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Directed by Jerry JamesonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
RMS Titanic in fiction,
Films set in the future,
Disaster films,
Films about seafaring accidents or incidentsActors Jason Robards,
M. Emmet Walsh,
Richard Jordan,
David Selby,
Anne Archer,
Alec GuinnessRating51%
The film opens on the fictional island of Svardlov in the far North Sea above the Soviet Union where an American spy breaks into an old mine where he discovers the frozen body of a US Army sergeant and mining expert Jake Hobart. Next to the frozen corpse is a newspaper from 1912 as well as some mining tools from the early part of the 20th Century. Using a radiation meter, the spy discovers that what he seeks, an extremely rare mineral named byzanium was there but has been mined out leaving only traces. He is then chased and shot by Soviet forces but rescued at the last moment by Dirk Pitt (Richard Jordan) a former U.S. Navy officer and a clandestine operator., 1h45
Directed by Jerry JamesonOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
AdventureThemes Transport films,
Aviation films,
Dans un avion,
Disaster films,
American disaster filmsActors Lee Majors,
Hal Linden,
Lauren Hutton,
Ray Milland,
Gail Strickland,
George DiCenzoRating48%
Starflight, the first hypersonic transport is being prepared for a media-covered inaugural flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, a planned two-hour flight. The passengers bring some of their problems on board: the pilot, Cody Briggs (Lee Majors), is unfaithful to his wife Janet (Tess Harper) and having an affair with the media relations representative for Thornwall Aviation, Erica Hansen (Lauren Hutton). Hal Parisi (Phil Coccoioletti) married another passenger because she won the trip on TV, but he is only interested in getting his stolen gold out of the country. Freddie Barrett (Terry Kiser) is trying to get his communications satellite launched from Australia to start his business carrying television signals. Starflight’s takeoff is delayed a short time so that the deceased Australian ambassador and his wife, Mrs. Winfield, can be taken aboard. Del (Kirk Scott), the first officer, remembers that nothing good happened the last time a corpse came aboard his aircraft. Finally, Josh Gilliam, the designer (Hal Linden), has misgivings, wishing the engines were under ground control., 1h29
Directed by Jerry JamesonOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Transport films,
Aviation films,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidentsActors Charles Haid,
Angie Dickinson,
Penny Fuller,
Tom Bosley,
David Hasselhoff,
Dean JonesRating55%
On August 2, 1985, Delta Airlines Flight 191, flown by Captain Connors (John Beck) and First Officer Rudy Price (Dick Christie) are preparing to land at Dallas on its single stop, flying from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Los Angeles. Air Traffic controllers advise that a thunderstorm is present. The flight crew surmise that the aircraft might get washed, but have no other worries about the storm being so near. Passengers such as Lucille Jacobson (Patti Labelle), who is terrified of flying, however, are fearful about landing in a storm. Others, like Marilyn (Gloria Hocking) and Mike Steinberg (Joe Berryman) are thinking more about their California vacation. As the rain pelts down on the airliner, there is no warning of an impending crisis., 2h30
Directed by Jerry JamesonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fictionThemes Films about religion,
Films set in the future,
Political films,
Dystopian films,
Impact events in fiction,
Disaster filmsActors Richard Crenna,
Elizabeth Ashley,
David Dukes,
Joanna Miles,
Lloyd Bochner,
Andrew DugganRating59%
While reviewing pictures of the planet Jupiter, astronomer Jennifer Dreiser (Joanna Miles) discovers a new comet streaking through space. The joy of finding the comet is short-lived, however, when it is determined that it may hit the Earth in just eight days. Dreiser is summoned to see the President (Andrew Duggan) at his vacation home, along with a number of other experts, to discuss the situation. Astronomer Jason Voight (Richard Crenna), a specialist in near-Earth objects, shocks the group by telling them that the comet will hit within 50 miles of Phoenix. Voight urges the President to order an evacuation of Phoenix and the surrounding area, but the President ultimately leaves that decision in the hands of Arizona's governor, Michael Ritchie (Nicolas Coster). The President does order the MIRV nosecone of a Minuteman ICBM be launched into space aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket, so that an attempt can be made at destroying the comet., 2h22
Directed by Robert Aldrich,
Oscar RudolphOrigin USAGenres Drama,
AdventureThemes Films set in Africa,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Dans un avion,
Le désert,
Disaster films,
American disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidentsActors James Stewart,
Richard Attenborough,
Peter Finch,
Hardy Krüger,
Ernest Borgnine,
George KennedyRating74%
Frank Towns (James Stewart) is the pilot of a twin-engine Fairchild C-82 Packet cargo plane flying from Jaghbub to Benghazi in Libya. Lew Moran (Richard Attenborough) is the navigator while the passengers are Capt. Harris (Peter Finch) and Sgt. Watson (Ronald Fraser) of the British Army; Dr. Renaud (Christian Marquand), a physician; Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Krüger), a German aeronautical engineer; Mr. Standish (Dan Duryea), an oil company accountant; and several oil workers that include Trucker Cobb (Ernest Borgnine), a mentally-disturbed foreman; Ratbags Crow (Ian Bannen), a mean-spirited, sardonic Scot; Carlos (Alex Montoya) and his pet monkey; and Gabriel (Gabriele Tinti). A sudden sandstorm shuts down the engines, forcing Towns to crash-land in the desert. As the aircraft careens to a stop, several oil drums and oil drilling gear break loose and severely injure Gabriel's leg. Two other workers are killed., 2h37
