# The best disaster movies of all time

Fires, earthquakes, tsunamis and meteors: the disaster films critics remember best (Espinof, decine21, 35mm).

- 13 votes · 12 items
- Aug 9, 2025 · julián hernández
- https://even.best/en/l/1900/the-best-disaster-movies-of-all-time

## Top 12

1. **The Towering Inferno (1974)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Paul Newman and Steve McQueen against a burning skyscraper.
2. **The Impossible (2012)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — J. A. Bayona and the 2004 tsunami in Thailand.
3. **Earthquake (1974)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Los Angeles collapses, in «Sensurround».
4. **Twister (1996)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Tornado chasers in Oklahoma.
5. **The Poseidon Adventure (1972)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An ocean liner capsizes and the survivors climb towards the hull.
6. **Titanic (1997)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — James Cameron and the most famous sinking in history.
7. **Dante's Peak (1997)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Pierce Brosnan and a volcano waking up.
8. **2012 (2009)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Roland Emmerich destroys the whole planet.
9. **Airport (1970)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The film that launched the 70s disaster movie craze.
10. **Deep Impact (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A comet heading for Earth.
11. **Alive (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The 1972 Andes plane crash.
12. **The Day After Tomorrow (2004)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Sudden climate change freezes the northern hemisphere.

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