23 Natural Disaster Movies, Ranked
From tornadoes and tsunamis to asteroids and volcanoes, there is no shortage of movies about humans fighting Mother Nature to survive.
Just in time for Geostorm, here is our ranking of natural disaster movies in the past 25 years. We’re not talking about man-made disasters, pandemics, or monster movies that happen to feature destruction … this list is just nature at its meanest.
Grab your umbrella and your go bag, because things are about to get real.
This sci-fi disaster flick about a comet heading toward Earth was released the same summer as the more successful Armageddon. Humans prepare for possible extinction as a space rock threatens the planet in this film featuring Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall, and Téa Leoni.
“Deep Impact takes the high road and offers up more tearful reunions than actual fireballs and more egregious, sappy dialogue than you can shake a tsunami at.” —Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle