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1	The Day After Tomorrow (2004) more movies like this directed by Roland Emmerich featuring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ian Holm, Emmy Rossum, Sela Ward Directed by Roland Emmerich, this mega-budget, special-effects-laden epic revolves around the onset of an international series of crises brought on by the long-term results of the greenhouse effect. At the eye of the storm is paleoclimatologist (a professor dedicated to the study of weather patterns throughout the ages) Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £4.49!
2	Armageddon (1998) more movies like this directed by Michael Bay featuring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton Michael Bay (The Rock) directed this science fiction action thriller in the When Worlds Collide tradition. After astronomy students discover a comet-asteroid collision, an asteroid fragment "the size of the Super Dome" threatens. It's destroyed by a secret USA defense in space, but a large chunk veers off toward Singapore. With another asteroid ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.43!
3	Titanic (1997) more movies like this directed by James Cameron featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher This spectacular epic re-creates the ill-fated maiden voyage of the White Star Line's $7.5 million R.M.S Titanic and the tragic sea disaster of April 15, 1912. Running over three hours and made with the combined contributions of two major studios (20th Century-Fox, Paramount) at a cost of more than $200 million, Titanic ranked as the most ... see all copies from £2.00! new only from £2.77!
4	Twister (1996) more movies like this directed by Jan de Bont featuring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Lois Smith Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt and Carey Elwes may be billed as the stars of Twister, but the film's real attractions are the cyclones themselves. Best experienced in a theater, the nail-biting, blow-the-audience-out-of-their-seats computer generated graphics, cutting edge sound and other special effects are designed to take viewers straight into the ... see all copies from £1.76! new only from £7.68!
5	Backdraft (1991) more movies like this directed by Ron Howard featuring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh The sons of a Chicago fireman who gave his life in the performance of his duties, firefighting brothers Kurt Russell and William Baldwin carry their lifelong sibling rivalry into their work. Russell is convinced that Baldwin hasn't got what it takes to remain in the fire department. Baldwin is transferred to a "safe" assignment, assisting arson ... see all copies from £2.05! new only from £4.50!
6	The Perfect Storm (2000) more movies like this directed by Wolfgang Petersen featuring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, John Hawkes In October 1991, a dying tropical hurricane from Bermuda collided with a cold front from the Great Lakes, resulting in a "perfect storm" of previously unknown destructive impact that resulted in 100-foot waves; tragically, the crew of a fishing boat was lost in the midst of the fearsome storm. Based on the best-selling book by Sebastian Junger, ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £3.02!
7	Deep Impact (1998) more movies like this directed by Mimi Leder featuring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman, Leelee Sobieski Mimi Leder (The Peacemaker) directed this science-fiction disaster drama about the possible extinction of human life after a comet is discovered headed toward Earth with the collision only one year away. Ambitious MSNBC reporter Jenny Lerner (Tea Leoni) stumbles onto the story, prompting a White House press conference. United States President Beck ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £2.77!
8	Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988) more movies like this directed by Donald G. Jackson, R.J. Kizer, Robert J. Kizer featuring Roddy Piper, Sandahl Bergman, Brian Frank, Cec Verrell, William Smith, Rory Calhoun The great nuclear holocaust has come and gone, and humanity is hanging on a string. Women rule what's left, and the world is filled with giant mutant humanoid frogs who have started their own communities. Fertile human males have become one of the rarest things on Earth. This really low-budget sci-fi adventure chronicles the exploits of one of ... see all copies from £3.57! new only from £9.46!
9	The Omega Man (1971) more movies like this directed by Boris Sagal featuring Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Lincoln Kilpatrick This second film adaptation of Richard Matheson's science-fiction novel I Am Legend (the first version being The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price) unfolds in a post-apocalyptic 1976. Charlton Heston is Robert Neville, the sole recipient of a serum that enabled him to survive an onslaught of germ warfare between Russia and China - which ... see all copies from £5.89! new only from £7.31!
10	The Postman (1997) more movies like this directed by Kevin Costner featuring Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams, James Russo Kevin Costner directed and stars in this adaptation of David Brin's science fiction novel The Postman (1985), first published in 1982 issues of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Costner's return to directing after his Oscar-winning Dances With Wolves(1990) is a futuristic epic depicting the aftermath of a destructive war. Some 16 years from ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £5.88!
11 view cover	Dante's Peak (1997) more movies like this directed by Roger Donaldson featuring Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan, Grant Heslov, Elizabeth Hoffman Old Smokey develops a bad temper in this volcanic disaster spectacle. Harry Dalton (Pierce Brosnan) is a volcano expert whose interest became more than academic after he lost the woman he loved in a volcanic emergency. When he is sent to investigate unusual seismic activity in the quiet Pacific Northwest community of Dante's Peak, he discovers ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £3.43!
12 view cover	Night of the Comet (1984) more movies like this directed by Thom Eberhardt featuring Catherine Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Geoffrey Lewis, Mary Woronov In this satirical sci-fi comedy, Samantha (Kelli Maroney) and Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) are two sisters whose father was a hard-bitten Green Beret, but who've grown into typical Valley Girls. They end up spending the night in a steel-lined room just as a comet passes close to the earth, vaporizing the people in its wake. When Samantha and ... see all copies from £2.91! new only from £7.56!
