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Best Natural Disaster Movies

Natural disasters are a way of reshaping the earth itself. The best natural disaster movies tell what happens during earthquakes, tsunamis, or volcanic eruptions from our perspective.

Friday, October 27, 2023
| by Berra Kara
Best Natural Disaster Movies

It seems a bit strange to use the words best and natural disaster together, but it's the most effective way to describe the best natural disaster movies, some of which are based on true stories and others that present fictional but compelling stories. With their gripping stories, impressive acting performances, and instructive details, the best natural disaster movies manage to keep the audience glued to their seats from the first moment to the last scene.

Although the best movies about natural disasters have always attracted attention with their huge budgets and are adorned with magnificent visual effects, what is actually impressive are, the facial expressions that the directors managed to capture throughout the movies. In particular, knowing that some of the best natural disaster movies are about actual events makes these movies even more impressive.

Earthquakes, floods, fires, tsunamis, climate change, volcanic eruptions, and asteroids are among the topics most covered by the best natural disaster movies. The opponent is so strong that the protagonists manage to prevent a global disaster in very few of these movies. In many of the best natural disaster movies, we watch the protagonists' efforts to protect themselves and their families and their struggle to survive.

The best natural disaster movies are one step beyond being movies; they are productions that explain the meaning of life and the need to appreciate every day lived. And they also contain tips on what to do and what not to do in unexpected emergencies. In order to choose the best natural disaster movies, I first identified movies with different natural disasters at the center of the subject, and then selected the most prominent ones. If you are wondering which productions are among the best natural disaster movies of all time, here is my ranking.

Best Natural Disaster Movies
Director
Roland Emmerich
Release Year
2004
Stars
Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok
Director
J.A. Bayona
Release Year
2012
Stars
Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Oaklee Pendergast
Director
Joseph Kosinski
Release Year
2017
Stars
Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connelly
Director
Michael Bay
Release Year
1998
Stars
Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler
Director
Ric Roman Waugh
Release Year
2020
Stars
Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn
Director
Jan de Bont
Release Year
1996
Stars
Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz
Director
Roar Uthaug
Release Year
2015
Stars
Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande
Director
Eric Heisserer
Release Year
2013
Stars
Paul Walker, Genesis Rodriguez, Nancy Nave, Shane Jacobsen
Director
Roger Donaldson
Release Year
1997
Stars
Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley
Director
Mimi Leder
Release Year
1998
Stars
Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman
Director
Roland Emmerich
Release Year
2009
Stars
John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet
Director
Brad Peyton
Release Year
2015
Stars
Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Colton Haynes
Director
Mark Robson
Release Year
1974
Stars
Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene