Earthquake Movies

List of the best earthquake movies selected by visitors to our site: San Andreas, 10.5, 2012, The Impossible, Only the Brave, Interstellar, This Is the End, The Quake, The Earthquake, Underwater.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:23
CharactersLifeguards, Tough guys, Fathers
PlotSurvival, Disasters, Apocalypse, Earthquake, Adventure
PlaceHelicopters
StyleExciting, Tense, Serious, For men, Disturbing

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada

Dr. Samantha Hill is an earthquake research scientist at a noted university in Washington State. Her alternative theories and her take-charge attitude cause friction with her peers. When the controversial Dr. Hill is ultimately put in charge, she is effectively entrusted with saving the entire population of the West Coast from a series of earthquakes that threaten to permanently fracture the West Coast from the rest of North America.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:38
CharactersInvestigators
PlotSurvival, Disasters, Apocalypse, End of the world, Tsunami
StyleSpectacular

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama
CountrySpain, Thailand, USA
Duration01:49
CharactersFamily, Parents
PlotLove, On real events, Survival, Disasters, Tsunami
PlaceOcean
StyleSad ones, Fascinating, Heartbreaking

In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:24
CharactersFirefighters, Lifeguards, Friends, Partners
PlotOn real events, Drug addict, Water, Fires
PlaceAircraft, Mountains, Party, USA
StyleUnexpected ending, Exciting, Action, To cry, Tense

Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
Duration02:49
CharactersAstronauts, Scientists, Inventors, Farmers, Astronauts
PlotLove, Survival, Time travel, End of the world, Adventure
PlaceSpace, Parallel worlds, Fantastic worlds, Spaceships
TimeFuture
StylePopular, Dystopian, To cry, Philosophical, Atmospheric

Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantasy, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:47
CharactersMonsters, Giants, Friends, Celebrities, Actors
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, End of the world, Friendship
PlaceParty, USA, Los Angeles
StyleBlack humor

While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountryNorway, Sweden
Duration01:43
CharactersFamily
PlotSurvival, Disasters, Earthquake, Flooding
PlaceNorway, Hotels
StyleTense, Serious, Disturbing

A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo, Norway.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama
CountryRussia, Armenia
Duration02:29
CharactersLifeguards, Orphans
PlotDisasters, Earthquake
PlaceUSSR

After the devastating Spitak earthquake of December 7th, Konstantin Berezhnoy, a 50-year-old Russian, and Robert Melkonyan, a 28-year-old Armenian, work together to rescue the desperate survivors.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, action
CountryUSA
CharactersMonsters
PlotSurvival, Earthquake
PlaceOcean, Underwater world, Depth
StyleAction, Tense, Womens in main roles, Serious, Disturbing

After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genredrama
CountryRussia, Armenia
Duration02:23
CharactersLifeguards, Family
PlotEarthquake
PlaceRussia, USSR, Moscow

«Spitak» tells the story of the most devastating and largest (in terms of casualties) Armenian earthquake that happened on December 7, 1988. This day went down in history as the day of a horrible disaster, which claimed the lives of over 25,000 lives and left more than half a million people homeless. The film «Spitak» is the story of Gor, who left Armenia in search of a better life but now returns back after the earthquake in order to find his home. His family. But it's too late. Everything is destroyed by the disaster. and he has to re-learn to love what he destroyed himself. Film-Requiem.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:30
PlotLove, On real events, Survival, Dancing, Adventure
PlaceSea, Ships, Ocean
StyleUnexpected ending, Exciting, Action, Tense, Serious

The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

Markimdb: 3.4
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
CharactersScientists, Ants
PlotEarthquake, Death
PlaceCaves, Helicopters, Los Angeles
StyleExciting, Fascinating, Tense

Los Angeles is about to be hit by a devastating earthquake, and time is running out to save the city from imminent danger.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction
CountryChina
PlotDisasters, Earthquake, Environmental disasters
PlaceChina

The opening of the new tunnel, which took ten years to build, coincided with a series of serious cataclysms. The lives of 160,000 people depend on the actions of two people, a father and a son.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama, history
CountryChina, Hong Kong
Duration02:16
CharactersTwins
PlotDisasters, Earthquake, Adoption
PlaceChina, Asia
StylePsychological problems, Soulful, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Epic

Based on the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976 that took the lives of 240,000 people.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
CountryUSA, Hong Kong
Duration02:15
PlotOn real events, Survival, Disasters, Motorcycles, Death
PlaceSea, Aircraft, Ships, Ocean, Court
StyleUnexpected ending, Exciting, Inspirational, Touching

A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, history
CountryUSA, Mexico, Australia, Canada
Duration03:14
PlotLove, On real events, Survival, Disasters, Time travel
PlaceSea, Ships, Ocean, Titanic
StylePopular, Romantic, Sad ones, To cry, Fascinating

84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.

