Tornado Movies Ranked

Just a little fun Christmas tornado movie ranking. Thanks for watching!
Contents:
0:53 Into the Storm
3:45 Atomic Twister
5:55 Night of the Twisters
8:38 13 minutes
10:43 Tornado Valley
13:39 Supercell
17:08 Twister
#tornado #movies #twister

[@SwegleStudios]

So there’s so many tornado movies out there, which ones should I watch next?! Also keep an eye our for a Christmas Twister Christmas Special! Thanks for watching!

[@StinkyScript]

Twister has always been one of my personal favorites. I believe they are filming the second movie in OKC this year/next year and we were also personally given the opportunity to apply to be an extra in the movie.

[@TypicalBlox]

Watch Tornado Alley!!!!! I have digital copy of it

[@TheGovernment-wz1oy]

Every sharknado

[@Erik_J_Q]

Ice Twisters

[@PotatoWX]

The sequel to twister better be good next year

[@BornRemaining]

Twister is an automatic S tier for not just the acting, not just a lot of the characters and story and scenes, but because it's responsible for probably the majority of professional stormchasers and tornado science interest today. That film may be indirectly responsible for a CRAZY amount of info we have on tornadoes now.

[@sk84lifedb]

Yes.

[@indieoregano]

I spent years being fascinated with meteorology after watching Twister. I still am to this day tbh

[@BornRemaining]

@@indieoregano I can relate. I was all about dinosaurs and planets until I saw Twister. I still liked those other things on the backburner as a child, but only the tornadoes have kept a grip on my fascination through my life so far. It probably also helped to prepare me for the trauma of seeing one in real life years later when I was about 12.

[@gothimasandwich271]

It was a big deal when it first came out. They got a lot of stuff right (but also got a lot wrong, that's hollywood for ya.)

[@milesr4609]

And Van Halen doing the soundtrack...

[@dieterdelange9488]

I know that it's a short scene, but let's be honest: the tornado in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) was spectacular. It looks better than some CGI twisters.

[@cloverfield911]

I bet he's smaking his face thinking... "Oh S|H#T!!"...... I forgot that one!!!

[@TheFoxyb]

That's where my fascination with 🌪️ started, seeing the Wizard of Oz as a youngster!

[@dieterdelange9488]

@@TheFoxyb The late Tim Samaras said that, as a kid, he was also fascinated by that scene. He couldn't remember anything else from the film, though. XD

[@DianaDeLuna]

The Wizard of Oz was my tornado-obsession origin story as well. But Twister came out at a difficult time in my life, and watching that movie first in the theater & then a thousand times more on VHS was a massive comfort. I forever love all the actors....shout-out to Cary Elwes playing a convincing ugly villain!

[@nostalgicumbry3279]

@@cloverfield911 especially since it's one of the movies that was shown in the beginning lol

[@PhatBoyFresh]

The animalistic sound effects used for Twister's tornadoes are still the most terrifying of any other movie of its kind.

[@darryltorres7302]

Yeah. The scary thing is that I always thought they were over the top until in recent years some people were crazy enough to film themselves getting hit by tornadoes and the sounds they made were very similar to the animalistic sounds used in the movie. In 2021, a family filmed themselves getting hit by the Bremen KY Tornado and they were some of the scariest sounds I've ever heard a Tornado make. More monstrous than animalistic.

[@suchnothing]

@@darryltorres7302 I've heard the sound described as being like a freight train rushing towards you. Tornados are LOUD. The sounds captured in those people's videos is scary enough, but it probably doesn't even do it justice. I'm lucky I never experienced one, in spite of growing up in Alberta Canada. There was a crazy F4 or F5 that ripped apart the south side of Edmonton, my home town, in 1987, and the city seems to only just be getting over the trauma of it in recent years. Until recently, "Black Friday" had a very different meaning to long-time residents of Edmonton.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Honestly Twister is a really good representation of how storm chasers do things 😂

[@PhatBoyFresh]

@@TheSkyGuy77 Agreed. Modern storm movies are always so serious and/or focus only on the plot. They never really show those downtime moments like Twister did, and they certainly happen all the time in real life.

[@damondriver6363]

​@@darryltorres7302 you talking about that video with the siren in the background and the sinister rumbling noise? Where you can only see the tornado through the lighting? Shit just seems evil. That tornado missed my house by less than a mile

[@vhk88]

"I've gotta go Julie, we got cows" 🤣🤣 one of the many, many memorable lines in my favoritt movie twister ❤

[@heyheylaurice]

Another one is “ok we got sisters.” Even though it should be triplets cause there were 3 of them

[@cameronhinton5122]

“Rain bands, look at the surf coming up those fields”

[@Delfinalove82]

"Another Cow!" "Actually I think that was the same one" 🤣🤣

[@robertbennion3166]

"It's the Suck Zone!" - Dusty

[@michael-4k4000]

Dr. Jonas Miller is a night crawler!

[@onyxalyx6065]

I remember when I was like 5 years old, I said once, completely out of pocket, that "tornadoes are cool!" and my mom looked at me with a "I'm just gonna show you how wrong you are, my sweet summer child," and showed me Twister to try and scare me. Instead, I developed a MASSIVE crush on Jo and outright declared that I wanted to be a strormchaser just like her. So short story shorter, while the other girls in kindergarten were screaming their heads off during Tornado drills, my goofy ass was spouting off every fact I learned from that movie. The other girls were not amused or impressed at all. 😅 It doesn't really matter now though. Sixteen years later and it still is one of my favorite movies of all time!

[@sofiabriones9221]

Yeah I didn't realize that I had a huge crush on Jo too lol

[@Shadow-hw3kn]

I first remember thinking that tornadoes are cool the first time I saw Twister when I was 5 years old. My parents first enforced the idea that tornadoes could be scary on me at this time. My favorite characters in the movie were Dusty and Meg. I learned to stay near the ground during tornado drills in order to keep safe. I made sure not to get distracted during these times throughout my school years. It still is one of my favorite movies of all time. I’m glad they are making a sequel.

