With the release of Twisters, disaster movies are back in the spotlight, and why shouldn’t they be? Nothing says summer blockbuster quite like a giant disaster bringing out the hero in us all as we venture through seemingly unbeatable challenges and have wild adventures.
If you loved the new Twisters movie, here are 10 other films you’re sure to love. Best of all, they’re all streaming right now. Check out our guide below to discover 10 movies like Twisters and where to watch them!
Twister
If you loved Twisters, you’ll obviously love the film that started it all, Twister. The movie follows dueling storm-chasing teams and centers around one very unlucky region of Oklahoma that is walloped by numerous tornadoes (including a massive F5) in the span of a few days. It also gave birth to the hilariously famous flying cow.
The Impossible
Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction, and no amount of drama and action from Twisters can compare to 2012’s The Impossible. The film centers around a real family who were vacationing at an oceanfront resort in Thailand when the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami occurred. The family got separated and was forced to fight for their lives in one of the worst natural disasters in history. Naomi Watts even received an Oscar nomination for her role in the movie.
The Poseidon Adventure
In The Poseidon Adventure, a tsunami causes a massive wave to crash into an ocean liner, tipping it upside down. As the ship slowly begins to sink, the passengers and crew inside are forced to race to the bowels of the ship (which are now above water) to escape. The Poseidon Adventure was a massive hit, scoring 9 Oscar nominations in 1973.
Skyscraper
Hong Kong’s newest skyscraper is the tallest building in the world, standing 240 stories tall. Unfortunately, criminals are targeting the building and have set the 96th floor on fire, trapping everyone on the floors above in a towering inferno. Skyscraper starred The Rock and is certainly on the more wild and bombastic side, but sometimes that type of movie is exactly what you’re looking for.
The Day After Tomorrow
2004’s The Day After Tomorrow not only revived the disaster movie genre, but it was also one of the first mainstream movies to put climate change in the spotlight and show viewers the potential consequences of our actions. Though not scientifically accurate, the movie depicts what happens after climate change tips the scales and thrusts Earth into another Ice Age.
Volcano
In Volcano, Los Angeles’ very real LaBrea Tar Pits are revealed to not be tar pits at all… but instead are the seepings of a previously undiscovered underground volcano. Sadly for the City of Angels, that volcano decides to finally erupt and destroy the metropolis. The premise is wild and silly, but it’s tons of fun. How could you not love a movie about a giant volcano suddenly bursting beneath America’s second-largest city?
Geostorm
Can’t decide which natural disaster you’re craving? Then check out Geostorm, which has them all! In the movie, a weather-controlling satellite is cyber-attacked, causing massive storms to destroy cities across the globe. From hail to lightning, tornadoes, squalls, tsunamis, and more, the entire planet must survive a variety of storms, each deadlier than the last.
Sharknado
If you’re craving more movies about tornadoes, why not check out Sharknado? In the movie, a hurricane and a series of tornadoes (totally unrealistic) pick up a bunch of sharks from the ocean (super unrealistic) and then drops them – still alive – onto the city of LA (unbearably unrealistic). The acting is horrible, the CGI is horrible, and the premise is absurd. But Sharknado is so bad you can’t stop watching. It’s like a trainwreck. A trainwreck filled with sharks. You’ll want to turn the movie off, but it’s so asinine that you won’t be able to. It’s simply too bad to be ignored.
2012
Remember the hype over the Aztec calendar? Or was it the Mayan calendar? I can’t even remember anymore, but back in 2012 the hysteria was so strong that some people literally ventured to mountaintops and pyramids to await the apocalypse. The movie 2012 capitalized on this fear by showing the world getting destroyed by a series of natural disasters… in the year 2012, with only a chosen few being saved by giant “arks”.
Into the Storm
Into the Storm very much feels like a spiritual sequel to Twister. The movie takes place in a small Oklahoma town where a cluster of tornadoes have touched down, creating the largest storm in the state’s history. There’s also fire tornadoes and even a massive mile-wide F-5 that flattens the town. The hyperactive storm makes the movie feel less believable than Twister, but a bigger storm means more chaos and more destruction…and isn’t that what a disaster movie is all about?
Where to watch movies like Twisters online
Check out our list below to find out where all these movies like Twisters are streaming online in the United States!
