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Accident, Drama, action film, disaster film
Frank Towns is the pilot of a cargo plane flying from Jaghbub to Benghazi in Libya; Lew Moran is the navigator. Passengers include Capt. Harris and Sgt.
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Adventure, Thriller, action film, disaster film, drama film
When an Amacore oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, Captain Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are sent to shut down the operation and transport the crewAmacore executive Ian, rig supervisor Kelly, Rodney, Davis, Liddle,…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, adventure film, alien invasion, disaster film, drama film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
A narrated prologue shows the weapons of modern warfare from World War I and World War II, then warns of the upcoming "War of the Worlds" fought with "the terrible weapons of super-science menacing all mankind and every creature on Earth".…
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Drama, Historie, action film, disaster film, drama film, historical film
On 10 April 1912, the luxurious , the largest vessel afloat, and widely believed to be unsinkable, sails from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York. On 14 April, in the Atlantic, the ship receives a number of ice warnings from steam…
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Action, Political Thriller, action film, thriller film
Outside a church celebrating an Eastern Orthodox baptism in Pale, Bosnia, the Bosnian Serb Finance Minister, a moderate pushing for peace in the ongoing Yugoslav Wars, is murdered. At a missile base in Kartaly (Chelyabinsk Oblast), Russia,…
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End Times Road Movie, Horror, Thriller, horror film, post-apocalyptic film
A highly infectious virus, known as "The World Ender Virus", has spread worldwide, killing most of the population. Brothers Brian and Danny, along with Brian's girlfriend Bobby and Danny's friend Kate, plot a trip to take shelter at Turtle…
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Accident, Action, action film, disaster film
In upstate New York, barrels of volatile toxic waste are loaded onto trucks to be illegally disposed of at a site in New Jersey. The trucks enter a tunnel beneath the Hudson River along with other commuters, including struggling playwright…
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Action, Thriller, action film, disaster film, thriller film
Columbia Airlines Flight 409 is a Boeing 747 on a red-eye flight from Washington Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, while Scott Freeman is a businessman flying his private Beechcraft Baron to a sales meeting…
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Destiny, Psychodrama, drama film
Max Klein survives an airline crash. The plane plummets, but he is strangely calm. This calm enables him to dispel fear in the flight cabin.
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Sci-Fi, Thriller, apocalyptic film, disaster film, science fiction film, thriller film
Former U.S. Army medic and recovering addict, Jill Adams, works as a security guard at a local college where she steals drugs from the research lab to sell. She has two children, Noah and Matilda.
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Natural Disaster, action film, disaster film, drama film, thriller film
Former college football star and current construction engineer Stewart Graff argues with his wife, Remy, after she fakes another suicide attempt which was interrupted by a mild earthquake in Los Angeles. Furious, Graff visits Denise Marsha…
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Drama, action film, adventure film, disaster film, drama film
The film is based on the fate of the brigantine Albatross, which sank May 2, 1961, allegedly because of a white squall. The film relates the ill-fated school sailing trip led by Dr. Christopher B.
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Mysterie, disaster film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
As nuclear explosions ravage New York City, residents of an apartment block rush downstairs to escape from the building, only to be forced into the basement by further explosions. Only eight of the residents – Eva and her boyfriend Sam, Jo…
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Accident, action film, disaster film, drama film
A privately owned Boeing 747 belonging to wealthy philanthropist Philip Stevens is flying to his Palm Beach, Florida estate. His estranged adult daughter Lisa and her young son Benjy are among the passengers. She is unaware Stevens is dyin…
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Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, crime film, romance film, science fiction film
Due to the 21-century ecological crisis on Earth, for twenty years humankind has been terraforming Mars as its new home by sending algae to its surface. When oxygen levels begin decreasing, Mars-1 is sent to investigate, under Mission Comm…
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Arranged Documentary, Natural Disaster, action film, disaster film, found footage film
Pete, a veteran storm chaser, attempts to intercept and film tornadoes using Titus, a Tornado Intercept Vehicle, but has come up short all year long. Upon learning of a major line of developing storms, his team of chasers decide to head fo…
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Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, Romance Film, apocalyptic film, disaster film, drama film, romantic comedy, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In New York City, a breaking news report informs the world that a mission to stop an incoming 70-mile-wide asteroid known as "Matilda" has failed and that it will make an impact in three weeks, destroying all life on Earth. Dodge Petersen …
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Accident, Parodie, Sci-Fi, adventure film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Sometime in the near future, the Moon has been colonized and supports a station on its surface. The XR-2300 lunar shuttle, known as Mayflower One, is being rushed to launch from Houston for its inaugural commercial flight. The head of the …
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Drama, Mysterie, Romance Film, disaster film, drama film, political thriller film, romance film, science fiction film
Harry Washello and Julie Peters meet at the La Brea Tar Pits and immediately fall in love. They spend the afternoon together and arrange to meet again at midnight. However, due to a freak accident, a power failure results in Harry's alarm …
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Horror, Parodie, Satire, Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film, zombie film
The Earth is passing through the tail of a comet, an event which has not occurred in 65 million years and coincided with the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. On the night of the comet's passage, eleven days before Christmas, …
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Drama, disaster film, drama film, historical film
In August 2000, the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet begins an exercise in the Barents Sea. The fleet deployed includes Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine. At sea, weapons officer Pavel Sonin reports that the interior temperature of a HTP torped…
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Drama, disaster film, drama film, post-apocalyptic film
The Wetherly family—husband Tom, wife Carol, and children Brad, Mary Liz, and Scottie—live in the fictional suburb of Hamelin, California, north of Santa Rosa. Tom, the breadwinner, works in San Francisco, 60 miles south. On a routine afte…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, disaster film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
On July 5, a mysterious phenomenon briefly darkens the sky over Hamilton, New Zealand. Zac Hobson, a scientist working on Project Flashlight (an experiment designed to create a wireless global energy grid), awakens to find all radio transm…
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Drama, Thriller, disaster film
During the closing days of the Second World War, six members of the Royal Air Force fighter squadron led by Canadian pilot Ted Stryker are killed because of a command decision he made. Stryker blamed himself for that bad decision, falling …
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