Children of Men (2006)
Dir. Alfonso Cuarón
109· UK· Drama, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction· R
A+
Cinemaths · Exhibition Catalogue
COLLECTED & RANKED: DISASTER MOVIES
Films featuring catastrophes, emergency responses, escape, rescue, and survival, following the owner’s reviewed selection. Documentaries are excluded.
Order — · ·
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dir. Stanley Kubrick
95· USA· Comedy, War· PG
A
Dawn of the Dead (1979)
Dir. George A. Romero
127· USA· Horror, Science Fiction· NR
B+
Titanic (1997)
Dir. James Cameron
194· USA· Drama, Romance· PG-13
B+
United 93 (2006)
Dir. Paul Greengrass
111· USA· Drama, History, Crime, Thriller, Action· R
B+
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016)
Dir. Dash Shaw
76· USA· Animation, Comedy, Drama, Action, Thriller· PG-13
B+
Patriots Day (2016)
Dir. Peter Berg
133· USA· Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller· R
B+
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Dir. Peter Berg
107· USA· Drama, Action· PG-13
B
Black Sunday (1977)
Dir. John Frankenheimer
143· USA· Action, Drama, Thriller· R
B
Don't Look Up (2021)
Dir. Adam McKay
138· USA· Comedy, Science Fiction· R
B
Godzilla (2014)
Dir. Gareth Edwards
123· USA· Action, Drama, Science Fiction· PG-13
B
Apollo 13 (1995)
Dir. Ron Howard
140· USA· Drama, History· PG
B-
Contagion (2011)
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
106· USA· Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction· PG-13
B-
Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
Dir. Lucio Fulci
91· Italy· Horror· R
B-
Godzilla (1954)
Dir. Ishirō Honda
96· Japan· Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction· NR
B-
Day of the Dead (1985)
Dir. George A. Romero
101· USA· Horror, Drama, Mystery· NR
B-
Gravity (2013)
Dir. Alfonso Cuarón
91· UK· Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama· PG-13
B-
Thirteen Lives (2022)
Dir. Ron Howard
147· USA· Drama, Thriller· PG-13
B-
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2010)
Dir. Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
90· USA· Animation, Comedy, Family· PG
C+
Sully (2016)
Dir. Clint Eastwood
96· USA· Drama, History· PG-13
C+
Hotel Mumbai (2019)
Dir. Anthony Maras
123· Australia· Thriller, History, Drama, Action· R
C+
This Is the End (2013)
Dir. Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
106· USA· Action, Comedy· R
C+
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Dir. Elia Kazan
96· USA· Thriller, Crime· NR
C+
Land of the Dead (2005)
Dir. George A. Romero
93· USA· Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller· R
C
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Dir. Robert Aldrich
142· USA· Adventure, Drama· NR
C
Cloverfield (2008)
Dir. Matt Reeves
84· USA· Action, Thriller, Science Fiction· PG-13
C
The Day After (1983)
Dir. Nicholas Meyer
127· USA· Science Fiction, Drama, TV Movie· NR
C
The Lost Bus (2025)
Dir. Paul Greengrass
130· USA· Drama, Mystery, Thriller· R
C
Independence Day (1996)
Dir. Roland Emmerich
145· USA· Action, Adventure, Science Fiction· PG-13
C
Twister (1996)
Dir. Jan de Bont
113· USA· Action, Adventure, Drama· PG-13
C
Society of the Snow (2023)
Dir. J.A. Bayona
144· Spain· Drama, History· R
C-
Déjà Vu (2006)
Dir. Tony Scott
126· USA· Action, Thriller, Science Fiction· PG-13
C-
Outbreak (1995)
Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
129· USA· Action, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller· R
C-
Unstoppable (2010)
Dir. Tony Scott
98· USA· Action, Thriller· PG-13
C-
World Trade Center (2006)
Dir. Oliver Stone
129· USA· Drama, History, Thriller· PG-13
C-
Everest (2015)
Dir. Baltasar Kormákur
121· USA· Adventure, Drama, History· PG-13
D+
Kursk (2018)
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
118· Belgium· Drama, History, Thriller, Action· PG-13
D+
The Mist (2007)
Dir. Frank Darabont
126· USA· Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller· R
D+
World War Z (2013)
Dir. Marc Forster
116· USA· Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller· PG-13
D+
Airport (1970)
Dir. George Seaton
137· USA· Action, Drama, Thriller· PG
D+
Blitz (2024)
Dir. Steve McQueen
120· UK· War, Drama, History· PG-13
D
Pacific Rim (2013)
Dir. Guillermo del Toro
131· USA· Action, Science Fiction, Adventure· PG-13
D
The Challenger Disaster (2013)
Dir. James Hawes
90· UK· Thriller, Drama, History, TV Movie· PG-13
D
The High and the Mighty (1954)
Dir. William A. Wellman
147· USA· Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller· NR
D-
A House of Dynamite (2025)
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
112· USA· Thriller· R
D-
Deep Impact (1998)
Dir. Mimi Leder
121· USA· Action, Drama, Science Fiction· PG-13
D-
28 Days Later (2002)
Dir. Danny Boyle
113· UK· Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction· R
D-
Titanic (1943)
Dir. Werner Klingler, Herbert Selpin
88· Germany· Drama, History· NR
D-
Twisters (2024)
Dir. Lee Isaac Chung
123· USA· Action, Thriller· PG-13
D-
Y2K (2024)
Dir. Kyle Mooney
91· USA· Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction· R
D-
Hard Rain (1998)
Dir. Mikael Salomon
97· USA· Thriller, Crime, Action· R
D-
The Finest Hours (2016)
Dir. Craig Gillespie
117· USA· Action, Drama, History, Thriller· PG-13
F
War of the Worlds (2005)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
117· USA· Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction· PG-13
F
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Dir. Michael Dougherty
132· USA· Science Fiction, Action· PG-13
F
The Aeronauts (2019)
Dir. Tom Harper
100· UK· Adventure, Drama, Romance· PG-13
F
The Wandering Earth II (2023)
Dir. Frant Gwo
173· China· Science Fiction, Action, Adventure· NR
F
The Wandering Earth (2019)
Dir. Frant Gwo
126· China· Science Fiction, Action, Drama· PG-13
F
Armageddon (1998)
Dir. Michael Bay
151· USA· Action, Thriller, Science Fiction, Adventure· PG-13
F