Great Catastrophe Movies (20 pics)
#20: Reign of Fire
A brood of fire-breathing dragons emerges from the earth and begins setting everything ablaze, establishing dominance over the planet.
#19: World War Z
Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.
#18: The Core
The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.
17: 28 Days Later
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
#16: Tremors
Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.
#15: War of the Worlds
An updated version of H.G Wells’ seminal sci-fi classic about an alien invasion threatening the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.
#14: Backdraft
Two Chicago firefighter brothers, who don’t get along, have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose.
#13: The Towering Inferno
At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
#12: Volcano
A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles and a city official and a seismologist try to stop its inevitable flow through the city.
#11: Contagion
Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a pandemic as the CDC works to find a cure.
#10: The Perfect Storm
An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.
#9: The Poseidon Adventure
Nine people explore a cruise ship at sea in a manner that turns their whole lives upside down.
#8: 2012
A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.
#7: Armageddon
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
#6: Outbreak
Army doctors struggle to find a cure for a deadly virus spreading throughout a California town that was brought to America by an African monkey.
#5: Dante’s Peak
A volcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that the long dormant volcano, Dante’s Peak, may wake up at any moment.
#4: Independence Day
The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind’s best weapon is the will to survive.
#3: Deep Impact
A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.
#2: Twister
Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.
#1: The Day After Tomorrow
Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