[@Thunder_WaterBottle]

In second grade I decided to study tornadoes and got every tornado science book I saw.

[@crimsongogeta6810]

Man, Jo molded my taste in women when I saw Twister as a kid. Born in ‘98 and I’m 26 now, and I love the kind of woman that’s just as rowdy as the guys, can keep up with their bullshit, and has just a dash of crazy.

[@lindseytaylor3793]

11:58 the way the mom just so smoothly floats off screen genuinely got me laughing so hard. i was not expecting it to be THAT awful looking and overly dramatic lmao like why'd they have to make her look like a powerpoint sliding transition😭

[@Iron_Sights99]

I hate how much I love that comparison

[@DorotaGabal]

That was so on point! Made me laugh hard enough for the casual viewer in this restaurant being able to tell - I snorted through my nose, maintaining the expression of a brick.

[@1chrisanderson]

i freaking LOST it. That diagonal wipe!!! hahahaha

[@spingleboygle]

@@Iron_Sights99me too lmaoooooooooooooo

[@Valerio_the_wandering_sprite]

One thing was certain: her planet needed her.

[@elisabethe8055]

"Twister" was more than a blockbuster film. It was iconic and the cradle of the storm chasing movement as we know it today. From scientific stiff costume dressed men to all the inspirational personalities we have grown to love these days. Maybe the effects has gone old but still.. I would LOVE a updated version to today's standard and AI possibilities, but with the same crew. Wouldn't that be cool?

[@Hongobogologomo]

Pretty sure some of the crews ded

[@RT-qd8yl]

@@Hongobogologomo All the most important cast members have died :(

[@tylerhalloran9158]

We are a getting twisters in 2024 - a spin, off/ sequel of twister the casting looks actually pretty good

[@mgratk]

When I saw Twister, in the theater, it was amazing CGI. BUT I laughed at how the tornadoes seemed to chase them at times. Kinda a goofy movie, but still awesome and fun.

[@RAAM855]

The ride they used to have in universal studios was so cool.

[@BEARTUBE]

Twister without a doubt will always be THE tornado/storm movie. The characters, the score, the effects, the story. All of it is just perfect for a theme like this! granted I am aware that it has flaws but that'll never change my opinion. (if you can't tell already, it's my favorite movie of all time)

[@therestingrancor8259]

The best twister movie for sure, plus Dusty is the best character.

[@insanestorms5176]

It’s the most realistic in some scenes

[@adventurekitty101]

I listen to the score a lot. Cow is probably my favourite because every-time I hear it I just think of the scene with the red truck and the other storm chasers driving into the puddles as they are about to chase a tornado. It feels like they are about to enter battle with something powerful(Which they are) and despite all odds being against them, they are going anyways with heads held high because they have to.

[@josephhacker6508]

Bruh the effects of Twister are some of the worst I've ever seen. I get that it was a different time and they didn't have a huge budget but good lord they have a tornado flip a vehicle on a sunny clear day with no rain or wind I mean it's just goofy

[@clevelandbra]

Twister and ID4 are two of my favorite movies EVER! I could damn near quote them both at times but Twister just hit different. As a kid I was always into science and stuff cause I’ve always thought it was cool, but the science behind storms always fascinated me especially tornadoes. For me Twister is S tier, into the the storm mimics twister and the storm chasers series which I also loved to watch and that for me is A tier..Supercell definitely B tier for me but still a good movie.

[@Hectic_Guy]

Fun fact: Wakita, Oklahoma, was an actual town, but it was going ghost, so when they filmed twister, they literally destroyed buildings that needed rebuilt, and that's why it looks hyper realistic with the damage.

[@Ccyawn123]

I’ve been there, have a pic of the water tower

[@nensha5084]

whoever was on the crew for twister that came up with the idea to add growls to the tornados needs to go down in history as the smartest most creative person to ever live

[@randyw617]

Twister always gets brought up alongside Independence Day as famous '90s disaster movies on a similar level of prestige (or lack thereof). But I think Twister is on another level and here's why: a lot of people remember Independence Day. But a lot of people have *memorized* Twister. That movie is so unbelievably quotable, it has a huge cult of fans today, people cosplay Bill and Jo at cons, and It has no doubt inspired tons of people to try storm chasing.

[@DAJ2000]

Lol. It inspired me NOT to chase tornadoes.

[@NaruSanavai]

Red meat, we crave sustenance!

[@joshcee3362]

@@NaruSanavai I say "Food!" the way Dusty does...almost DAILY.

[@merlinnuffsaid5054]

The most famous line: We got Cows lol

[@SpookeeOne]

Some of my favorites were: "Can I drive?" "NO!" "Then would you?" "Cow." "...'nother cow." "Actually, I think that's the same one." "Goin' green." -Excitedly- "Greenage."

[@AliKatt0]

"Twister" is what made me wanna be a storm chaser when I was a kid. Maybe not my top job prospect now, but it still holds a close, nostalgic place in my heart. One I can rewatch over and over, quoting every line, and never get bored of it.

[@jaridatkinson4907]

Same

[@whitechocolate7067]

SAME

[@thewarwagon5649]

I chased my FIRST tornado (in NC) a month before Twister hit the theaters - caught two more that summer- a night tornado in Beaumont, TX & an F3 in western NE

[@roomofangel302]

My thoughts exactly! I wanted to be a storm chaser and still do because of Twister. Because of the movie, I'm a HUGE weather buff. Like even The Weather Channel is my go to channel. They have some awesome shows that come on on there. Strom Stories, Deadline to disaster, Weather gone viral just to name a few LOL!! And I also know every line from Twister by heart. Twister will always be my favorite movie.

[@blakesnake]

Twister still makes me want to be a meteorologist today.

