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This '''list of [[disaster film]]s''' represents over half a century of films within the [[film genre|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 presented.
This '''list of [[disaster film]]s''' represents over half a century of films within the [[film genre|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 presented.


==Man-made disasters==
==Man-made disasters==
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See also: [[List of films about nuclear issues]]
* ''[[Ablaze (2001 film)|Ablaze]]'' (2001) <ref>{{cite web |title=Ablaze (2001) |url=https://elcinema.com/en/work/2002832/ |website=elcinema |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref>
* ''[[Ablaze (2001 film)|Ablaze]]'' (2001) <ref>{{cite web |title=Ablaze (2001) |url=https://elcinema.com/en/work/2002832/ |website=elcinema |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref>
* ''[[Backdraft (film)|Backdraft]]'' (1991) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/backdraft-v3686|title=Backdraft (1991)|website=[[AllMovie]]|access-date=November 13, 2020}}</ref>
* ''[[Backdraft (film)|Backdraft]]'' (1991) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/backdraft-v3686|title=Backdraft (1991)|website=[[AllMovie]]|access-date=November 13, 2020}}</ref>
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* ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' (1974){{sfn|Halliwell|1979|p=901}}
* ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' (1974){{sfn|Halliwell|1979|p=901}}
* ''[[Trapped (2001 film)|Trapped]]'' (2001) <ref>{{cite web|last1=Nusair|first1=David|title=Mini Reviews (July 2002)|url=http://www.reelfilm.com/mini19.htm#trap|website=Reel Film Reviews|accessdate=24 May 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Trapped (2001 film)|Trapped]]'' (2001) <ref>{{cite web|last1=Nusair|first1=David|title=Mini Reviews (July 2002)|url=http://www.reelfilm.com/mini19.htm#trap|website=Reel Film Reviews|accessdate=24 May 2017}}</ref>

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See also: [[List of films about nuclear issues]]


==Natural disasters==
==Natural disasters==
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* ''[[Titanic (1996 miniseries)|Titanic]]'' (1996) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=162}}
* ''[[Titanic (1996 miniseries)|Titanic]]'' (1996) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=162}}
* ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=165}}
* ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=165}}
* ''[[Titanic: The Legend Goes On]]'' (2001) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=169}}
* ''[[Titanic: The Legend Goes On]]'' (2000) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=169}}
* ''[[Tornado!]]'' (1996) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=250-252}}
* ''[[Tornado!]]'' (1996) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=250-252}}
* ''Tornado Warning'' (2002) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/tornado-warning-v272487|title=Tornado Warning (2002)|website=AllMovie|accessdate=October 13, 2021}}</ref>
* ''Tornado Warning'' (2002) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/tornado-warning-v272487|title=Tornado Warning (2002)|website=AllMovie|accessdate=October 13, 2021}}</ref>
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{{See also|Eschatology|Apocalypse}}
{{See also|Eschatology|Apocalypse}}
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* ''[[The Day After]]'' (1983)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-day-after-v12589|title=The Day After (1983)|website=AllMovie|access-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref>
* ''[[The Day After]]'' (1983)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-day-after-v12589|title=The Day After (1983)|website=AllMovie|access-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref>
* ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' (1961) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=168}}
* ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' (1961) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=168}}
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* ''[[Fire and Rain (film)|Fire and Rain]]'' (1989) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=49}}
* ''[[Fire and Rain (film)|Fire and Rain]]'' (1989) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=49}}
* ''[[The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film)|The Flight of the Phoenix]]'' (1965) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=28-30}}
* ''[[The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film)|The Flight of the Phoenix]]'' (1965) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=28-30}}
**''[[Flight of the Phoenix (2004 film)|Flight of the Phoenix]]'' (2004) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=31-34}}
* ''[[Flight of the Phoenix (2004 film)|Flight of the Phoenix]]'' (2004) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=31-34}}
*''[[The High and the Mighty (film)|The High and the Mighty]]'' (1954){{sfn|Kay|2006|p=49}}
*''[[The High and the Mighty (film)|The High and the Mighty]]'' (1954){{sfn|Kay|2006|p=49}}
* ''[[The Hindenburg (film)|The Hindenburg]]'' (1975){{sfn|Kay|2006|p=35}}
* ''[[The Hindenburg (film)|The Hindenburg]]'' (1975){{sfn|Kay|2006|p=35}}
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* ''[[Survive! (film)|Survive!]]'' (1976){{sfn|Kay|2006|p=40}}
* ''[[Survive! (film)|Survive!]]'' (1976){{sfn|Kay|2006|p=40}}
* ''[[Turbulence (1997 film)|Turbulence]]'' (1997) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=44}}
* ''[[Turbulence (1997 film)|Turbulence]]'' (1997) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=44}}
* ''[[United 93 (film)|United 93]]'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/aug/05/reel-history-united-93|title=United 93: the truth is out there|newspaper=The Guardian |date=Aug 6, 2009|website= |last1=Tunzelmann |first1=Alex von }}</ref>
* ''[[United 93 (film)|United 93]]'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/aug/05/reel-history-united-93|title=United 93: the truth is out there|newspaper=The Guardian |date=Aug 6, 2009|website= |last1=Tunzelmann |first1=Alex von}}</ref>
* ''[[Zero Hour!]]'' (1957) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=48}}
* ''[[Zero Hour!]]'' (1957) {{sfn|Kay|2006|p=48}}
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Films by genre

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 presented.

Man-made disasters

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See also: List of films about nuclear issues

Natural disasters

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End of days

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See also: Eschatology and Apocalypse

Airplanes

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The atomic age

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Epidemics and pandemics

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Shipwrecks

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See also

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