Markimdb: 2.4
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:29
CharactersScientists, Pilots
PlotApocalypse, Volcanoes, Earthquake, Snow
PlaceAircraft, Helicopters, USA
StyleExciting, Action, Fascinating, Serious, Disturbing

After freak climate and weather events destroy the world around them, a group of rogue scientists attempt to reverse the deadly new ice age.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
CharactersFamily, Childrens, Parents, Defenders
PlotSurvival, Disasters, End of the world, Apocalypse, The escape
PlaceBunker, USA
StyleTense, Dynamic, Disturbing

John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garrity's experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryIndia
Duration03:50
CharactersSuperhero, Hackers, Climbers
PlotTravel, Skirmishes, Fight, Earthquake, Dolls
PlaceMountains, India
StyleExciting, Action, Twisted plot, Disturbing

Shivaay , a fearless Himalayan mountaineer covered in Lord Shiva tattoos, heads to Bulgaria to fulfill his nine-year-old daughter Gaura’s wish of seeing her mother Olga, who abandoned them years ago. But their plan goes for a toss when the little girl gets kidnapped in the foreign land. Rescuing her from the masked child-traffickers becomes his only reason for survival.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:04
CharactersTeens, Lifeguards, Scientists, Fathers
PlotSurvival, Disasters, Apocalypse, End of the world, Tsunami
PlaceNew York
TimeFuture, Post apocalypse
StyleExciting, Disturbing

After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Chile
Duration01:29
PlotSurvival, Disasters, Tsunami, Earthquake, Chase
StyleAction, Heavy, Tense, Serious, Disturbing

Mayhem and death follow when an earthquake traps a group of tourists in a Chilean town.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantastic, thriller, adventure
CountryFrance, Canada
Duration01:13
CharactersDogs, Family
PlotSurvival, Earthquake, Death, Fog, Death of his wife
PlaceAircraft, Paris, France
StyleExciting, To cry, Fascinating, Disturbing

A strange and deadly mist envelops Paris. A group of survivors finds refuge on the upper floors of apartment blocks and on the roofs of the capital. With no information, electricity, food or water, a couple attempts to survive this disaster and save their daughter... But as the hours go by, one thing becomes quite clear: there is no help on the way, and if they want to make it through this catastrophe alive, they will have to try their luck in the mist…

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryMexico
Duration01:37
PlotPassion, Earthquake
PlaceCaves, Mexico
StyleAction, Explicit scenes, Serious

A married couple loses their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana. The kids eventually reappear without explanation, but it becomes clear that they are not who they used to be, that something terrifying has changed them.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:18
PlotWedding, Love triangle
StyleTo cry

A young pianist is looking for love in all the wrong places once her fiancee drops her. Maybe her flame will be rekindled both for the piano and a new love?

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryAustralia
Duration01:27
CharactersFamily
PlotDancing, Apocalypse, End of the world, Death, Pursuit
PlaceParty, Australia
TimeNew Year
StyleLight, Atmospheric, Serious, Disturbing

What would you do on the last day on Earth? With the end of the world only hours away, the self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching desperately for her missing father. This simple act sets James on a path to redemption.

Markimdb: 1.7
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
CharactersHeroes, Scientists, Astronomers
PlotApocalypse, Adventure, Earthquake, Saving the World, Tornadoes
StyleExciting, Action, Serious, For men, Disturbing

On December 21, 2012 four strangers on a journey of faith are drawn to an ancient temple in the heart of Mexico. For the Mayans it is the last recorded day. For NASA scientists it is a cataclysmic polar shift. For the rest of us, it is Doomsday.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genreaction, drama, sport
CountryUSA
CharactersGangsters, Heroes
PlotMartial Arts, Volcanoes, Earthquake
PlaceNature, Los Angeles
StyleSerious

The main character, Johnny Woo, is a Chinese doctor who has given up fighting in the ring. His brother is a teacher in a kick-boxing club. Johnny Woo fall in love with Julie, whose brother is a teacher in a rival kick-boxing club. Tension builds up...

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:00
CharactersHeroes, Presidential, Astronauts, Astronomers
PlotDisasters, Apocalypse, End of the world, Tsunami, Saving the World
TimeFuture
StyleTense, Touching, Serious, Disturbing

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:48
CharactersScientists
PlotSurvival, Disasters, Obsession, Love triangle, Divorce
StyleExciting, Action, Tense, Beautiful landscapes, Disturbing

TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the three have joined the team of stormchasers as they attempt to insert a revolutionary measuring device into the very heart of several extremely violent tornados.





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