[@Nexarianz]

Twister was more than just a movie about tornadoes, it was also an hour+ long commercial for the new Dodge Ram lol. After the movie came out that red truck was _crazy popular_ & they were everywhere for years & years. The deal Dodge made to have the Ram in that movie must have been one of, if not the most successful marketing venture they ever embarked on.

[@fighter5583]

Honestly too many people got that ram when they didn't need one.

[@Darkslayer289]

That Dodge Ram was a main character. 😂

[@Nexarianz]

@@Darkslayer289 lol yep & all it had to do was sit there & look pretty.

[@indigoenergygamer4350]

If only the Jeep in the beginning got just as much love 🥺 literally my dream truck.

[@Nexarianz]

​@@indigoenergygamer4350 The 1982 J10 is a nice truck. It had 13+ years on the Ram but even then if the paint wasn't purposely matte/faded & didn't have the movie props, it would have stolen the Ram's thunder imo.

[@lazyboy3488]

I’m so excited for twisters this July, this tornado season has been wild

[@Puppygirl59654]

Yass I agree

[@EliteDarkspeakerman.541]

I saw it this Wednesday it was absolutely amazing and realistic

[@edgar6628]

I just watched this and it was really good if not better than the original. 10/10

[@akikovr]

I went to the theater and watched the new movie, it had me on the edge of my seat the whole time! I definitely recommend it!

[@ZachPumphery]

Twister is a deep rooted core memory for me. I watched that in an honest to god “old school” neon marquis theater, the Rodgers Theater in Poplar Bluff, Missouri when I was 6, I believe on premier night. We walked out of that film to actual tornado sirens. At that age, I was pretty convinced that cinema could manifest weather. Fast forward to being an adult, I can see past all the scientific inaccuracies and the aged CGI, and I still genuinely enjoy watching it at least once a year. So many iconic lines. It really is woven into the fabric of being a weather nerd. Lines I’ll still quote out on chases, like “Bob’s Road.” Just the other day on a tornado warned supercell I asked my chase partner what was beyond the brush, “a brick wall, a bearded lady, WHAT?!” Anyway, what a great film. Living in Missouri and working out in the Great Plains it gives me such an appreciation for what so many regard as flyover country. The cinematography and helicopter shots really show off the beauty of the middle of the US. Not to mention, I work for the railroad, and occasionally blow through Guthrie, Oklahoma on freight trains, spitting distance away from the grain elevators featured in the drive-in scene. In 2021 I ran through there minutes before being stopped by a tornado warning and it really was an emotionally weird full circle moment. In short I wholly agree with your assessments, but how in the f*** are you not going to mention the dad from “Night of the Twisters” is John Schneider-Bo Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard? C’mon bruh.

[@MultiVortexTornado]

I really loved how Into The Storm made the tornadoes look so realistic with the CGI that was used. The scene where a tornado tore through the school and the security camera footage of it was a true Joplin reference.

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

Too bad Joplin was in Missouri while the movie took place in Oklahoma

[@ashley-gd9yt]

@@ashleighstratmann7783? the place its set in doesnt matter 😭 regardless it was still inspired by joplin

[@DAJ2000]

Best line ever "We got cows"

[@gaineshenderson3334]

“Another cow” “I think that was the same one” lol

[@nekuraookami]

Debris! Dusty we got debris *farm tractors fall onto road* Debris?!!

[@bbug573]

"Greenage"

[@ToastAndJellyfish]

“I gotta go, Julia, we got cows!”

[@theoeld5636]

Where's my truck?

[@randolpho-]

As someone else mentioned below, the practical effects of the tornado in _The Wizard of Oz_ is far more superior than a lot of the CGI in other movies.

[@romerjusu3804]

It was a piece of linen fabric in a wind turbine.

[@TheVanillatech]

@@romerjusu3804 Actually it was my pecker. The studio heard the legends about my pecker, and they reached out to me. They paid me half a million dollar, which was a lot back in those days, to stand there and swing my mighty pecker round and round, as fast as I could move that monstrosity, and the resulting effect was a twister the likes of which the world had never seen, before or since. My pecker is humongous.

[@dianefarley37]

​@@romerjusu3804And still a LOT more convincing than the CGI in Twister or in any of the newfangled movies.

[@May-qb3vx]

My mom used to get so concerned about me watching Twister over and over again obsessively when I was really young. To this day if it’s on, I’m stopping what I’m doing to watch.

[@ware1622]

Twister is the entire reason I am into weather. My family constantly recounts the times I've been so invested into the movie when I was really young. That and Into the Storm are my favorites and I cannot wait to pursue hobbies in weather watching and photography.

[@irishcajun85]

In all honesty, ‘Twister’ is in its own league because of just HOW many movies it influenced. It’s become the hallmark for influencing plot points and scenarios in other movies. Looking back on the CGI now, of course it’s ridiculous, but back then?? Amazing. It was the same thing with Mortal Kombat lol. I’ve been obsessed with tornadoes since age 4 and reading everything I could on them, so I was sitting on my hands waiting for this movie to come out. I was pointing out different impossible scenarios in it, but I was so obsessed with it I can quote it. It’s one of my comfort movies. Side note- Dorothy was based off of TOTO. And they did Melissa dirty. I loved Jo, but she needed therapy and a hug. Bill should’ve resolved his issues with Jo before dragging Melissa into it. I even thought that as a kid romanticizing the movie.

[@bj.bruner]

Let's not forget Twister also gave us some of Van Halen's best work (Humans Being and Respect the Wind)

[@CJ-Rodriguez18]

FACTS!! “Human Beings” slaps hard even to this day🤙🏻🎶🤘🏻

[@ATruckCampbell]

Humans Being blasting as they are flying through the corn field (and almost T bone Jonas) is one of the most legendary scenes of all time.

