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10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
, 2h49Directed by John Lafia
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Kim Delaney, David Cubitt, Dean Cain, Carlos Bernard, John Cassini, Frank Langella
A magnitude 10.5 earthquake destroys Los Angeles, California and triggers a massive tsunami which causes massive damage to Honolulu, Hawaii. It turns out to be only the first of a series of seismic events, including the awakening of extinct volcanoes, sudden instability of aquifers, and awakening of ancient faults. The Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada collapses when Lake Mead starts to heat up and expand beyond the spillway's capacity. Las Vegas, Nevada is then destroyed when acidic water undermines underground limestone, creating a massive sinkhole. The worst of the seismic events is a massive fault which has opened up under South Dakota, destroying Mount Rushmore in the process.
The Path to 9/11 (2006)
, 4hDirected by David L. Cunningham
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films based on the September 11 attacks, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Harvey Keitel, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Benyaer, Stephen Root, Barclay Hope, Patricia Heaton
The miniseries presented a dramatization of the sequence of events leading to the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al Qaeda on the United States, starting from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and up to the minutes after the collapse of the World Trade Center in 2001. The point of view of the movie is from two primary protagonists: John P. O'Neill, and a composite Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent, "Kirk". O'Neill was the real-life Special Agent in charge of Al Qaeda investigations at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He died in the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11 shortly after retiring from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and taking the position of Director of Security for the World Trade Center. The composite CIA agent "Kirk" is shown dealing with various American allies, especially Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Massoud, in Afghanistan. In addition, "Patricia", a CIA headquarters analyst, represents the views of the rank and file at CIA headquarters. The miniseries features dramatizations of various incidents summarized in the 9/11 Commission Report, and represented in high level discussions held within both the Clinton and Bush administrations. The final hour of the movie dramatizes the events of 9/11, including a re-creation of the second plane entering the World Trade Center, Tom Burnett's calls to his wife, and John Miller's reporting near the scene of the attacks. The film concludes with information about the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, as well as the performance evaluation the Commission gave the government when it reconvened in 2005.
, 2h54Directed by Mikael Salomon
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Benjamin Bratt, Eric McCormack, Christa Miller Lawrence, Daniel Dae Kim, Paul Perri, Viola Davis
A United States government satellite crash lands near Piedmont, Utah, and two teenagers find it and bring it back to town. The town's inhabitants open it and release a deadly microorganism, which is later codenamed Andromeda by the Army. A team is sent from the Army's bio-defense department to retrieve the satellite, only to die from the disease themselves. The video footage recorded by the retrieval team and their strange deaths capture the attention of General George Mancheck, the head of the bio-defense department, who activates "Wildfire," a team of five scientists who are called upon when high-level bioterror threats occur in the United States. The team, headed by its creator, Dr. Jeremy Stone, investigates Piedmont. They retrieve the satellite and rescue a hysterical 60-year old man and a colicky baby who have survived the Andromeda outbreak.
, 1h35Origin Australie
Genres Science fiction
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Disaster films
Actors Kellan Lutz, Isabel Lucas, Luke Ford, Rachel Griffiths, Temuera Morrison, Bren Foster
Dans un futur lointain, l'humanité est lancée dans une course à la colonisation interplanétaire pour trouver d'autres planètes habitables. Kane, lieutenant pour l'entreprise Exor, a pour mission d'organiser la vie dans ces nouveaux mondes. Mais un jour, il découvre que des prisonniers se sont emparés d'un virus mortel qu'ils menacent de diffuser sur OSIRIS, planète où vit la fille de Kane. Il se lance alors dans une course contre la montre pour sauver sa fille.
Hanging by a Thread (1979)
, 3h10Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Patty Duke, Joyce Bulifant, Oliver Clark, Bert Convy, Burr DeBenning, Donna Mills
Un groupe d'amis est piégé dans un téléphérique en panne au dessus d'un ravin alors qu'un terrible orage se prépare. Le personnel et les autorités font leur possible pour sauver la vie des passagers.
Adventures of the Queen (1975)
, 1h38Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Disaster, Action
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Robert Stack, David Hedison, Ralph Bellamy, Bradford Dillman, Sorrell Booke, John Randolph
Un maître chanteur aidé d'un groupe d'hommes a déposé une bombe sur le navire S.S. Queen. Il exige que l'armateur lui verse une somme exorbitante sur un compte protégé. Après que les passagers ont repris le contrôle de la situation, le chef des terroristes meurt sans avoir donné les codes d'annulation de l'explosif. L'équipage va devoir jouer la course contre la montre pour désactiver l'engin mortel.
Deranged (2012)
, 1h49Directed by Park Jeong-woo
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Kim Myung-min, Kim Dong-wan, Moon Jung-hee, Lee Ha-nui, Choi Il-hwa, Lee Hyung-chul
Jae-hyuk (Kim Myung-min) is a former professor with a doctorate in biochemistry who is currently working as a pharmaceutical sales representative after losing his life savings and his job due to a bad investment he made in the stock market from advice he received from his younger brother. When a series of dead bodies are found floating in the Han River, the public is shocked to discover that the deaths are related to a fatal outbreak of virus-infected mutant parasitic horsehair worms, called Yeongasi, that can control the human brain. Those infected show symptoms of increased hunger without appropriate weight gain and excessive thirst when the worms are mature and ready to reproduce. Hence, they jump into the river to allow the worms to come out of the body. While the authorities work to find a cure, Jae-hyuk and his brother Jae-pil (Kim Dong-wan), a detective agonized with guilt for squandering Jae-hyuk's money in the stock market, struggle to save Jae-hyuk's family when they also exhibit similar symptoms.
