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Drama, disaster film, drama film, katastrophe
On Friday, March 24, 1911, the Triangle factory workers, who labored on the eighth, ninth and tenth floor of a supposedly fire-safe building, are shown working in unsafe conditions on the eighth floor. A hanging light above four sewing mac…
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Natural Disaster, action film, adventure film
A volcano erupts near the metropolis of Los Angeles, followed by a fatal explosion and a strong, sudden earthquake. Finally, a rain of fire pours on the city and complete chaos breaks out. Family man and journalist John Benson sees his pro…
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Action, Natural Disaster, disaster film
In the year 2029, the spacecraft Nautilus is getting prepared to land on the planet Mercury. On board is Commander Marshall Donnington, Pilot Lee Tahon, and Flight Engineer Victoria Preston. However, during their orbital insertion, a sudde…
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Action, Natural Disaster, Thriller, disaster film, science fiction film
An ancient prophecy comes to pass when archaeologists unearth an Egyptian chamber 10,000 feet below ground in Maine USA, sparking a devastating electromagnetic pulse that triggers Stonehenge and, in turn, sends destructive shockwaves aroun…
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action film, disaster film
Engineer Cal Miller's unauthorized attempt to close off the dangerously unstable Madison Bridge is foiled by the police pursuit of a robbery suspect. The chase ends in a multi-car accident in the middle of the bridge, which begins falling …
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Action, Drama, disaster film, thriller
A state-of-the-art supersonic passenger jet is flying from San Francisco to Tokyo. At 12 miles () above the Pacific Ocean, the Pacific Global Flight 52 is struck by an errant U.S. Navy missile that cripples the aircraft.
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Adventure
The film tells the story of two men and two women, who leave from a plague-ridden ship and reach the Malayan jungle. The relationships between the four people before they enter the jungle are examined and are transformed as they interact w…
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adventure film, biographical film, drama film
McMurphy comes to Denver, Colorado, to see Polly Pry about the Packer case. As Pry leaves for her scheduled meeting with McMurphy, she is stalked and shot at by a gunman. The bullets hit her skirts and lessen the blows inflicted on her pub…
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Natural Disaster, disaster film, science fiction film
The Trollsvotin volcano in Iceland violently erupts and kills a USGS survey team. Volcanologist professor Dr. Peter Shepherd takes four of his graduate students to study Grímsvötn, a dormant volcano.
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drama film, romance film
In the year of 1774, a hundred-year-old bridge leading to the chapel of San Luis Rey in Peru, plunges into the deep chasm it spans, killing the five people who are crossing it. Brother Juniper (Donald Woods) is one of the chapel monks, who…
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disaster film
The plot has several different storylines: Early on in the film the weather designation changes from tropical storm to hurricane. A married couple sailing on a boat who are caught up in the eye of the hurricane. Their lives are endangered …
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Natural Disaster, science fiction film
A research team, including Joanne, Damon, Gary, and Phil, deploy small UAVs from a C130 Hercules, to interfere with a storm. At first the group celebrate a good result; however, a large storm begins to develop. Meanwhile, Charlie, an ex-sc…
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Drama, drama film, katastrophe
During take-off for a flight to Europe, Royce Air International Flight 115 (a Boeing 747-200 flying from New York to London) is struck by lightning. Although the flight continues, the lightning strike has killed the flight crew and disable…
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Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, disaster film, katastrophe
Through his Atmospheric Research Institute, Robert Terrell (Treat Williams) has finally fulfilled his lifelong dream of completing "weather creation" technology, which has been a landmark event. However, during a test run, a team composed …
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disaster film, katastrophe
Family Drama, Natural Disaster, disaster film
After a magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes New York City, cop John Ryker, searches for his wife Laura and his two children, Andrew and Carla, in the rubble, while also hunting a serial killer.
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Adventure, Sci-Fi, science fiction film
In year 2048, global warming has caused much of the surface of the earth to become flooded. In the city of New Vatican, Cardinal Battaglia believes that the global inundation can be gotten rid of by using the "scepter of Moses". This is th…
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A mutated bird flu virus spreads across the world. As panic spreads, the governor of Virginia quarantines neighborhoods where cases have cropped up, and federal officials confess they have no vaccine and scant supplies of antiviral drugs. …
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Natural Disaster, action film, disaster film, thriller
The US east coast is suddenly struck by a type of a massive destructive force of nature usually only happening after a major earthquake in the Pacific and Indian Ocean rims: tidal waves of the destructive tsunami type. Scientist and fictio…
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Action, disaster film, drama film
On a maiden flight with Coastal Airlines, the Starquest airliner program introduces the most sophisticated and enjoyable flying experience to date, with pilot Joseph Franklin (Scott Valentine) in charge. Special Agent Gina Vitale (Lindsey …
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Horror, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, disaster film, horror film, natural horror film, science fiction horror film, thriller film
In outer space, two alien spaceships collide, one of which releases a capsule that lands at the bottom of the Bermuda Triangle. Five years later, the underwater research facility, the Oshona, discovers the crystals, and the facility's mana…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, disaster film
Drama, disaster film, katastrophe
A series of tidal waves bring chaos to the coast of California, prompting a navy scientist and an oceanographer to find the cause. They are not prepared for what they find and try to stop the person behind the man-made tidal waves.
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action film, disaster film, drama film, katastrophe
After a major electromagnetic storm cripples communications worldwide, a new satellite-based Airborne collision avoidance system (ACAT) air traffic control system is struck, with debris hitting the earth. The malfunctioning satellite puts …
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