[@powderedwater67]

That was Van Hagar

[@michellereed3272]

Yesss!! I remember seeing Twister for the first time in the theater thinking this is a really good movie. Then a song from my favorite band started to play and I was like yeah, this is my favorite movie now. Most people got up and left when the end credits started to roll. I heard Eddie Van Halen’s guitar and told my friends the show’s not over. I love that soundtrack.

[@coroixiwa]

Everyone talking in the comments about Human Beings, what about recreating a tornado siren with electric guitars?! That was the scariest and most incredible thing I had ever heard/seen! I recommend people watch the extra stuff from the newer DVD adaptation to see the bloopers and the background footage such as when they were making the music. Plus, some songs aren't even in the soundtrack but show up in the movie, example being Child In Time by Deep Purple (3:19 minutes into that 10:19 minute song if anyone looks it up, and you will get where this song is in Twister).

[@greenhair77]

Night of the Twisters 🌪️ was my first tornado movie and will always be a nostalgic favorite- based off of the The Grand Island tornado outbreak. Not long after Twister came out and I’ve been hooked ever since.

[@bradyryan5105]

You should check out Tornado Warning (2002)

[@vancelubben5300]

I remember Night of the Twisters. I was in around 5th grade and my teacher put that movie on for the class

[@angiedawnmoody3519]

It's one of my favourites as well

[@merrittlane1620]

It was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

[@A7force]

As a resident of El Reno I can confirm that parts of the movie 13 Minutes were shot in El Reno. The 2 scenes shown that feature a shot of downtown from the middle of the street are taken from different places along S Bickford Ave facing North. I recognize the theatre, the El Reno Public Schools Admin building, and JKM.

[@ashleyclaus2149]

You are so charming! And Pecos Hank's footage being in Supercell is a reason I have to watch it now. I grew up on Twister, there will never be another (well, maybe the sequel but we'll see)

[@scruffles87]

Holy shit he has a scene in supercell? I definitely need to watch it now

[@BellaBellaElla]

The soft sequel was honestly a let down for me. It was good but doesn't hold a candle to '96

[@Yam_Sandwich]

After rewatching the lunch scene in Twister I think the dramatic pause after Melissa's question about F5s makes a lot of sense and works well. These people live and breathe storm chasing, it's all most of them have ever known, so to hear such a basic question from the highly educated fiancee of your de facto leader is a bit of a shock. Aunt Meg stares Bill down in disbelief. Also it looks like the camera cuts back to Melissa just as Bill is starting to give an embarrassed or disappointed expression. When Melissa sees everyone's reaction, especially his, she kind of answers her own question by asking "What would that be like?" Probably the moment everyone at the table knew there was no way their relationship could last. The editing doesn't let the performances shine through there.

[@scipocelah6677]

I've seen that movie hundreds of times and I always took it as "Jo's dad was killed in an F5, that's a touchy subject", but your explanation makes way more sense. I never noticed how Meg looks at Bill, and everyone else seems to avoid eye contact.

[@drambo84]

wow this is a great way to look at this scene, I've never thought of it that way!

[@matthewdennis1739]

@@scipocelah6677 I think it's a bit of both. There's definitely heavy emphasis on Jo being the only one who has seen one, and the trauma from that experience driving her to what she does now. In this scene it's clear Melissa is the only sane one here and Bill is not sane, she'll never fit with him, or the group...Jo is the only one as insane as Bill.

[@Ace-1525]

Oh I always took it as F5s being so traumatic and devastating that the team tries not to think about them, especially in respect of Jo. I like your take a lot though!

[@OnTheWaySoon]

I kind of felt bad for Melissa. She loves him and had no idea she would lose him to tornadoes. I didn't like that part.

[@SweatyCam]

Where was Sharknado??

[@SignatureStampsFan]

That's right!

[@93myj27]

At the start of this video. I knew that it would be at the bottom. Of the list. If it was included

[@jeffreydean5112]

There’s no rating higher than S so it couldn’t be included

[@Cha0skitty069]

😂😂

[@JBWeather2024]

I watched all the sharknado movies(literally wasted a good chunk of my life.) None of it made sense whatsoever, CGI was absolutely so horrible that it actually made me cringe. Not just with the tornadoes, but the sharks and the blood too. Don't even take the time to watch it, even if you are a casual watcher or a entertainment seeker.

[@scottjohnson8335]

I think the scenes from the Sharknado movies hold up really well. I'm guessing it's because some of it is actual footage that was subtly mixed in. So good!

[@Gamerkaci]

Wait hi

[@windraizou]

Seeing the cover for Night of the Twisters unlocked a core memory

[@KJ_bluebird]

Same

[@MaryMeck-83]

I remember reading this book as a kid and got excited when I saw the movie 😂

[@TheUnknownDungeon]

Night of the Twisters is such a nostalgic movie. When it first aired I thought the tornadoes looked really good and the night shots with the tornadoes and the spotlights searching for funnel clouds has always stuck with me.

[@CamelCasee]

I used to watch this one over and over as a kid since my Dad taped it on VHS.

[@PaulHosey]

They made us watch it at school when we were learning about tornadoes. I watched it 2 weeks ago but I didn't remember anything until then lol

[@irishcajun85]

The best part of ‘Night of the Twisters’ was when he looks out of the window and the lightning hits and lights up the tornado. That gave me chills as a kid, and in fact a haunted house in our small Arkansan town that year did a room like that, and the crux of the room was a tv showing a tornado warning and the window lighting up and showing a tornado outside. It was pretty good looking back for a low-budget haunted house in the 90’s.

[@FloridaStormChaser]

That's exactly how you see them at night too.

[@irishcajun85]

@@FloridaStormChaser I’ve seen the video of the woman filming outside and the lightning displays the tornado outside just a few blocks away. Absolutely skin-crawling. I love tornadoes, have for 34 years now, but just like I love snakes, I’d like to know it’s there before I turn the corner to face a rattler three feet away, know what I mean? lol

[@lisadooley3872]

Where in Arkansas do you live?? I was born and raised in Little Rock

[@shaybob1711]

even worse... he was on the top floor of the house getting his baby brother/sister. The anxiety of that scene is real!

