Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore disaster films and people facing large-scale danger.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 446 films · Page 12.
Adventure, action film, adventure film, mockbuster
Adrian Sinbad is a millionaire owner of an oil company and is from a long-line of descendants of great mariners. He and a small group of people fly to the Indian Ocean after learning that his oil rig has sunk after being taken over by Soma…
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Action, disaster film, katastrophe, science fiction film, thriller film
Brian, the head drilling engineer of an unnamed company, sabotages the drilling operation as he is concerned that Alan the CEO is drilling too deep without taking necessary precautions. Alan restarts the drilling operation on an island off…
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Adventure, Sci-Fi, disaster film, science fiction film
Dr. Jeremiah Morley is concerned about an imminent nuclear war. He organizes an expedition of scientists to use a large, atomic-powered, tank-like boring machine called the Cyclotram.
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Action, Drama, Thriller, disaster film
On a beach in Australia, two American surfers say goodbye to each other as one is about to leave for his flight back to California. The two men don't notice the large number of dead birds on the beach. On the flight, the surfer returning h…
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Animalhorror, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, black comedy film, comedy film, comedy horror film, disaster film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, mockbuster, romance film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film
The film focuses on the Orinoco River in Venezuela, where a strain of genetically modified piranha have escaped into an isolated tributary of the river. Through human interference of the local environment, the megapiranha manage to escape …
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Animalhorror, Drama, action film, adventure film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, natural horror film, suspense film, television film, thriller film
On 1 July 1916, in New Jersey during WWI, local lifeguard Alex Trednot watches over one of the beaches. He is approached by his best friend Stanley and ex-girlfriend Alice for his opinion on a wedding cake. Suddenly, beachgoer Charles Van …
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Action, disaster film
Jake Thorne (Bruce Campbell) is a storm chaser whose friend and former graduate school advisor, Dr. Joe Branson (Ernie Hudson), has developed a machine that may be able to provide earlier tornado warnings. To work properly, the machine has…
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disaster film, found footage film, monster film
The film takes place in Tokyo in 2003, where two reporters, Erin and Sarah Lynch, have arrived to document unusual seismic disturbances that have been picked up around Tokyo. The disturbances are originally thought to be aftershocks left o…
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Action, action film, disaster film, science fiction film
The story is set in an alternative year 2007. After the fall of Communism, Eastern Europe has descended into anarchy. Out of the chaos comes a mysterious virus that eventually kills everyone who is exposed to it.
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disaster film, katastrophe, science fiction film
Scientists discover that a violent storm is heading toward New York City and begin the warning process throughout the city. They believe that something is wrong with the natural barometric patterns and that an unprecedented event is immine…
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Action, Adventure, disaster film
Cliff Mason, a veteran foreman of the Forest Service's smokejumper unit, is called out with a crew on a fire, despite the fact that they have not rested in three days. Accompanied by R. A.
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror film, disaster film, horror film, independent film, monster film, mystery film, natural horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
After the events of the previous film, another shark is awakened by Russian miners drilling underwater for red mercury. Two ships intercept the MegaShark, which survives the attack. Benedict leads a team of prospectors into a mine in Russi…
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Sci-Fi, action film, disaster film, mockbuster, science fiction film
When a star gone supernova threatens to destroy Earth, an astrophysicist puts together a dangerous and desperate plan to shield Earth from the destructive burst of radiation heading toward it.
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disaster film, katastrophe
Andy Goodman is a week away from a forced retirement from his position as chief meteorologist at the National Weather Administration's Severe Weather Center. However, tornadoes level Las Vegas, an area normally not prone to the storms. Con…
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Natural Disaster, action film, disaster film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In 2010, during a party at the US embassy in Berlin, Germany, scientist Gregor Starndorf is told that the comet he discovered, designated Bay-Leder 7, is headed toward Earth. It is large enough to cause an extinction level event and is onl…
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Action, Adventure, action film, adventure film, disaster film
When a former Special Ops commando visits Pompeii, Italy, his wife and daughter are trapped as Mount Vesuvius erupts with massive force. While his family fights to survive the deadly onslaught of heat and lava, he enlists his former teamma…
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disaster film
The story begins in the mountains of Bavaria, Germany, where wildlife documentarian Ernest Helms (Michael Winters) is filming local wildlife. While filming, he discovers a man attempting to break into his rental car. After foiling the man'…
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Animalhorror, Natural Disaster, alien invasion, disaster film, science fiction film
Three years prior to the start of the series, a team of astronaut miners complete a space expedition. By the time they return to Earth, their commander has gone insane, taking an important secret with him to a heavily guarded state lunatic…
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Action, Thriller, action film, disaster film, katastrophe
A series of tornadoes cripple Hellman-Klein Nuclear Power Plant located in Basset County, West Tennessee by damaging a power transformer and a generator, killing the plant's security guard Stu (Carl Lewis) in the process, and leaving the p…
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Natural Disaster, action film, disaster film, science fiction film
In West Virginia, Charles "Boomer" Baxter is setting mountain-top depletion explosives. He detonates the TNT, and an unprecedented earthquake devastates the area. A few hours later government seismologist Dr.
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, alien invasion, disaster film, science fiction film, war film
SAS lieutenant Michael Galloway, his friends Vincent and Robin, and Robin's girlfriend Dana, go out to a club. While there, Michael hooks up with a girl named Carrie and Robin proposes to Dana. Just as Robin sees a strange light in the sky…
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Adventure, drama film
In India to purchase some horses, British aristocrat Lord Esketh (Rennie) and his wife Edwina (Turner) come to the town of Ranchipur at the invitation of the elderly Maharani (Leontovich). Their marriage is an unhappy one, and Lord Esketh …
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disaster film, documentary film, science fiction film
Action, Sci-Fi, disaster film, fantasy film, mockbuster, science fiction film
The alien Orions, believing that humans are too violent, attack Earth and destroy many of the planet's capital cities. They then apparently heal many of the sick and offer to transport them; those who are hungry and others who wanted to go…
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