Invisible Invaders (1959)
, 1h7Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors John Agar, John Carradine, Jean Byron, Philip Tonge, Robert Hutton, Don Kennedy
Dr. Karol Noymann, an atomic scientist, is killed in a laboratory explosion. His colleague, Dr. Adam Penner, is disturbed by the accident and resigns his position and calls for changes.
Oil (1977)
, 1h30Directed by Mircea Drăgan
Origin Roumanie
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Disaster films
Actors Stuart Whitman, Gheorghe Dinică, Radu Beligan, Florin Piersic, Jean Constantin, Jean Constantin
An International petroleum company named "Consolidated Oil" secretly lights an oil well in the Sahara because the local government in the Middle East doesn't comply with their demands. Due to the expected size of the damage oil prices hit the roof. Merely as an alibi the company's president (Mr. Stewart) assigns John Carter aka "Salamander" to take care of this matter. Yet once Carter arrives on location one of the company's representants hinders him to extinguish the endurance burning and signalises to him that this catastrophe happened for a reason. "Consolidated Oil" hires a Romanian crew with lesser experience in regards to this kind of burnings. But the Romanian specialists team up with Carter and find prove for arson. Step by step they succeed in putting the seven fire sources to rest. "Consolidated Oil" tries to sabotage the firefighting but their attempts are proven futile. Finally the International news media disclose the conspiration. Stewart is unmasked as one of the driving forces behind the scheme. He needs to learn that he is chosen as a pawn sacrifice and while he still thinks this over he is murdered. His secretary isn't surprised at all when she's informed he just died. Instead she is eager to show the obituary she wrote. Meanwhile the Romanian firefighters are publicly celebrated in Arabia.
Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
, 1h19Directed by Kenji Misumi, Kazuo Mori
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Toru Abe, Tanie Kitabayashi, Shiho Fujimura
Majin est de retour pour aider les enfants d'un village dont les pères sont retenus prisonniers comme esclaves du Seigneur Arakawa. Ces derniers fabriquent de la poudre à canon près d'une montagne volcanique d'où s'échappe des vapeurs de soufre.
The Icebreaker (2016)
, 2hDirected by Nikolaï Khomeriki
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Météorologie, Transport films, Catastrophe climatique, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Pyotr Fyodorov, Sergei Puskepalis, Anna Mikhalkova, Aleksey Barabash, Boris Kamorzine
1985. Sur sa route, le brise-glace « Mikhaïl Gromov » doit affronter un énorme et puissant iceberg. Voulant éviter une collision fatale, le navire est pris dans les glaces et doit entamer une dérive forcée au large de l'Antarctique. L'équipage est à cran : un froid terrible règne tandis que le carburant touche à sa fin. Il leur est impossible de quitter le brise-glace sous peine de mourir de froid ou de se perdre. Le commandant du brise-glace n'a pas le droit à l'erreur. La moindre mauvaise décision peut les mener à la mort en se faisant écraser par les lourdes glaces.
Tornado Warning (2002)
, 1h28Directed by Tibor Takács
Genres Action
Themes Disaster films
Actors Gerald McRaney, Thea Gill, David Millbern, Steve Braun, Joan Van Ark
Inventeur d'un système qui permet de prévoir la formation des tornades, Jake Arledge met en garde les autorités d'une petite bourgade de l'imminence de vents d'une violence exceptionnelle. Confronté à leur inertie, il continue néanmoins d'alerter la population, indifférente elle aussi et surtout impatiente de fêter l'anniversaire de la création de la ville. Alors que tous prennent enfin conscience du danger, il est déjà trop tard...
, 1h26Directed by Jason Bourque
Origin Canada
Genres Action
Themes Disaster films
Actors Mark Lutz, Emilie Ullerup, Robin Dunne, Lochlyn Munro, Gary Jones, Sharon Taylor
Un astrophysicien informe les autorités qu'un astéroide noir fonce sur la planète Terre mais le gouvernement craignant qu'il ne provoque la panique le fait rechercher par les agents fédéraux pour trouble à l'ordre public. Il décide de faire appel à un ancien collègue de travail pour empêcher la catastrophe...
Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen (1960)
, 1h39Directed by Frank Wisbar
Origin German
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Sonja Ziemann, Erik Schumann, Brigitte Horney, Mady Rahl, Wolfgang Preiss, Erich Dunskus
Peu de temps après le début de la guerre, la présentatrice radio Maria épouse son collègue Kurt Reiser. Elle vit chez ses parents alors que son mari fait la guerre. Lors d'une fête du Nouvel An, elle rencontre l'officier de marine Hans Schott et tombe enceinte de lui.
The Battery (2012)
, 1h41Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Larry Fessenden
After a zombie apocalypse has overtaken the entire New England area, two former baseball players, Ben (Jeremy Gardner) and Mickey (Adam Cronheim), travel the back-roads of Connecticut with no destination in mind. Their backstory reveals that they were trapped in a house in Massachusetts, along with Mickey's family, for three months. Mickey's father, mother and brother were killed before they figured out how to escape. Since then, Ben opposes sleeping indoors and the two have had many arguments regarding the matter. While Ben quickly adapts to the "hunter-gatherer" and constantly on the road lifestyle, Mickey is almost the opposite, refusing to face the situation and longs for a "normal" life. He refuses to kill zombies and learn to fish, and is always listening to his CD player with headphones on, burning through batteries and distracting himself from his surroundings, against Ben's advice.