[@joshuabowen6919]

Watched Twister in theaters when it came out. I was seven and it shifted my previous obsession with Dinosaurs (Jurassic Park did that) to Tornadoes. I got the VHS for my birthday and i watched it everyday for 3-4 months. RIP Bill Paxton. RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman.

[@chaz5229]

The comment you made about the wind chimes....YEAH!! I have them all around my yard...front and back. LOVE THEM!! Whenever we have a storm...and the wind picks up....the moment those chimes start pinging and clanking....I get goosebumps!!! I always think of Aunt Meg, in Twister, and her homemade chimes. The sounds are beautiful...yet before a storm...sinister and scary. I plan on getting even more...LOL! Twister is, by far, the BEST twister movie I have ever seen...and I've watched it enough to prob be able to recite every line in the movie...NO...SERIOUSLY!! And you have to admit...there have NEVER been steaks that looked SO GOOD as the ones cooked in Aunt Meg's kitchen!! "God, Meg, you've got alot of beef! Where'd you get all this beef?" "Did you see my cows out front?" LOL!!!!

[@1912RamblerFan01]

I think I've seen Twister more times than I can count, especially as a child growing up in the Midwest. Seemed like I always had to watch it when thunderstorms were near.

[@TheOtherGuys2]

Fun Fact: Twister was also the first film to be released on DVD! Other tornado movies... "Tornado" (1996), "Category 6: Day of Destruction" (2004), "Category 7: The End of the World" (2005)... If you want some movies with tornado scenes, "The Day After Tomorrow" (2004), "Geostorm" (2017), and uhh, just to round out the numbers, the tornado in "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015)

[@weetme1613]

another movie that imo was good, is Tornado: Der Zorn Des Himmels. might not be the best tornado movie in the world, but it's pretty tense and had pretty good quality CGI

[@vicariously143]

Twister is so iconic. Everything about it was so well done, and it was easy to get invested in the characters. Such nostalgia and I can't wait for the sequel. Supercell, on the other hand, had the most basic dialog and was so slow going. Turned it off after 20-30 minutes but may have to revisit it. Thanks for your comprehensive videos.

[@TierraFudge-Roberts]

13 Mins. was filmed a lot in El Reno. I live here and that 2013 was extremely massive. My family and I were terrified for our lives. Thank you for sticking up for us Okies.

[@martinlatvian5538]

From all of these 13 Minutes I like the most, simply because it's the most realistic one without BS except a lot of drama.

[@Dremag_Gaming]

It was something flim 13 mins here in town. The movie was good.

[@thedemolitionmuniciple]

Glad to see Into The Storm higher on the list. I'm not really someone that searches for tornado movies, but it caught my eye and I watched it a good few times. Nice to see it hold up to a professional lens.

[@nightmaremint]

Twister was one of my top favorite movies as a kid and is definitely the reason I'm still fascinated by tornadoes to this day

[@SeanTheDomesticTerrorist]

i remember watching it when i was like 4 & that first part where Jo's dad died freaked the fuck out of me, especially with the sfx & the "daddy" scream playing on high volume, shit gave me nightmares back then xD

[@NetherStray]

Impossible challenge: Tier list of disaster movies featuring a divorced couple who get back together after the alternative spouse leaves the relationship (either by breaking up or dying horribly). Too many movies to list. I really like Melissa because she just flat out realizes this dude is nuts and she's not into that.

[@desirosethorne4429]

Yeah Melissa was a good character. She realized like, halfway into the movie that he still loved Jo and that she could never compete with his hobby nor Jo. Instead of making a fuss she leaves gracefully. She's probably one of my favorite characters because of that.

[@tlpineapple1]

@@desirosethorne4429 To be fair, she was also a very specialized relationship therapist, so shes also got a little emotional maturity and understanding on this part. Still was nice not to have the normal movie fallout with the main character being the bad person.

[@NetherStray]

@@desirosethorne4429 I think you could also guess that she went to herself "Girl, what's going to happen here? He's getting back into this and he's going to want to do this. Do you really want to get dragged around into danger or do you want to go home and get someone who you have more in common with?" I think when you get down to it her saying "I can't compete with this" was sort of a form of letting him down easy. She said "I can't compete with this" when she really meant "Like hell I want to spend my life doing this, I'm out of here."

[@Unwashedjobsdoneatareasonablep]

San andreas💀

[@TheNitroRaptor]

Where would Twisters go on this list?

[@theplushyadventures232]

Maybe B teir

[@TUX85thvr]

Def A teir but the ending kinda carried the movie

[@mallowhoney]

You know, all a tornado movie has to do to sell me is say "featuring footage captured by Pecos Hank" sold. done deal. love it. two thumbs up.

[@Secretlyanothername]

And he gave it C Tier! Harsh man

[@harryparsons2750]

Movie is terrible

[@grapeshot]

Hopefully one day somebody will make a good tornado movie about the Tri-State Tornado or maybe the 1896 St Louis cyclone.

[@mattryan1975]

How about the Xenia, Ohio twister of 1974?

[@grapeshot]

@mattryan1975 yeah that would make a good movie.

[@KsbsjSjsosbdb]

Fr

[@matthew.m.stevick]

El Reno

[@hestoncjr.3560]

Being someone from Florida, I want to see one based on the 1998 central Florida tornado outbreak. Obviously nowhere near as bad as some we see in the Midwest, but a tornado film based on a state that rarely gets outbreaks of that magnitude I feel would make for an interesting film.

[@cinemamadness6920]

Twister was one of those movies I rewatched dozens of times due to a limited VHS collection. It also introduced me to the Shining, the greatest horror movie ever made, in that drive in scene. The fact that Bill and Seymour are no longer with us, also gives it extra special meaning. Not to mention the soundtrack, such a great film.

