2009Yun Je-gyunDisaster, Action/Adventure, World cinema
- 33 1974Jack SmightDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Airplanes and airports More
- 34 2008M. Night ShyamalanThriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action/Adventure, Horror, Suspense, Doomsday film MoreControversial
- 35 2006John LafiaThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Television movie, Natural disaster More
- 36 1975Robert WiseDrama, Period piece, Thriller, Disaster, Action/Adventure, Suspense
- 37 2001Vic SarinDrama, Fantasy, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Supernatural, Indie, Airplanes and airports, Christian film More
- 38 1979David Lowell Rich, Jerry JamesonThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Suspense, Airplanes and airports MoreControversial
- 39 1978Irwin AllenDisaster, Action/Adventure, Horror, Natural horror films
- 40 2006Shinji HiguchiThriller, Disaster, World cinema, Doomsday film, Tokusatsu, Natural disaster MoreControversial
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- 41 1996David KoeppDrama, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure More
- 42 1985Geoff MurphyDrama, Mystery, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Indie, World cinema, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Doomsday film, Existentialism More
- 43 Tony MitchellDisaster
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The Greatest Disaster Movies of All Time at 3/05/2012 9:45 PM