Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore disaster films and people facing large-scale danger.
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Natural Disaster, Sci-Fi, action film, disaster film, science fiction film, thriller film
A long-period comet is determined to be on a collision course with Earth. All of the world's nuclear states fire intercontinental ballistic missiles at the comet but only succeed in breaking it into fragments. Pieces of the comet soon begi…
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disaster film
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. It was the worst oil spill of its time, releasing over of crude oil onto the Alaskan shoreline. Much of the film centers on the conflict between …
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Natural Disaster
The survivor of an Alaskan avalanche, environmentalist Dr. Lia Freeman (Caroleen Feeney) is concerned that a similar disaster may occur if a proposed new oil pipeline is built. Freeman adamantly warns the planners of the likelihood of the …
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disaster film
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, action film, disaster film, science fiction film
In 1989, astronomer Dr. Peter Crawford discovers a comet on a collision with Earth. He reports his findings to the council, but they refuse to listen to him.
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Action, Natural Disaster, disaster film, science fiction
action film, disaster film
A park ranger must lead a US senator, a disgraced cop, his wife, a manipulative professor and his daughter across five miles of dangerous terrain to escape an unstable cavern, unaware that the seventh member of the group is an armed and vi…
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disaster film, docudrama
The movie begins with a team of scientists working on a US government project, known as Stormshield, whose goal is to control and manage storms, particularly hurricanes. Hurricane Grace, a Category 3 hurricane which is slowly climbing to a…
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disaster film
When a leak of superheated water inside the containment area of a nuclear power plant erupts, PROTEUS, the computer orders the sealing off the compound, trapping 14 men inside. The plant managers had been warned of erratic readings of the …
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disaster film, thriller
When Sara Dobbs (Robertson), the teenage daughter of a wealthy New York City family returns home while feeling sick, nobody suspects a thing. At home, her health deteriorates quickly, resulting in a painful death on the streets before her …
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crime film, drama film
Wanted on a charge of murder, Brett Matton, a Korean War U.S. Air Force veteran, has fled the country to Spain, where he has been living for two years and is engaged to wed Jean Gurney, a former showgirl. FBI Agent Stafford arrives in Spai…
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comedy drama, crime film, disaster film, drama film
Yankee lawyer John Reynolds and Southern Belle Julie Mirbeau meet and fall in love on a riverboat going to New Orleans in the Gay Nineties. Upon arrival, they are met by Julie's father who runs the popular Louisiana State Lottery Company a…
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Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, disaster film, science fiction film, thriller film
Elliot, a vengeful ex-employee of a computer firm wants revenge and befriends the boss Brad's son Dylan giving him an MP3 file containing a computer virus. This virus creates havoc all across the city by poisoning the water with chlorine, …
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Natural Disaster
disaster film, post-apocalyptic film
The film is the story of two mothers Maryam (Mahnoor Baloch) and Lea (Dendrie Taylor) who are grieving over their dead teenage sons and then begin to wonder if the other's son wasn't responsible for their child's death.
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Drama, Natural Disaster, action film, disaster film, documentary film, drama film
14 Hours is based on the harrowing events of June 2001, when Tropical Storm Allison stalled over the Houston metropolitan area, pouring nearly 30 inches of rain on the city within a 14-hour period. The story begins as the storm seems to be…
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Natural Disaster, disaster film
A tourist group see a waterspout that forms in the ocean off the coast of Plymouth Rock, then it quickly disappears. Meanwhile, a man playing basketball in Boston gets hit by a rock that falls from the sky out of nowhere. Maddy, a police o…
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action film, disaster film, drama film, thriller film
On board the last flight of Flamingo Airways from Lagos to Abuja, it is a Friday night in 2006. The plane leaves on time, and everything goes well until disaster strikes. While the pilots try to regain control of the flight, flashbacks rev…
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crime film, mystery film
Airline pilot Jack Gordon (Fred MacMurray) on a flight from New York to San Francisco, is immediately attracted to beautiful passenger Felice Rollins (Joan Bennett). Known as a "lady's man", he bets stewardess Vi Johnson (Ruth Donnelly) th…
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disaster film
disaster film
John Corbett stars as Matt Andrews, a geologist who is asked to investigate why there have been two large sinkholes affecting the city of New Orleans. Jessica Steen plays Corbett's girlfriend Allison Beauchamp, assistant to the Mayor, who …
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Action, Modern-Day Fantasy, Natural Disaster, disaster film
Frat brothers head to Las Vegas for spring break. When one of them steals an ancient Egyptian sword on display in a casino, they unwittingly release a curse that invokes a disastrous sandstorm in Las Vegas. This city is slowly being destro…
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thriller
During the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, a young couple, Jenny and David, is terrorized by their neighbor Kyle. Jenny is knocked unconscious during the earthquake. She is then kidnapped by Kyle in her collapsing apartment building as David …
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LGBTQ-related film, disaster film, exploitation film, horror film, monster film, slasher film
Rampage: While out for a jog, Chris is mugged and knocked out by three thugs. When the now disfigured Chris awakens, he (apparently suffering from brain damage incurred from being beaten) embarks on a killing spree, butchering everyone he …
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