[@justjoe1071]

Twister was my childhood watch, we had the vhs and probably tossed a dozen or more watches. Especially with Deep Purple's Child in Time blaring over the siren and those scenes sitting around. Feels good. Also the sound of gravel crunching as the trucks roll across.

[@jonathankey6444]

“I’m a bit of a movie buff.” “Why don’t you like the movie?” “It’s not realistic.” Lol

[@Secretlyanothername]

But then gave Supercell a C listing

[@SnausageKing]

The intro with “child in time” blasting in the background is so over the top and incredible, God I love it

[@katrinareitzel96]

I cannot tell you the excitement that went through me at the sight of this video. You did really awesome and I greatly enjoyed it. Thank you for staying on track about analyzing the tornado scenes and characters reactions and not just going off on a tangent about the whole movie for any one of them. I love tornado movies.

[@Kaidhicksii]

Same: when this popped up in my feed I went 'now here's a good video!' :D

[@MusicalMiranda82]

I LOVED Night of the Twisters lol I was obsessed with Devon Sawa at the time... he could do or make NO wrong. It's a cheesy movie though lol. Twister will always be top tier. I remember seeing it in the theater and they had a mangled up car in the lobby and other stuff. It was cool. :-) As an Oklahoman, thanks for the kind words. :-) lol

[@fritos1445]

Night of the twisters is really nostalgic for me. I would always watch it if I saw it on tv and while it didn't age well, I still really like it!

[@jaridatkinson4907]

I read the book first so the movie is very nostalgic for me

[@jaridatkinson4907]

Also a native oklahoman 😂

[@angiedawnmoody3519]

And Devon ended up being the star of Final Destination which is another disaster movie

[@acidicpurple8559]

I've been binging your videos waiting for you to upload. HAHA. Twister is my favourite movie of all time. I love Jo's backstory, the passion for chasing, the beautiful Oklahoma scenery, Aunt Meg's food, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Bill Paxton of course. It's my comfort movie that I can watch over and over again. Let's not forget it is one of the catalysts that inspired my tornado obsession. Great Video!

[@kuroiflyerneko]

I was always pissed at the dad for holding the door. Like dude, get down to the back of the shelter with your family. If he had been down there he'd still be alive but I still think Jo would have chased because she was so fixated on the door before it yanked her dad away.

[@AjuntaPall316]

I remember when I was 17 home alone with a dog who was afraid of storms. In the middle of a tornado watch/warning with a tornado about 10 miles away. My mom called to check on me since she was stuck at work in town about 30 miles away and I told her that I was just chilling on the couch watching Twister with the dog. She freaked out, but it was a good time.

[@davidsonjudy52]

Enjoyed this have watched a lot of tornado movies and enjoyed your comments. Took an interest in tornadoes since I was five, my parents taught us to read the encyclopedia, when I saw the picture of a piece of straw in a tree unbroken, I was hooked on tornadoes. I thought the tornado in the Wizard of Oz was well done. Thank you for pointing out, Pecos Hank, Reed Timmer and the other fabulous tornado research and chase teams.

[@AGMTB.]

Twister was my childhood. I always remember going on the Twister ride in Universal Studios, always found it so creepy but loved it every time…

[@PRINCESSCLOCH]

Timeline of the movies with timestamps. For a particularly one you want to see. 0:52 Into the storm 3:47 Atomic Twister. 5:59 Night of the Twisters. 8:38 13 minutes. 10:47 tornado valley / storm in the heartland 13:39 supercell. (My personal favorite) 17:10 twister.

[@StephS40]

There’s one little bit in the movie Twister that didn’t make it to home video: In the theaters, right before the credits were rolling, there was a cartoon where all the viewer saw was this little blur ripping through trees and mountains before revealing that it was actually Taz, from the Warner cartoons. I don’t know if you ever saw Twister in the theater, but it was an odd little scene to show before opening credits. Another bit of trivia: when Twister premiered in L.A., Stephen King was in the audience, and his reaction to the scene where the tornado struck and obliterated the local drive in whilst they were showing The Shining was to start laughing his butt off.

[@douglasgriffiths3534]

That was Bugs Bunny and the Tasmanian Devil. It is on the VHS version of the movie. I wish it was included on the DVD. (Jan Griffiths).

[@douglasgriffiths3534]

Here's another trivia tidbit concerning "Twister". I own a book by chaser Warren Faidley called "Storm Chaser--in pursuit of untamed skies". It was published by The Weather Channel in 1996. The cover of the book and the cover of the movie jacket is of the same tornado, which was photographed by Faidley in Miami, TX on May 29, 1994. (Jan Griffiths).

[@Daehawk]

Saw Twister with my wife in 96. We LOVED it! As for the effects you are right...they blew us away. Ive been into computer since the early 90s and the effects they were able to pull off surprised me. I didn't even consider them really until the movie was over and realized just how into the movie they took me.

[@jasonperry7970]

The tornado in Disney's "Tall Tale" that Pecos Bill (Patrick Swayze rip) roped and rode away in is noteworthy because it the only tornado scene I can think of that is happy and hopeful. Its an amazing conclusion to what I consider to be a massively underrated 90s film.

[@ankor1066]

I love Twister so much, one of my childhood favorites, and despite it's cheesiness and unrealism, it holds a special place in my heart.

[@user-wi9hv2pb2q]

I can't stop laughing at Twister. The storm chasers are surgeons, firefighters, meteorologists, like literally you don't need any other professions with these guys around. 😂

[@skiptalbot]

Thanks for the shout out! Was a blast being part of that project.

[@Thrythlind]

Melissa in Twister is the same actor who played "Star" in Lost Boys. I've made a joke about "I could have been an immortal vampire, and now my boyfriend is dumping me after getting my truck destroyed".

