Cinemaths · List View Collected & Ranked: Disaster Movies Ranked List
58 films · View as Text List
Films featuring catastrophes, emergency responses, escape, rescue, and survival, following the owner’s reviewed selection. Documentaries are excluded.
1.
98 /100
99th percentile
Children of Men
2006 109m Drama, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction R
Directed by
Alfonso Cuarón
UK · English
2.
93 /100
95th percentile
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 95m Comedy, War PG
Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
USA · English
3.
89 /100
89th percentile
Dawn of the Dead
1979 127m Horror, Science Fiction NR
Directed by
George A. Romero
USA · English
4.
89 /100
89th percentile
Titanic
1997 194m Drama, Romance PG-13
Directed by
James Cameron
USA · English
5.
86 /100
83rd percentile
United 93
2006 111m Drama, History, Crime, Thriller, Action R
Directed by
Paul Greengrass
USA · English
6.
85 /100
80th percentile
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
2016 76m Animation, Comedy, Drama, Action, Thriller PG-13
Directed by
Dash Shaw
USA · English
7.
85 /100
80th percentile
Patriots Day
2016 133m Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller R
Directed by
Peter Berg
USA · English
8.
82 /100
74th percentile
Deepwater Horizon
2016 107m Drama, Action PG-13
Directed by
Peter Berg
USA · English
9.
80 /100
70th percentile
Black Sunday
1977 143m Action, Drama, Thriller R
Directed by
John Frankenheimer
USA · English
10.
80 /100
70th percentile
Don't Look Up
2021 138m Comedy, Science Fiction R
Directed by
Adam McKay
USA · English
11.
80 /100
70th percentile
Godzilla
2014 123m Action, Drama, Science Fiction PG-13
Directed by
Gareth Edwards
USA · English
12.
79 /100
67th percentile
Apollo 13
1995 140m Drama, History PG
Directed by
Ron Howard
USA · English
13.
79 /100
67th percentile
Contagion
2011 106m Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction PG-13
Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
USA · English
14.
79 /100
67th percentile
Zombie Flesh Eaters
1979 91m Horror R
Directed by
Lucio Fulci
Italy · English
15.
78 /100
64th percentile
Godzilla
1954 96m Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction NR
Directed by
Ishirō Honda
Japan · Japanese
16.
77 /100
62nd percentile
Day of the Dead
1985 101m Horror, Drama, Mystery NR
Directed by
George A. Romero
USA · English
17.
76 /100
60th percentile
Gravity
2013 91m Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama PG-13
Directed by
Alfonso Cuarón
UK · English
18.
75 /100
58th percentile
Thirteen Lives
2022 147m Drama, Thriller PG-13
Directed by
Ron Howard
USA · English
19.
73 /100
54th percentile
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2010 90m Animation, Comedy, Family PG
Directed by
Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
USA · English
20.
73 /100
54th percentile
Sully
2016 96m Drama, History PG-13
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
USA · English
21.
72 /100
52nd percentile
Hotel Mumbai
2019 123m Thriller, History, Drama, Action R
Directed by
Anthony Maras
Australia · English
22.
71 /100
51st percentile
This Is the End
2013 106m Action, Comedy R
Directed by
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
USA · English
23.
70 /100
48th percentile
Panic in the Streets
1950 96m Thriller, Crime NR
Directed by
Elia Kazan
USA · English
24.
69 /100
45th percentile
Land of the Dead
2005 93m Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller R
Directed by
George A. Romero
USA · English
25.
69 /100
45th percentile
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965 142m Adventure, Drama NR
Directed by
Robert Aldrich
USA · English
26.
68 /100
43rd percentile
Cloverfield
2008 84m Action, Thriller, Science Fiction PG-13
Directed by
Matt Reeves
USA · English
27.
67 /100
41st percentile
The Day After
1983 127m Science Fiction, Drama, TV Movie NR
Directed by
Nicholas Meyer
USA · English
28.
67 /100
41st percentile
The Lost Bus
2025 130m Drama, Mystery, Thriller R
Directed by
Paul Greengrass
USA · English
29.
66 /100
39th percentile
Independence Day
1996 145m Action, Adventure, Science Fiction PG-13
Directed by
Roland Emmerich
USA · English
30.
