The Best New & Recent Disaster Movies, Ranked
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Vote up your favorite disaster movies that were released on or after January, 1 2021.
- 1Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent SimmondsFollowing the deadly events at home, the Abbott family must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.More A Quiet Place: Part II
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The Ice Road
Liam Neeson, Benjamin Walker, Laurence FishburneThe Ice Road is a thriller set against the treacherous backdrop of frozen waterways in northern Canada. The main protagonist is Mike McCann (Liam Neeson), an ice road trucker with a no-nonsense attitude. The plot kicks into gear when a remote diamond mine collapses, trapping a group of miners. McCann leads an impossible rescue mission over a thawing ice road to deliver the heavy drilling equipment needed for the rescue. His brother Gurty (Marcus Thomas), is a war veteran with aphasia. The film layers themes of survival with the bond between siblings and portrays corporate greed.More The Ice Road- #113 of 138 onThe 100+ Best Disaster Movies Of All Time
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- 3Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl StreepTwo low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.
- 4John Byrne, Lexi Skeldon, Kieran DaleA scientist investigates strange events inside a train tunnel.
- 5Miranda Cosgrove, Kate Walsh, Omar Epps3022 is a 2019 American science fiction film directed by John Suits. A group of astronauts living in the haunting emptiness of deep space awake to find earth has suffered an extinction level event.
- 6Tuva Novotny, Felicia Truedsson, Peter FranzénAs the Swedish town of Kiruna sinks, Frigga finds herself torn between her family and her job as security at the world's largest underground mine.More The Abyss
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- 7Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon, Park Bo-youngAfter a massive earthquake, only one apartment building is left standing in Seoul, South Korea. Outsiders flock to Hwang Gung Apartments, but residents can't cope with the increasing numbers.More Concrete Utopia
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- 8Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, John GallagherTensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station when a worldwide conflict breaks out on Earth. Soon, the U.S. and Russian astronauts each receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.More I.S.S.
- 9Ma Dong-seok, Lee Hee-joon, No Jeong-eeAfter a major earthquake, Seoul, South Korea, transforms into an apocalyptic wasteland where everything from civilization to law and order has collapsed.More Badland Hunters
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- 10Alec Baldwin, Anne Heche, Skeet UlrichA woman anxiously searches for her son when he teams up with his father's old partner to chase tornadoes.More Supercell
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- 11Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, Jesse MetcalfeAfter a small-town pilot mysteriously dies during flight, passenger Doug White is forced to land the plane to safety and save his entire family on board.More On a Wing and a Prayer
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- 12Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson AnPilot Brodie Torrance saves passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island -- only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When dangerous rebels take most of the passengers hostage, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI.More Plane
- 13Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John BradleyThe world stands on the brink of annihilation when a mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit and sends it hurtling toward a collision course with Earth. With only weeks before impact, NASA executive Jocinda "Jo" Fowler teams up with a man from her past and a conspiracy theorist for an impossible mission into space to save humanity.
- 14Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan HawkeA family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a blackout. As the threat grows, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.More Leave the World Behind
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- 15Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben AldridgeIn M. Night Shyamalan's 2023 psychological horror film, Knock at the Cabin, a family's remote vacation takes a nightmarish turn when they are held hostage by strangers with a chilling request. Starring Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, and Rupert Grint, the narrative unfolds amid a deadly flu pandemic, blending apocalyptic tension with psychological horror. Shyamalan's signature twists come to the fore as the family grapples with surreal events, unveiling a sacrifice to save the world. The film depicts the thin line between reality and paranoia, leaving audiences in suspense until the final, mysterious knocks. Knock at the Cabin received positive reviews and earned a nomination for Best Horror at the Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards.More Knock at the Cabin
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