[@scottw6704]

Your top two - Twister and Into the Storm - are two of my all-time favorite movies even outside of the natural disaster movie genre. When Twister came out, I was teaching public school and I admit I played hooky one day (I called in a substitute) so I could go see it in the theater during the weekday with less people distracting me. It was my fifth time seeing it in the theater... My favorite aspect of these two movies is that the storms themselves are the focus THROUGHOUT. A lot of the others will either spend too much time on the post-disaster survival plot, or too much subplot during the buildup to the one big disaster at the end.

[@DrForrester87]

"Hold your tongue! You do not know to whom you speak: this is no common discount Hugh Jackman! This is Thorin, son of Thrain, son of Thror!" Or you know, the actor who played Thorin Oakenshield, Richard Armitage. Also, the sound of that steak plopping down on Melissa's plate instantly made me so hungry. Like...it's 1am...I want steak now. And I will look out for that Christmas Twister video. I just recently saw the movie and honestly, I gave it a shot solely because Casper Van Dien is in it and it certainly warrants it's own video.

[@blowncopcar]

He was also in Fire Twister.... Also 500 Mph Storm .. yea... Rico liked tornado movies I guess lol

[@intruative]

If Twister isn't on top I'm rioting Edit: Oklahomans are the nicest people I've ever met in all southern states I've been to.

[@matthew.m.stevick]

I live in New Jersey, any state I’ve been to are the nicest people I’ve ever met.

[@angelat.8997]

Agreed. I’ve interacted with lots of Oklahomans on my storm chase trips. They are indeed, nicer than much of the planet. I’m considering moving there one day.

[@mercifulbull5813]

Oklahomans are Southern until they say Pop instead of Coke then they get banished to the midwest

[@deltafreshrelics1660]

My kid brother WORE OUT 2 or 3 VHS copies of Twister. Twister was the debut of the all new 1995 Dodge Ram I think. It’s real fun to compare the red dodge scene by scene and seeing how the trucks slightly different, mirrors and lights for example. They destroyed quite a few of them in that movie if I remember right. The movie was a staple in our home. Dad always loved big storms and growing up in Iowa there was no shortage. Also aunt megs house was actually in Iowa.

[@ryanhoffmann9341]

Just putting it out there. The dually Suburban driven by the "evil storm chasers" in Twister is one of the most underrated movie vehicle in history.

[@larrysmith6603]

Thank you for laying in the " WEATHER SCAN " sound track ! I've loved weather forecasting after being inspired by a church member that was a NWS forecaster ! Twister" was Hollywood but the Characters to me really made the film memorable! just overall an exciting feel good movie !

[@cheddar2648]

"Atomic Twister" is interesting, because the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant near Athens, AL, (which was hit twice in one night in April, 1974) had near misses during both the 1974 and 2011 super outbreaks.

[@Tarv1]

and several close calls than just those two

[@allycat7183]

10:25 you nailed that soundtrack reenactment 😆 was a beat for a second

[@CallieRiggs5711]

My mom and I absolutely loved Twister so we saw Into the Storm in theaters. That’s when I was finally getting over the brunt of my very intense fear of storms (could barely leave the house when there was a dark cloud in the sky) and it sent me back into my fear fully lol

[@Fireguy723]

Growing up during that time, the scene in Night of the Twisters where it actually hits the house, scared the shit out of me...😂 then having a tornado go over my house a few years later, that movie was playing in my head the whole time.

[@yousjiveturkey]

How courteous of you to leave out Sharknado from this list and relieve yourself of having to make an S+ tier

[@KristenHebert]

He just knew nothing else would live up

[@Lmg1161]

@@KristenHebertlmao

[@joenewstead4848]

As a former storm chaser from the midwest. This brings a smile to my face.

[@jigwignibs]

Twister as a kid got me into meteorology in general and for that I will always rank it the best.

[@Tarv1]

Twister was definitely a booster for me as the documentary Fury on the Plains is what started it for me, though at time I wish it was enough that I would have persued a career in meteorology.

[@celticlass8573]

I still am amazed at the tornado scene in The Wizard of Oz. It's downright scary and very intense! Much more so than modern-day low-budget twister movies, it's hard to believe it was nearly a century ago.

[@juliefore]

That tornado scene is why I refused to watch the movie as a kid…and I still don’t watch it.

[@michelealdworth9297]

Hi there. I agree with both of you on The Wizard of Oz. When that movie was on TV I remember being more scared of the tornado than the wicked witch of the West because tornadoes were real witches on brooms were not. Till today tornados still scare the hell out of me. Stay safe out there. Take care and God bless

[@douglasgriffiths3534]

@@juliefore When I was a kid I watched it FOR the tornado scene. Very realistic for 1939. (Jan Griffiths).

[@VixenSpooks]

Im a huge fan of Twister and have watched it so many times since I was a baby. My mom couldn't get me to watch the normal kids movies so she took me to see Twister and she said I was enthralled. I'm older now and can recite every line of this movie. It's too good!!!

[@locofinchaviary]

Also, not only was Twister using high quality CGI at the time, we watched that originally on tube televisions. Watching this as a child was scary real

[@TheRavens77]

Alec Baldwin was great in supercell!! His acting was so accurate for his character, but then again when ever he acts her takes a shot and never misses. 10/10 actor

[@SxTxD_KY]

It may take him a moment, but when he goes full Alec Baldwin and finally pulls the trigger, he never misses his target. Simply the best kil.. um ACTOR of his entire generation. Always a consumate professional when dealing with cast, crew, the media...just all the human beings he encounters...and prop guns.

[@MKPiatkowski]

I heard that he watched Reed Timmer and some other chasers to get a feel for it.

[@insanejughead]

​@@SxTxD_KYMan, you dropped the hammer on that one!! I didn't expect anyone else to make such a clean shot about Alec's bang-on acting skills. It's like he remembered Sean Connery's line from Hunt for Red Oktober, "some things don't react well to bullets..."