13 view cover	In Old Chicago (1938) more movies like this directed by Henry King featuring Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady, Andy Devine, Brian Donlevy In Old Chicago was 20th Century-Fox's spin on MGM's San Francisco--a personal saga played out against the backdrop of a famous 19th Century disaster. Alice Brady plays Mrs. O'Leary, a widow who brings her two young boys to the sleepy village of Chicago. As the city grows in prominence and prestige, so do the boys: One son (Tyrone Power) becomes a ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £7.88!
14 view cover	San Francisco (1936) more movies like this directed by W.S. Van Dyke featuring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Jessie Ralph The MGM historical "spectacular" San Francisco was allegedly based on a three-sentence synopsis, submitted verbally to producer B.F. Zeidman by studio troubleshooter Bob Hopkins. The story begins on the Barbary Coast on New Year's Eve, 1906, as rakish but likeable political boss Blackie Norton (Clark Gable) hires demure young singer Mary Blake ... see all copies from £4.06! new only from £11.85!
15 view cover	Reign of Fire (2002) more movies like this directed by Rob Bowman featuring Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Scott James Moutter Medieval fantasy meets futuristic science fiction in this effects-heavy action epic from former X-Files director Rob Bowman. In present-day London, 12-year-old Quinn Abercromby witnesses the awakening of a hibernating dragon from a centuries-long slumber, the result of a construction dig supervised by his mother and an incident for which Quinn ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £7.33!
16 view cover	Alive (1993) more movies like this directed by Frank Marshall featuring Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton, Bruce Ramsay, John Haymes Newton This is the first mainstream film to deal with the harrowing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes mountains in October of 1972 and who were forced to resort to cannibalism to survive more than two months of isolation. (The only other film to tackle the subject, Rene Cardona's Survive! was a seedy little mess that ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £2.77!
17 view cover	The Stand (1994) more movies like this directed by Mick Garris featuring Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Miguel Ferrer, Rob Lowe Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus ... see all copies from £7.63! new only from £7.63!
18 view cover	Waterworld (1995) more movies like this directed by Kevin Reynolds featuring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter Widely considered to be an expensive failure, Waterworld was an epic vehicle for Kevin Costner, who starred in and co-produced the film, with his friend Kevin Reynolds as director. It was based on a 1986 screenplay by Peter Rader and cost an estimated $235 million, more than any film in history up to that time. Costner eventually fired Reynolds ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £3.82!
19 view cover	The Day After (1983) more movies like this directed by Nicholas Meyer featuring Jason Robards, Jr., JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, John Lithgow, Amy Madigan A peaceful Midwestern city attempts to recover after it is destroyed by a nuclear missile strike in this powerful and deeply disturbing testament to the folly of pro-military hawks who believed that annihilation was a justifiable means of attaining power and control. The Day After originally aired on network television. At the end of the broadcast ... see all copies from £3.30! new only from £3.30!
20 view cover	Poseidon (2006) more movies like this directed by Wolfgang Petersen featuring Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum Set adrift in the vast waters of the North Atlantic for a luxury New Year's Eve party staged in the ship's magnificent ballroom, the massive ocean-liner Poseidon receives an unexpected jolt when a rogue, 100-foot wave rolls it completely upside down, forcing the surviving passengers to fight their way to safety in Das Boot director Wolfgang ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £2.82!
21 view cover	The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) more movies like this directed by Robert Aldrich featuring James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine Based on Elleston Trevor's novel, The Flight of the Phoenix opens with a well-staged plane crash in the middle of the Sahara desert. The pilot (James Stewart) and the navigator (Richard Attenborough) do their best to maintain order among the survivors, a group of oil men not well-suited for survival in the desert wastes. Some of those who appear ... see all copies from £3.43! new only from £3.43!
22 view cover	Outbreak (1995) more movies like this directed by Wolfgang Petersen featuring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Cuba Gooding, Jr. A handful of scientists struggle to prevent the destruction of a small town -- and possibly the entire country -- in this suspense drama. In the mid-1960s, a deadly virus is discovered in Zaire that wipes out an entire village in 24 hours. Government researchers are brought in to investigate, but the military opts to destroy the village rather ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.46!
23 view cover	10.5: Apocalypse (2006) more movies like this directed by John J. Lafia featuring Kim Delaney, Dean Cain, David Cubitt, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Carlos Bernard For those who survived the earth-shaking terrors of 10.5, the tremors just keep on coming in this sequel that finds scientist Samantha Hill (Kim Delaney) and President Hollister (Beau Bridges) doing battle against Mother Nature as she unleashes her formidable wrath in the heartland. Extinct volcanoes are erupting at an alarming rate, and the ... see all copies from £3.85! new only from £3.85!
24 view cover	On the Beach (1959) more movies like this directed by Stanley Kramer featuring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson Although there'd been "doomsday dramas" before it, Stanley Kramer's On the Beach was considered the first "important" entry in this genre when originally released in 1959. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute, the film is set in the future (1964) when virtually all life on earth has been exterminated by the radioactive residue of a nuclear holocaust. ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.68!
25 view cover	The Towering Inferno (1974) more movies like this directed by Irwin Allen, John Guillermin featuring Carlena Gower, Carol McEvoy, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain A skyscraper and an all-star cast go up in flames in Irwin Allen's classic disaster movie. To celebrate the construction of the Glass Tower, the world's tallest building, architect Doug Roberts (Paul Newman) and builder James Duncan (William Holden) hold a gala bash on the highest floors. Trouble is, Duncan's son-in-law and electrical ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £11.74!

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