List of disaster films

Main article: Disaster film

See also: Doomsday film

This is a list of disaster films or "doomsday" films, representing more than a century of films within the genre. Disaster films are motion pictures which depict an impending or ongoing disaster. The films typically feature large casts and multiple plotlines, focusing on the protagonists' attempts to avert, escape, or cope with the disaster presented. Though many films may feature disaster elements, only films which are centered around a disaster are presented in this list.

Extra-Terrestrial / Unknown Phenomena

Aliens

• The War of the Worlds (1953)
• War of the Worlds (2005)
• Signs (2002)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Transformers (2007)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)

Man made disasters

Atomic disasters

• An Act of God (1989)
• Atomic Train (1999)
• Atomic Twister (2002)
• By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
• Chain Reaction (1996)
• The China Syndrome (1979)
• Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
• The Children (1980)
• Countdown to Looking Glass (1984)
• The Day After (1983)
• The Doomsday Machine (1972)
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
• Fail-Safe (1964)
• The Final Combat (1983)
• Ladybug Ladybug (1963)
• The Last War (1961)
• Miracle Mile (1988)
• On the Beach (1959)
• On the Beach (2000)
• Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
• The Peacemaker (1997)
• Special Bulletin (1983)
• The Sum of All Fears (2000)
• Threads (1984)
• WarGames (1983)
• The War Game (1965)
• When the Wind Blows (1986)

Chemical disasters

• The Children (1980)
• Once Upon a Forest (1983)

Electromechanical disasters

• Alone in the Dark (1982)
• Blackout (1978)

Experiments gone awry

• Black Hole (2006)
• Frankenstein (1931)
• The Magnetic Monster (1953)
• The Quiet Earth (1985)
• The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
• End Day
• Stealth (2005)
• Locusts (Film) (2005)

Cyborgs / Robots

• The Terminator (1984)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
• I, Robot (2004)
• Transformers (2007)

Natural disasters

Astronomical disasters

• Armageddon (1998)
• Asteroid (1997)
• Anna's Storm (2007)
• The Black Hole (1979)
• The Day the Sky Exploded (1958)
• Deep Impact (1998)
• Doomsday Rock (1997)
• Earthquake(1974
• End of the World (1977)
• Fire in the Sky (1993)

• Inferno (1998)
• Judgement Day (1999)
• Meteor (1979)
• Meteorites! (1998)
• Night of the Comet (1984)
• Sunshine (2007)
• Supernova (2005)
• Tycus (1998)
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
• When Worlds Collide (1951)
• When Worlds Collide (2008)
• Without Warning (1994)

Avalanches and blizzards

• Avalanche Alley (2001)
• Avalanche Express (1979)
• Lavina (1982)
• Storm (2005)
• Trapped: Buried Alive (2002)

Earth and earthquakes

• 10.5 (2004)
• 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
• Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
• Aftershocks (1998)
• The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
• The Core (2003)
• Crack in the World (1965)
• The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
• Deathquake (1980)
• Deep Core (2000)
• Deluge (1933)
• Earthquake (1974)
• Epicenter (2000)
• Epoch (2001)
• Epoch: Evolution (2003)
• The Night the World Exploded (1957)
• On Hostile Ground (2000)
• Quake (1993)
• The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
• San Francisco (1936)
• Short Walk to Daylight (1972)
• Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997)

Fires

• Backdraft (1991)
• City on Fire (1979)
• Dante's Inferno (1935)
• Fire! (1901)
• Firestorm (1998)
• The Hindenburg (1975)
• In Old Chicago (1937)
• Inferno (1998)
• The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
• Red Skies of Montana (1952)
• San Francisco (1936)
• Terror on the 40th Floor (1974)
• The Towering Inferno (1974)
• Ladder 49 (2004)

Floods and hurricanes

• 10.5 (2004)
• 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
• Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)
• Category 7: The End of the World (2005)
• Condominium (1998)
• The Dam Busters (1954)
• The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
• Daylight (1996)
• Deep Impact (1998)
• Deluge (1933)
• Earthquake (1974)
• Flood!’’ (1976)
• Flood: A River's Rampage (1997)
• Hard Rain (1998)
• The Hurricane (1937)
• Killer Flood: The Day the Dam Broke (2003)
• The Last Wave (1997)
• Meteor (1979)
• Noah (1998)
• Noah's Ark (1928)
• Noah's Ark (1999)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
• The Perfect Storm (2000)
• The Rains Came (1939)
• The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
• Superman: The Movie (1978)
• Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997)

Global Warming

• The Day after Tomorrow (2004)