[@annabelwestwood6192]

Nah I hated his role. He was too… badass. He acted it well but it wasn’t a great character

[@waylonmccrae3546]

I see what you did there !! 🤣👍🏻

[@Danibug727]

omg I remember Night of the Twisters. I loved Devon Sawa growing up and tornadoes? Best time ever. Though the amount of misinformation in the movie upsets me now as an adult. lol

[@mrsphish96]

My mom was pregnant with me when Twister came out in theaters and I blame her for my obsession with storms/meteorology because she and my dad went and saw it. 😂 twister remains one of my favorite movies.

[@LegoBeachtrooper]

Man, I remember me and my grandma renting Into the Storm from Redbox back when it came out, cant believe that was already 10 years ago.

[@bakomusha]

The scene of the car following behind the main characters getting sucked into the sky has stuck with me to this day! Twister hadn't come out yet, so the darkness masking the awful CG really helped with that scene. Just watching the the headlights dance and then vanish, I wish it was in a better movie!

[@joyholmes254]

I love Twister so much that whenever it comes on cable, I will watch it no matter what part it’s on. I remember watching it on VHS with my mom and just adoring everything about it. I remember the attraction that Universal Studios Orlando used to have of it (RIP).

[@phillipschaber7836]

its awesome you pointed out the Davis-Bessee Incident, I grew up about 45 minutes away from Davis-Besse and that incident that happened in 1998, I remember that well... It was all over the local news for the entire day... We all thought we were going to have to leave the house and head west...

[@thepestilence5796]

12:00 the way it just lifted her with like no detail just straight up floating makes me laugh so hard LOL

[@Caleb0102]

as a guy with astraphobia so bad that I get nervous when a few dark clouds emerge, I still watch tornado videos and probably one day a movie. at least now I know which one to watch

[@rayhezbroham7297]

Can’t wait for you to review Twisters

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

As a cinephile, cineaste, cinema snob, the biggest (and best) "twist" of this video was you going there with the cinema hard truth at the end -- the best of one kind of film may not stand up to the best of all films -- I appreciated that nuance, the sign of a real film lover.

[@serravallian7828]

One thing I wish you'd have mentioned is the soundtrack of Twister. Supercell had nice music accompanying it but nothing gets me as pumped as the drive out of Wakita. Twister has the best music out of all these films.

[@juliusma4880]

My favourite is the "It's Coming", which is used at the F4 night tornado. It captures the danger that is silently approaching in the scene.

[@JustARandomGuy808]

Twister is the GOAT nothing can beat it

[@sci-fyguy7767]

There’s now way “Twisters” could be better!

[@JustARandomGuy808]

@@sci-fyguy7767 In my Defense I didn’t know that Twisters was coming out and Twisters might disappoint,hoping it doesn’t tho.

[@threeoclocks1040]

Haha 😂 the part where you put "the actual best actor in this movie" had me on the ground laughing. It caught me off guard, and the fact you just snook it in there. Made it even funnier 😂.

[@KinkESizemore]

As someone who’s been storm chasing multiple times, it made me really appreciate Twister even more. The characters in the film are just like the ones in real life, they’re all a little crazy. Not to mention the jargon is accurate too.

[@windwatcher11]

Yeah, except for the 'cone of silence?' 😂

[@somethin_cool493]

The jargon is not accurate. The movie is actually pretty bad as far as realism.

[@KinkESizemore]

@@somethin_cool493 most of it is accurate, I’ve heard terms from Twister used while storm chasing (“going green” for instance indicates hail/storm severity) and have also asked veteran storm chasers what they thought of the verbage, seems like they don’t take much issue with it.

[@KinkESizemore]

@@windwatcher11 that was an accurate term not used properly, didn’t specifically state they were all used properly 🤓

[@somethin_cool493]

@@KinkESizemore a storms "greenage" has more to do with the time of day than anything else. The jargon is most definitely not accurate. Most of the radar images showed nothing noteworthy while a tornado was supposedly happening. The entire ending was unrealistic.

[@dbzfreak01]

A little trivia: Twister's director Jan de Bont also directed Speed! And the music composer was also involved in both films. Which is why I considered Twister to be the spiritual sequel to Speed!

[@PhotoStormMediaOfficial]

Can't believe you left out "Tornado!" with Bruce Campbell and Ernie Hudson! It's another 90's classic! 😱

[@Chudchanning]

If my knowledge is right those two films released either the same day, or a day apart and share major plot points. I remember reading something about slimey Hollywood drama involving script theft. I love Bruce and Ernie but Twister is definitely the better film, I say that as a cult film and movie contrarian haha

[@jimmehsaint]

I'm so happy Atomic Twister made the list! I'll agree that it's really not a great movie but it's a guilty pleasure of mine, I love cheesy disaster films 😂

[@justintime2989]

Agree also a guilty pleasure as with Dante’s peak.

[@beetee4865]

I love both Atomic Twister and Dante's Peak!

[@tonyparra8459]

I remembered that movie, when Jake lost his mother, that was traumatizing.

[@reginastoltz3629]

Same.

[@ZombieJesus1987]

One tornado movie I loved when I was a kid was the made for TV movie Tornado! starring none other than Bruce Campbell. Came out around the same time as Twister and the plot is basically Twister but with Bruce Campbell.

[@Mikes5276]

Wizard of Oz is a must add to this list. One of the best Non CGI tornados and just a legendary movie.

[@therealexpletive]

phillip seymour hoffman is a GD legend. up there with the greats of actors for sure. RIP fam.

[@racer927]

9:26 I think the intro section is meant to portray a cozy, Midwestern life in Oklahoma, it helps you get settled into the daily life of the characters so that when it happens, it only makes it even more tragic. It seems to be a common trope in disaster movies, even in Barefoot Gen with the first book, you get drawn into the family's struggles not only with the lack of food but the bullying and beatings they get for their anti-war sentiment that you almost forget... That it's set in August 1945.

[@PhantomCat-wm8dt]

I honestly really like that concept, if it was done a little bit better it could've been a whole lot more