Battlefield earth is a disaster of a movie. Does that count?
Well, if we’re going to include movies that ARE disasters, number one would have to be At Long Last Love, the worst movie ever made. Unfortunately, no one dies.
If you’re looking for something not cheesy, The Impossible is a movie made about the true story of a family vacationing in Thailand when the tsunami hit.
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There’s “9” if you’re into animated features, though I much prefer the short which begat it. I guess Disney’s “Dinosaur” would count, but I don’t remember liking it much. “Wall-E” was good, though. “Rock & Rule” takes place after humanity nuked itself out of existence.
Seconded.
I guess you could consider Godzilla movies disaster movies…especially if you live in Tokyo.
The latest in the series, Shin Godzilla might be worth checking out. It has some impressive monster-destroying-city action but the movie really focuses on the bureaucratic nightmare of dealing with disaster. True to the climate of our times, both local and international politics get in the way of dealing with the Kaiju attack.
I just heard an ad on a podcast for a new disaster movie called Geostorm, directed by the producer of Independence Day (Dean Devlin). It’s not exactly replete with high quality talent, and I haven’t heard one word about it until today, but it should fit within your parameters.
What was that movie about the big boats they made over in China or in the Himalayas? I thought that was a pretty good at an apocalyptic movie-how is Earthquake? Isnt that a “local” event? Course I dont remember what happens in it
This genre is another of my favorites
I’m curious, did you actually watch it? While it’s possible it’s compelling if one is fluent in Japanese, something is definitely lost in translation. I would describe it as a long series of very dry meetings in which nothing really happens, with a few brief scenes of Godzilla smashing stuff tossed in every 20 minutes or so. Man, that was a tedious movie.
I think some classics are worth seeing again - like the Towering Inferno and The Posidon Adventure.
I enjoyed Volcano.
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As an “appetizer,” you might consider going old old school with Deluge (1933) or San Francisco (1936), both of which contain outstanding sequences of mass destruction. Or you could just watch the highlights:
[/QUOTE]that second one looks very good
and FYI, Supervolcano can be watched free on youtube. 
Something eaten straight out of a can. You can even get two similarly sized cans and tear the labels off before picking one at random. It’s not necessarily a good snack but it sets the mood.
A can of fish steaks, sardines, etc and some of that canned spray orange vaguely cheese like substance. Both will survive the apocalypse. Eat them together on crackers. It’s a personal “what do I still have left in the middle of nowhere to eat” story that became a tradition.
If it were a zombie apocalypse request I would say combine Zombieland and twinkies.
I did watch it. Twice. I understand the criticism–there were a lot of dry meeting scenes but I enjoyed the movie all the same.
By the way, if anyone does decide to watch Shin Godzilla, take a close look at the end scene when the shot lingers on the tip of the monter’s tail. Very creepy.
Dante’s Peak was a lotta fun. Plus, Linda Hamilton.
I don’t think anyone has suggested Interstellar, which I quite enjoyed. It’s not your typical disaster movie, but much if it takes place in a somewhat dystopian future. Great SciFi, but if you’re not a fan of that genre, you might not like it.