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1	Twister (1996) more movies like this directed by Jan de Bont featuring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Lois Smith Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt and Carey Elwes may be billed as the stars of Twister, but the film's real attractions are the cyclones themselves. Best experienced in a theater, the nail-biting, blow-the-audience-out-of-their-seats computer generated graphics, cutting edge sound and other special effects are designed to take viewers straight into the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.99!
2	Titanic (1997) more movies like this directed by James Cameron featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher This spectacular epic re-creates the ill-fated maiden voyage of the White Star Line's $7.5 million R.M.S Titanic and the tragic sea disaster of April 15, 1912. Running over three hours and made with the combined contributions of two major studios (20th Century-Fox, Paramount) at a cost of more than $200 million, Titanic ranked as the most ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
3	The Perfect Storm (2000) more movies like this directed by Wolfgang Petersen featuring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, John Hawkes In October 1991, a dying tropical hurricane from Bermuda collided with a cold front from the Great Lakes, resulting in a "perfect storm" of previously unknown destructive impact that resulted in 100-foot waves; tragically, the crew of a fishing boat was lost in the midst of the fearsome storm. Based on the best-selling book by Sebastian Junger, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
4	The Day After Tomorrow (2004) more movies like this directed by Roland Emmerich featuring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ian Holm, Emmy Rossum, Sela Ward Directed by Roland Emmerich, this mega-budget, special-effects-laden epic revolves around the onset of an international series of crises brought on by the long-term results of the greenhouse effect. At the eye of the storm is paleoclimatologist (a professor dedicated to the study of weather patterns throughout the ages) Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), ... see all copies from $3.85! new only from $8.99!
5	World Trade Center (2006) more movies like this directed by Oliver Stone featuring Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff Director Oliver Stone once again offers a powerful and provocative story based on real-life events in this drama. Sergeant John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and William J. Jimeno (Michael Pena) were two officers assigned to New York City's Port Authority who were working their beats on a quiet day in early fall when they received an emergency call. ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $2.99!
6	Armageddon (1998) more movies like this directed by Michael Bay featuring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton Michael Bay (The Rock) directed this science fiction action thriller in the When Worlds Collide tradition. After astronomy students discover a comet-asteroid collision, an asteroid fragment "the size of the Super Dome" threatens. It's destroyed by a secret USA defense in space, but a large chunk veers off toward Singapore. With another asteroid ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99!
7	Waterworld (1995) more movies like this directed by Kevin Reynolds featuring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter Widely considered to be an expensive failure, Waterworld was an epic vehicle for Kevin Costner, who starred in and co-produced the film, with his friend Kevin Reynolds as director. It was based on a 1986 screenplay by Peter Rader and cost an estimated $235 million, more than any film in history up to that time. Costner eventually fired Reynolds ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.21!
8	Backdraft (1991) more movies like this directed by Ron Howard featuring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh The sons of a Chicago fireman who gave his life in the performance of his duties, firefighting brothers Kurt Russell and William Baldwin carry their lifelong sibling rivalry into their work. Russell is convinced that Baldwin hasn't got what it takes to remain in the fire department. Baldwin is transferred to a "safe" assignment, assisting arson ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95!
9	Dante's Peak (1997) more movies like this directed by Roger Donaldson featuring Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan, Grant Heslov, Elizabeth Hoffman Old Smokey develops a bad temper in this volcanic disaster spectacle. Harry Dalton (Pierce Brosnan) is a volcano expert whose interest became more than academic after he lost the woman he loved in a volcanic emergency. When he is sent to investigate unusual seismic activity in the quiet Pacific Northwest community of Dante's Peak, he discovers ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.21!
10	The Omega Man (1971) more movies like this directed by Boris Sagal featuring Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Lincoln Kilpatrick This second film adaptation of Richard Matheson's science-fiction novel I Am Legend (the first version being The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price) unfolds in a post-apocalyptic 1976. Charlton Heston is Robert Neville, the sole recipient of a serum that enabled him to survive an onslaught of germ warfare between Russia and China - which ... see all copies from $10.41! new only from $10.41!
11 view cover	When Worlds Collide (1951) more movies like this directed by Rudolph Maté featuring Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hanson, John Hoyt, Larry Keating First published in 1932, Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer's speculative novel When Worlds Collide was immediately purchased by Paramount as a possible project for director Cecil B. DeMille. But because none of Paramount's scriptwriters were able to come up with an adequate screen treatment, the property lay on the shelf until 1950, when producer ... see all copies from $4.11! new only from $6.87!
12 view cover	Deep Impact (1998) more movies like this directed by Mimi Leder featuring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman, Leelee Sobieski Mimi Leder (The Peacemaker) directed this science-fiction disaster drama about the possible extinction of human life after a comet is discovered headed toward Earth with the collision only one year away. Ambitious MSNBC reporter Jenny Lerner (Tea Leoni) stumbles onto the story, prompting a White House press conference. United States President Beck ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99!