65 /100
37th percentile
Twister
1996 113m Action, Adventure, Drama PG-13
Directed by
Jan de Bont
USA · English
31.
63 /100
33rd percentile
Society of the Snow
2023 144m Drama, History R
Directed by
J.A. Bayona
Spain · Spanish
32.
61 /100
30th percentile
Déjà Vu
2006 126m Action, Thriller, Science Fiction PG-13
Directed by
Tony Scott
USA · English
33.
61 /100
30th percentile
Outbreak
1995 129m Action, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller R
Directed by
Wolfgang Petersen
USA · English
34.
60 /100
28th percentile
Unstoppable
2010 98m Action, Thriller PG-13
Directed by
Tony Scott
USA · English
35.
60 /100
28th percentile
World Trade Center
2006 129m Drama, History, Thriller PG-13
Directed by
Oliver Stone
USA · English
36.
59 /100
27th percentile
Everest
2015 121m Adventure, Drama, History PG-13
Directed by
Baltasar Kormákur
USA · English
37.
59 /100
27th percentile
Kursk
2018 118m Drama, History, Thriller, Action PG-13
Directed by
Thomas Vinterberg
Belgium · English
38.
59 /100
27th percentile
The Mist
2007 126m Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller R
Directed by
Frank Darabont
USA · English
39.
57 /100
24th percentile
World War Z
2013 116m Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller PG-13
Directed by
Marc Forster
USA · English
40.
55 /100
21st percentile
Airport
1970 137m Action, Drama, Thriller PG
Directed by
George Seaton
USA · English
41.
54 /100
20th percentile
Blitz
2024 120m War, Drama, History PG-13
Directed by
Steve McQueen
UK · English
42.
50 /100
16th percentile
Pacific Rim
2013 131m Action, Science Fiction, Adventure PG-13
Directed by
Guillermo del Toro
USA · English
43.
50 /100
16th percentile
The Challenger Disaster
2013 90m Thriller, Drama, History, TV Movie PG-13
Directed by
James Hawes
UK · English
44.
49 /100
15th percentile
The High and the Mighty
1954 147m Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller NR
Directed by
William A. Wellman
USA · English
45.
48 /100
14th percentile
A House of Dynamite
2025 112m Thriller R
Directed by
Kathryn Bigelow
USA · English
46.
48 /100
14th percentile
Deep Impact
1998 121m Action, Drama, Science Fiction PG-13
Directed by
Mimi Leder
USA · English
47.
47 /100
13th percentile
28 Days Later
2002 113m Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction R
Directed by
Danny Boyle
UK · English
48.
47 /100
13th percentile
Titanic
1943 88m Drama, History NR
Directed by
Werner Klingler, Herbert Selpin
Germany · German
49.
46 /100
13th percentile
Twisters
2024 123m Action, Thriller PG-13
Directed by
Lee Isaac Chung
USA · English
50.
45 /100
12th percentile
Y2K
2024 91m Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction R
Directed by
Kyle Mooney
USA · English
51.
41 /100
10th percentile
Hard Rain
1998 97m Thriller, Crime, Action R
Directed by
Mikael Salomon
USA · English
52.
39 /100
9th percentile
The Finest Hours
2016 117m Action, Drama, History, Thriller PG-13
Directed by
Craig Gillespie
USA · English
53.
39 /100
9th percentile
War of the Worlds
2005 117m Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction PG-13
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
USA · English
54.
33 /100
7th percentile
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 132m Science Fiction, Action PG-13
Directed by
Michael Dougherty
USA · English
55.
29 /100
5th percentile
The Aeronauts
2019 100m Adventure, Drama, Romance PG-13
Directed by
Tom Harper
UK · English
56.
28 /100
5th percentile
The Wandering Earth II
2023 173m Science Fiction, Action, Adventure NR
Directed by
Frant Gwo
China · Mandarin
57.
18 /100
2nd percentile
The Wandering Earth
2019 126m Science Fiction, Action, Drama PG-13
Directed by
Frant Gwo
China · Mandarin
58.
3 /100
0th percentile
Armageddon
1998 151m Action, Thriller, Science Fiction, Adventure PG-13
Directed by
Michael Bay
USA · English