Twisters is the long-awaited sequel to 1996’s iconic disaster movie Twister. It dives back into the wild world of storm chasing, this time with two brand new protagonists played by Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones. Together, the duo are confronted with the most catastrophic weather events known to man.
Whether you’re gearing up to watch Twisters in theatres (out July 19, 2024), or have already seen it and urgently need another hit of disaster movie adrenaline, our list of movies like Twisters has got you covered. Check out these 11 brilliant disaster movies and find out everything you need to know about how to stream them online below!
Twister
If you loved Twisters, watching its 1996 precursor is a no-brainer. The film stars Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton as Jo and Bill Harding, two storm chasers on the brink of divorce who must work together to create a new weather alert system. As they do, they put themselves in front of the most dangerous tornadoes known to man.
Into the Storm
This 2014 found-footage disaster film stars Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Matt Walsh, and Alycia Debnam-Carey as a varied group of storm chasers, high schoolers, and local townspeople as they document their town of Silverton being ripped apart by a series of tornados.
Armageddon
Michael Bay’s 1998 classic disaster film stars Bruce Willis as Harry S Stamper, an expert oil driller recruited by the US government to help them detonate an asteroid hurtling towards Earth. With only 18 days before impact, Harry and the NASA team are racing the clock to find a way to destroy the asteroid before it collides with Earth.
The Day After Tomorrow
This 2004 film stars Dennis Quaid as paleoclimatologist Jack Hall, and Jake Gyllenhaal as his son, Sam. With a sudden brutal storm plunging Earth into a new Ice Age, Jack must make the harrowing journey from Washington DC to New York City to find his son, who is trapped in the eye of the storm.
The Poseidon Adventure
This 1972 disaster movie stars Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters as passengers aboard a cruise ship. When the ship is capsized by an enormous rogue wave, ten survivors have to find a way to make it safely back to shore.
Geostorm
Starring Gerard Butler, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Andy Garcia, and Abbie Cornish, Geostorm follows the story of a powerful storm generated by a malfunctioning climate-controlling satellite. Together with a team of experts, satellite designer Jake Lawson must find a way to repair the system before the storm rages out of control.
The Perfect Storm
Featuring an all-star cast including George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, John C Reilly, and more, the film is based on the true story of the Perfect Storm of 1991. The Andrea Gail was a swordfishing boat sailing off the coast of Newfoundland that was caught in the middle of an extremely powerful collision of weather events.
Greenland
This 2020 disaster film stars Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin as John and Allison Garrity, two separated parents who reunite to take their family to safety as a deadly comet hurtles towards Earth.
San Andreas
San Andreas is a 2015 disaster film starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as Ray Gaines, a chief helicopter pilot and rescue officer for the LA Fire Department. When a devastating earthquake is triggered along the San Andreas fault line in California, he must find his estranged wife and daughter and bring them to safety, even as the earth continues to split apart.
2012
In this film, the world’s leaders kept the planet’s expiration date in 2012 a secret from the public and made plans for their own safety accordingly. In the midst of the chaos erupting as the prediction comes to pass, struggling writer Jackson Curtis (played by John Cusack) seeks to get his family to safety even as the world falls apart.
Dante’s Peak
Starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton, Dante’s Peak follows the story of a volcanologist who is assigned to a project in an idyllic town in Washington near a long-dormant volcano. But when he realises the volcano is getting ready to erupt again, he must work to convince the government and inhabitants of the town that they need to evacuate before it's too late.
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