13 view cover	On the Beach (1959) more movies like this directed by Stanley Kramer featuring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson Although there'd been "doomsday dramas" before it, Stanley Kramer's On the Beach was considered the first "important" entry in this genre when originally released in 1959. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute, the film is set in the future (1964) when virtually all life on earth has been exterminated by the radioactive residue of a nuclear holocaust. ... see all copies from $9.98! new only from $10.67!
14 view cover	Reign of Fire (2002) more movies like this directed by Rob Bowman featuring Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Scott James Moutter Medieval fantasy meets futuristic science fiction in this effects-heavy action epic from former X-Files director Rob Bowman. In present-day London, 12-year-old Quinn Abercromby witnesses the awakening of a hibernating dragon from a centuries-long slumber, the result of a construction dig supervised by his mother and an incident for which Quinn ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.57!
15 view cover	The Postman (1997) more movies like this directed by Kevin Costner featuring Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams, James Russo Kevin Costner directed and stars in this adaptation of David Brin's science fiction novel The Postman (1985), first published in 1982 issues of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Costner's return to directing after his Oscar-winning Dances With Wolves(1990) is a futuristic epic depicting the aftermath of a destructive war. Some 16 years from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.48!
16 view cover	The High and the Mighty (1954) more movies like this directed by William Wellman featuring John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling For The High and the Mighty, director William Wellman made a point of using Cinemascope to heighten the dramatic content of a confined screen space -- in this instance, the cockpit of a plane in flight. Copilot Dan Roman (John Wayne) seems a lot more in control of things than Captain John Sullivan (Robert Stack) when the plane loses an engine ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $7.50!
17 view cover	The Stand (1994) more movies like this directed by Mick Garris featuring Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Miguel Ferrer, Rob Lowe Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus ... see all copies from $4.09! new only from $29.99!
18 view cover	The China Syndrome (1979) more movies like this directed by James Bridges featuring Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Wilford Brimley This gripping 1979 drama about the dangers of nuclear power carried an extra jolt when a real-life accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania occurred just weeks after the film opened. Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda) is a TV reporter trying to advance from fluff pieces to harder news. Wells and cameraman Richard Adams (Michael ... see all copies from $3.33! new only from $8.50!
19 view cover	The Andromeda Strain (1971) more movies like this directed by Robert Wise featuring Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly The "Andromeda Strain" is a deadly extraterrestrial virus. It is brought to Earth when a research satellite crashes near a tiny Arizona town. Everyone in the community dies within days, except for a baby and an "insulated" drunkard. Recruited from labs all over North America, doctors Charles Dutton (David Wayne), Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill), Ruth ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $10.66!
20 view cover	The Core (2003) more movies like this directed by Jon Amiel featuring Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, D.J. Qualls An unlikely band of scientists and soldiers join forces to save the world from certain destruction in this action-drama. As the world is struck with a variety of inexplicable phenomena -- attacks by enormous swarms of birds in London, the explosion of the Colosseum in Rome, a potentially deadly malfunction which forces the Space Shuttle into a Los ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.87!
21 view cover	Volcano (1997) more movies like this directed by Mick Jackson featuring Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim Disaster visits jaded L.A. in the form of an underground volcano, not the big earthquake all the citizens expect. Shot on the largest set ever constructed in the U.S., in nearby Torrance, California, Volcano is a big-budget, special-effects-laden disaster movie with a standard plot. Tommy Lee Jones plays Mike Roark, a by-the-book emergency ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95!
22 view cover	Night of the Comet (1984) more movies like this directed by Thom Eberhardt featuring Catherine Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Geoffrey Lewis, Mary Woronov In this satirical sci-fi comedy, Samantha (Kelli Maroney) and Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) are two sisters whose father was a hard-bitten Green Beret, but who've grown into typical Valley Girls. They end up spending the night in a steel-lined room just as a comet passes close to the earth, vaporizing the people in its wake. When Samantha and ... see all copies from $2.25! new only from $10.67!
23 view cover	Outbreak (1995) more movies like this directed by Wolfgang Petersen featuring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Cuba Gooding, Jr. A handful of scientists struggle to prevent the destruction of a small town -- and possibly the entire country -- in this suspense drama. In the mid-1960s, a deadly virus is discovered in Zaire that wipes out an entire village in 24 hours. Government researchers are brought in to investigate, but the military opts to destroy the village rather ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.57!
24 view cover	The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) more movies like this directed by Robert Aldrich featuring James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine Based on Elleston Trevor's novel, The Flight of the Phoenix opens with a well-staged plane crash in the middle of the Sahara desert. The pilot (James Stewart) and the navigator (Richard Attenborough) do their best to maintain order among the survivors, a group of oil men not well-suited for survival in the desert wastes. Some of those who appear ... see all copies from $2.97! new only from $5.00!
25 view cover	The Last Wave (1977) more movies like this directed by Peter Weir featuring Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow, Nadjiwarra Amagula Peter Weir follows up on his critically acclaimed masterpiece Picnic at Hanging Rock with this surrealist psychological drama. The film opens with a freak hailstorm in Australia's outback. Cut to David Burton (Richard Chamberlain), a well-to-do Sydney corporate lawyer plagued by visions of impending doom who is assigned to defend five accused of ... see all copies from $2.74! new only from $11.95!

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