American films about lightning

List of the best American films about lightning according to the audience: Wonderstruck, 500 MPH Storm, Shadow in the Cloud, Captive, How It Ends, Struck by Lightning, Mockingbird, Trolls, Nanny, Duck Butter.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Country
Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:36

The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.

Markimdb: 2.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA

When an energy experiment goes haywire, a rash of massive hurricanes rips across North America. A high school science teacher must get his family to safety before the hurricanes merge, creating a "hypercane" with the power to wipe the US off the map.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrehorror, action, military
CountryNew Zealand, USA

A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, biography, history
CountryUSA, Mexico

Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken hostage by Brian in her own apartment, Ashley turns to Rick Warren’s inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life, for guidance. In reading from the book, Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to a harrowing situation.

Markimdb: 5
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:44

A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA, Mexico
Duration01:30

After being struck and killed by lightning, a young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine.

Markimdb: 4.1
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:21

A couple are given a camera and a set of instructions which they must follow or else someone will die.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA
Duration02:09

Lovable and friendly, the trolls love to play around. But one day, a mysterious giant shows up to end the party. Poppy, the optimistic leader of the Trolls, and her polar opposite, Branch, must embark on an adventure that takes them far beyond the only world they’ve ever known.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, drama
CountryUSA

Immigrant nanny Aisha, piecing together a new life in New York City while caring for the child of an Upper East Side family, is forced to confront a concealed truth that threatens to shatter her precarious American Dream.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA

Dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating, strangers Naima and Sergio make a pact to spend 24 straight hours together in an attempt to fast forward their relationship.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama, sport
CountryUSA

In 1943, Carson Shaw travels to Chicago to try out for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. There, she meets other women who also dream of playing pro baseball and makes connections that open up her world. Rockford local Max Chapman also comes to the tryouts but is turned away. With the support of her best friend Clance, she must forge a new path to pursue her dream.

Markimdb: 4.1
Genrethriller, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:40

In the not so distant future, a team of white collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA, Mexico

A young white handyman, hired by a wealthy Mexican-American family to upkeep their ranch, finds himself caught between disgruntled locals and the family’s outrageously decadent daughters and discovers that something quite unusual is happening at the ranch.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration02:20

Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation, Dog Eat Dog is the story of three men who are all out of prison and now have the task of adapting themselves to civilian life.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA

Guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles, NYPD Detective Avraham Avraham is left to question his own humanity when a routine investigation turns upside down.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredocumentary, sport
CountryUSA

Docuseries chronicling the purchase and stewardship of Wrexham AFC, one of professional football's oldest clubs, by two Hollywood actors, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA

Jennifer Carpenter, Kristen Connolly and Alexander Poe star in a comedy about three New Yorkers struggling to uncover the truth behind their romantic entanglements. Disheartened by his latest relationship catastrophe, Graham (Poe) attempts to rekindle the spark with his ex-girlfriend, Laura (Connolly). In the attempt to win her back Graham discovers he has a unique problem: Laura and another one his ex-girlfriends (Carpenter) are dating the same guy.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:26

Phil's new phone comes with an unexpected feature, Jexi...an A.I. determined to keep him all to herself in a comedy about what can happen when you love your phone more than all else.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration03:18

A prominent Boston family attempts to redefine itself in the wake of a chilling discovery that links their recently deceased patriarch to a string of murders spanning decades — amid the mounting suspicion that one of them may have been his accomplice.

Markimdb: 5
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

A young woman's friendship with a drug-dealing drifter evolves into a lesbian romance.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryGermany, USA

A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie’s creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

Playing out in real time, an elementary school teacher organizes a mixer of like-minded women, when she encounters a woman from her past, leading to a volatile chain of events.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, history
CountryUSA
Duration00:30

Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green. Based on true stories and set in a Union hospital in the occupied Confederate city of Alexandria, viewers are taken beyond the battlefield and into the lives of Americans on the Civil War home front as they face the unprecedented challenges of one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

    Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. A romance occurs and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. She promises to write John overseas until he returns.

    Markimdb: 3.5
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA

    An ex-military man working at a Georgia power plant has to spring into action to prevent disaster when a group of rogue soldiers gain control of the plant and take the employees hostage.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:21

    Impressive debut feature from writer director Inon Shampanier. A man needs to convince his kidknappers that they have got the wrong person before they deliver him to his death.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredocumentary
    CountryUSA

    Cat experts dive into the mind of the feline to reveal the true capabilities of the pouncing pet in this captivating and cuddly documentary.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    A group of oddball high school students find themselves trapped in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Charlie has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can't help but investigate and solve.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Seven vignettes explore the difference between fantasy and reality, memory and history, and the joy and agony of the human condition.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    When Ross is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and given six weeks to live, his newly engaged older brother Seth offers to spend his $50,000 wedding fund on a final trip of a lifetime. Their plans are complicated when Ross invites a call girl to join the group and Seth’s uptight fiancée insists on tagging along. This raucous road trip comedy features hip-hop star Asher Roth.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:45

    Fiction inspired from the story of the rise and the fall of french politician and former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

      On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, music
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Canada

      A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:50

      Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      Grieving her mother's death and estranged from her husband, Katherine Kingsmen does her best to raise her son alone. When she meets a supportive and handsome Mormon missionary, what seems like a stroke of romantic luck slowly turns into a curse.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      20 years after the dimwits set out on their first adventure, they head out in search of one of their long lost children in the hope of gaining a new kidney.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:39

      Three friends head to the seafront for a drunken weekend, only to be imprisoned on the top floor of their holiday apartment by a malevolent paranormal force.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama
      CountryNigeria, USA
      Duration01:47

      A story about a woman willing to do anything and risk everything for her marriage.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      An adult son who is slowly drifting towards rock bottom reconnects with his joke-loving dad.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:47

      When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.

      Markimdb: 3.9
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA

      Dennis Hopper plays Nick Twain, a Hollywood Producer whose latest film is rejected by every film festival in the world except one- in Ohio. Nick will do anything to get his film distributed, including manipulating his dysfunctional cast into attending the festival. Hollywood egos and small town politics inevitably collide.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, sport
      CountryUSA

      Two years after a Super Bowl win when NFL head coach Sean Payton is suspended, he goes back to his hometown and finds himself reconnecting with his 12-year-old son by coaching his Pop Warner football team.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong, resulting in the death of their friend.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, crime, biography, history
      CountryUSA

      Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      A terrifying evil has emerged. The wolves howl once again, but only a Werewolf like Scott McCall, can gather both new allies and reunite trusted friends to fight back against what could be the most powerful and deadliest enemy.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUSA

      Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      Four friends gather at an elegant home during the Summer of Love, 1969. Unbeknownst to them, deadly visitors are waiting outside. What begins as a simple farewell party turns to a night of primal terror as the intruders stalk and torment the four, who struggle for their lives against what appears to be a senseless attack.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      A group of 30-year-olds who have been friends since high school attempt to throw an end-of-summer orgy.




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