The Greatest Disaster Movies of All Time
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.
- 12008Matt ReevesMystery, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Horror, Monster movie, Monster, Doomsday film, Archives and records More
- 22009Roland EmmerichDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Dystopia, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Doomsday film, Natural disaster More
- 31998Mimi LederDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Doomsday film More
- 41993Frank MarshallDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Film adaptation, Airplanes and airports MoreMost Listed
- 51996Roland EmmerichThriller, Science Fiction, Action/Adventure
- 62004Roland EmmerichDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Doomsday film, Natural disaster More
- 72005Steven SpielbergDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror, Doomsday film MoreControversial
- 81972Ronald Neame, Irwin AllenDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure
- 91998Michael BayThriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
- 101996Jan de BontDisaster, Action/Adventure
- 111997James CameronDrama, Costume drama, Period piece, Disaster, Action/Adventure, Romance Film, Historical fiction, Romantic drama, Tragedy More
- 121996Tim BurtonComedy, Fantasy, Thriller, Science Fiction, Action
- 131997Roger DonaldsonThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Doomsday film
- 141997Mick JacksonDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure
- 152006Wolfgang PetersenThriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure
- 161971Boris SagalDrama, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action/Adventure, Film adaptation, Dystopia, Cult, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Doomsday film, Albino bias, Blaxploitation More
- 171974Mark RobsonDisaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Doomsday film, Natural disaster
- 181979James BridgesThriller, Disaster, Action/Adventure, Suspense
- 191971Robert WiseMystery, Thriller, Science Fiction
- 201974Irwin Allen, John GuillerminDisaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Doomsday film
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- 212000Wolfgang PetersenDrama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
- 22George SeatonThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Airplanes and airports
- 232005John PutchThriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Television movie More
- 242003Jon AmielDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Doomsday film More
- 251996Rob CohenThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure
- 261977Jerry Jameson, Jerry JamesonThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Airplanes and airports
- 272009Ernie BarbarashDisaster, Science Fiction, Action/Adventure, Television movie
- 282008John Erick DowdleMystery, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Horror, Zombie
- 291998Mikael SalomonThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction
- 302009Peter Spierig, Michael SpierigDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Horror, World cinema, Dystopia More
- 312004John LafiaDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Action/Adventure, Television movie, Natural disaster More
- 322009Yun Je-gyunDisaster, Action/Adventure, World cinema
- 331974Jack SmightDrama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Airplanes and airports More
- 342008M. Night ShyamalanThriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action/Adventure, Horror, Suspense, Doomsday film MoreControversial
- 352006John LafiaThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Television movie, Natural disaster More
- 361975Robert WiseDrama, Period piece, Thriller, Disaster, Action/Adventure, Suspense
- 372001Vic SarinDrama, Fantasy, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Supernatural, Indie, Airplanes and airports, Christian film More
- 381979David Lowell Rich, Jerry JamesonThriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Suspense, Airplanes and airports MoreControversial
- 391978Irwin AllenDisaster, Action/Adventure, Horror, Natural horror films
- 402006Shinji HiguchiThriller, Disaster, World cinema, Doomsday film, Tokusatsu, Natural disaster MoreControversial
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- 411996David KoeppDrama, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure More
- 421985Geoff MurphyDrama, Mystery, Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Indie, World cinema, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Doomsday film, Existentialism More
- 43Tony MitchellDisaster
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