Directed by Blake EdwardsOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Romantic comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
Musical,
Romance,
WesternThemes Monde imaginaire,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Auto racing films,
Musical films,
Road moviesActors Jack Lemmon,
Tony Curtis,
William Bryant,
Natalie Wood,
Peter Falk,
Keenan WynnRating71%
The Great Leslie (Tony Curtis) and Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon) are competing daredevils at the turn of the 20th century. Leslie is the classic hero – always dressed in white, handsome, ever-courteous, enormously talented and successful. Leslie's nemesis, Fate, is the traditional melodramatic villain – usually dressed in black, sporting a black moustache and top hat, glowering at most everyone, maniacal evil laugh, grandiose plans to thwart the hero, and dogged by failure. Leslie proposes an automobile race from New York to Paris, to prove the ability of a new car named after him. Fate builds his own race vehicle, the Hannibal Twin-8, complete with hidden devices of sabotage. Others enter cars in the race, including New York City's most prominent newspaper. Driving the newspaper's car is beautiful photojournalist Maggie DuBois (Natalie Wood), a vocal suffragette., 2h14
Directed by John SturgesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
AdventureThemes Space adventure films,
La fin du monde,
Films about music and musicians,
Dans l'espace,
Films about the Apollo program,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Musical films,
Space opera,
Disaster films,
American disaster filmsActors Gregory Peck,
Richard Crenna,
David Janssen,
James Franciscus,
Gene Hackman,
Lee GrantRating59%
Three American astronauts – commander Jim Pruett (Richard Crenna), "Buzz" Lloyd (Gene Hackman), and Clayton "Stoney" Stone (James Franciscus) – are the first crew of an experimental space station on an extended duration mission. While returning to Earth, the main engine on the Apollo spacecraft Ironman One fails. Mission Control determines that Ironman does not have enough backup thruster capability to initiate atmospheric reentry, or to re-dock with the station and wait for rescue. The crew is marooned in orbit., 2h2
Directed by James BridgesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
ActionThemes Films about writers,
La fin du monde,
Films about journalists,
Films about television,
Disaster films,
American disaster filmsActors Jane Fonda,
Jack Lemmon,
Michael Douglas,
Richard Herd,
Scott Brady,
Wilford BrimleyRating73%
While visiting the (fictional) Ventana nuclear power plant outside Los Angeles, television news reporter Kimberly Wells (Fonda), her cameraman Richard Adams (Douglas) and their soundman Hector Salas witness the plant going through an emergency shutdown (SCRAM). Shift Supervisor Jack Godell (Lemmon) notices an unusual vibration while grabbing his cup of coffee which he had set down. He then finds that a gauge is misreading and that the coolant is dangerously low (he thought it was overflowing). The crew manages to bring the reactor under control and can be seen celebrating and expressing relief., 1h56
Directed by Irwin AllenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Action,
HorrorThemes Films about animals,
La fin du monde,
Natural horror films,
Films about insects,
Disaster films,
American disaster films,
Film de catastrophe animalièreActors Michael Caine,
Katharine Ross,
Richard Widmark,
Richard Chamberlain,
Olivia de Havilland,
Ben JohnsonRating45%
A group of soldiers led by Maj. Baker (Bradford Dillman) is ordered to investigate a basement level station which they believed was attacked. After Baker contacts his commander, Gen. Slater (Richard Widmark), they begin to investigate who drove a civilian van into the base. It is revealed to be owned by a scientist named Dr. Bradford Crane (Michael Caine), the only survivor of the attack. Slater orders two helicopters to check for a black mass (revealed to be bees), but the two helicopters are swarmed by the bees and crash, killing the pilots inside. Crane insists to Slater that the base was attacked by the same African killer bees that destroyed the helicopters. Helena Anderson (Katharine Ross), one of the base's doctors, supports Crane's story., 2h24
Directed by Richard Fleischer,
Kinji Fukasaku,
Toshio MasudaOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political films,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Martin Balsam,
Joseph Cotten,
Sō Yamamura,
E. G. Marshall,
James Whitmore,
Jason RobardsRating74%
In 1941, the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Sō Yamamura) and his predecessor, Zengo Yoshida (Junya Usami), discuss America's embargo that starves Japan of raw materials. While both agree that a war with the United States would be a complete disaster, army hotheads and politicians push through an alliance with Germany and start planning for war. With the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Yamamoto orders the planning of a preventive strike, believing Japan's only hope is to annihilate the American Pacific fleet at the outset of hostilities.