Tornadoes

• Atomic Twister (2002)
• Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)
• Category 7: The End of the World (2005)
• Devil Winds (2003)
• Night of the Twisters (1996)
• Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister (1998)
• Tornado Warning (2002)
• Tornado! (1996)
• Tornado-Der Zorn des Himmels (2006)
• Twister (1996)

Volcanoes

• Dante's Peak (1997)
• The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
• Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
• Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)
• Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006)
• The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
• Volcano (1997)
• Volcano: Fire on the Mountain (1997)
• When Time Ran Out (1980)

Terrorism

• Air Force One (1997)
• Black Sunday (1977)
• Black Friday (2005)
• Executive Decision (1996)
• The Delta Force (2006)
• United 93 (2006)
• Rollercoaster (1977)
• World Trade Center (2006)
• Babel (film) (2006)

Transport disasters

Airplanes

• 9/11
• Airplane!
• Airport
• Airport 1975
• Airport '77
• The Concorde: Airport '79
• Alive
• Con Air
• Final Destination
• Fire and Rain
• Five Came Back
• Flight 93
• The Flight of the Phoenix
• Flightplan
• The Day Britain Stopped
• The High and the Mighty
• Miracle Landing
• No Highway in the Sky
• Passenger 57
• Red Eye
• Snakes on a Plane
• Stealth
• Turbulence
• United 93

Cars and trucks

• The Big Bus
• Breaker! Breaker!
• The Chase
• Drinking And Driving Wrecks Lives
• Final Destination
  • Final Destination 2
  • Final Destination 3
• Maximum Overdrive
• Runaway Car
• Speed
• Trucks
• "Duel (film)"

Ships and submarines

• A Night to Remember
• Das Boot
• Gray Lady Down
• Hostile Waters
• The Hunt for Red October
• In Search of the Castaways
• Juggernaut
• K-19: The Widowmaker
• The Last Voyage (1960)
• Lord of the Flies
• Noah
• Noah's Ark (1929)
• Noah's Ark (1999)
• Poseidon
• The Poseidon Adventure
• Speed 2: Cruise Control
• Titanic
• U-571

Spaceship

• Airplane II: The Sequel
• Apollo 13
• The Black Hole
• Marooned
• SpaceCamp
• Lost in Space

Train

• Atomic Train
• The Cassandra Crossing
• The Day of the Roses
• Money Train
• Runaway Train
• Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
• Silver Streak

Other vehicles

• Daylight
• Hanging by a Thread 1979
• Rollercoaster
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (subway train)

Animals

• Alligator
• Anaconda
  • Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
• The Birds
• Bugs
• Congo
• The Core
• Deep Blue Sea
• Deep Rising
• Deep Shock
• DeepStar Six
• Dogs
• The Edge
• Eight Legged Freaks
• The Food of the Gods
• The Food of the Gods II
• Godzilla
• Great White
• Jaws
  • Jaws 2
  • Jaws 3-D
  • Jaws: The Revenge
• Jurassic Park
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park
  • Jurassic Park III
• The Naked Jungle
• Kingdon of the Spiders
• Misquitoe
• Open Water
• Orca
• Python
  • Python 2
• Razorback
• Rattlers
• Reign of Fire
• Sabertooth
• The Swarm
• Snakes on a Plane
• Snakes on a Train
• Tremors
  • Tremors 2: Aftershocks
  • Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
  • Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
• Watership Down
• Webs

Epidemics

• 12 Monkeys
• 28 Days Later
• 28 Weeks Later
• Absolon
• The Andromeda Strain
• Cabin Fever
• Carriers
• The Cassandra Crossing
• Children of Men
• Contagious
• Epidemic
• Flying Virus
• Fukkatsu no Hi
• It's Great to Be Alive (1933)
• The Killer That Stalked New York
• Last Man On Earth
• The Rock
• George A. Romero's Living Dead series
  • Night of the Living Dead
  • Dawn of the Dead
  • Day of the Dead
  • Land of the Dead
• The Omega Man
• Outbreak
• Pandora's Clock
• Panic in the Streets
• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse
• Runaway Virus
• The Satan Bug
• Shaun of the Dead
• Smallpox 2002
• Spill
• SST: Death Flight
• The Stand
• Thirst
• Virus (1981)
• Virus (1999)
• Voyage of Terror

Last on Earth

• Day of the Dead
• I Am Legend
• Left Behind: The Movie
• Night of the Comet
• The Omega Man
• The Quiet Earth
• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse
• The World, the Flesh and the Devil

Stranded

• Marooned
• Lifeboat
• Lifepod
• Lord of the Flies
• The Flight of the Phoenix
• Cast Away
• Enemy Mine