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Disaster movies
Earthquakes, tsunamis and the people who still manage to save others.
The genre the big screen was made for: towers fall, the wave rises and a whole city becomes a trap within minutes. Yet the best disaster movies rest on people — a family trying to find each other, rescuers heading where everyone else is running from. The IMDb floor is 6, since spectacle tends to be rated modestly.
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Frequently asked
- What is the difference between a disaster movie and a survival movie?
- In a disaster film catastrophe hits everyone at once — a city, a country, the planet — and scale is the point. A survival film is usually one person or a small group against nature. For that kind, see Survival movies.
- Are there disaster movies based on real events?
- Yes — real tsunamis, earthquakes and rescue operations are here. They tend to be quieter than Hollywood blockbusters, and they hit harder.
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