Great Catastrophe Movies (20 pics)

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#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.

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#18: The Core

The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.

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17: 28 Days Later

Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.

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#16: Tremors

Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.

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#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.

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#14: Backdraft

Two Chicago firefighter brothers, who don’t get along, have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose.

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#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.

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#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.

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#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.

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#10: The Perfect Storm

An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.

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#9: The Poseidon Adventure

Nine people explore a cruise ship at sea in a manner that turns their whole lives upside down.

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#8: 2012

A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.

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#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.

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#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.

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#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.

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#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.

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#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.

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#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.