Top 10 Disaster Movies That Could Really Happen

These disaster movies are epic! Epically terrifying that is. For this list, we’ll be looking at disaster movies that eschew the traditional world-ending bombast in favor of more grounded and realistic events. Our countdown includes “Twister”, “Contagion”, “San Andreas”, and more! Could you see yourself surviving any of these scenarios? Let us know in the comments below!
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[@WatchMojo]

Could you see yourself surviving any of these scenarios? Let us know in the comments below! The Worst Disasters And Historical Blunders -> kzbin.info/aero/PLmZTDWJGfRq0aXtA0wxp_Q5pl4EgjnS7C

[@sussygodjira3789]

I need to know how u comment 11 hours ago even tho this video just uploaded

[@BlueFoxDA]

@@sussygodjira3789 they unlisted the video and then made it public

[@devingiles6597]

A very massive earthquake and global warming? No way. Not to mention the ongoing pandemic we are going through right now.

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

With the movie Twister, it depends where in the fegita scale the tornado's wind speeds fall on. F2 and F3, maybe if I can get to an underground shelter or basement in time. F4s and F5s it comes down to shelter and luck or if you're religious prayers I'm sure the Drive thru scene as the F4 hits and what remains of Jo's aunt's home speaks for itself why I compare F4s with F5s even though F4s are weaker in wind speed. Not to mention what happened to the parts of Kentucky that was hit by the F4 in december 2021

[@_gaming9996]

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[@eec589]

"When you're born into this world, you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat" -George Carlin

[@vanessastegall]

Rufus!

[@dumbboi4938]

Wise words

[@Weiss_Chan]

in rare cases, your the star of the show.

[@sarahmoon-sapp1195]

@@Weiss_Chan I think you just basically explained my life... Except the twisted part is: I'm the star yet no one seems to hear or see me, so that's just a shit show of its own. I don't even know if that made any sense to anyone. Please send help. 🆘 (Just a disclaimer: I'm safe. Just laying out the honest truth in case anyone else feels the same and needs to know they aren't alone.) 🕯️

[@dana_brooke_27]

@@Weiss_Chan Yeah and when you're born in New York you get to know the players.

[@jacara1981]

Contagion is released: Nah this could never happen, people are smarter than that. Covid 19:......OMG we are all doomed if Contagion happens...

[@andreasmeelie1889]

It's wild how real life can turn out huh? :(

[@kyotokitsune]

Covid proved that the people in slasher films we used to laugh at for being so dumb is closer to reality than we'd like to admit.

[@unbfacts]

Really interesting list, here are the important timestamps! 0:37 GREENLAND(2020) 2:04 TWISTER(1996) 3:10 EARTHQUAKE(1974) 4:20 SAN ANDREAS(2015) 5:44 CONTAGION(2011) 6:54 THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW(2004) 7:55 THE TOWERING INFERNO(1974) 9:09 "AIRPORT" FRANCHISE(1970-79) 10:22 DANTE'S PEAK(1997) 11:43 "THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE"(1972) I think you should have included Gray Goo in your next list, it's depicted in the movie The Day "The Earth Stood Still." It is the doomsday prediction that says the nanobots will self-replicate out of control and eat up all life on Earth leaving nothing but the nanobots.

[@JSPena]

Pfft Contagion already happened.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Volcano: that movie is a real life possibility given the recent underwater eruptions.

[@Forsoothious]

Volcanoes are in somewhat in that region Rocky Mountains, Ring of Fire and included various extinct Volcanoes. So in reality it's possible for a Volcano to pop up in Los Angeles or somewhere else.

[@anthonygarland8839]

So an volcano can pop up just like volcano (movie)

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

@@anthonygarland8839 Yes that's literally how The Hawaiian island were formed.

[@affliction1979]

@@user-em6ie2be7x, absolutely, volcanoes are made by shifting tectonic plates.

[@XX_DRAGON-tk7jt]

@Anung Un Rama Yellowstone

[@yg996bb9ct7]

Some people, who saw the World Trade Center towers burn during the Attack On America September 11, 2001 exclaimed that it reminded them of "The Towering Inferno". There was also similar comparisons to the first " Die Hard " film.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

...Yippie Kay Yay...

[@lp-xl9ld]

Actually, the events of 9/11 were predicted not in a movie but in a book: Tom Clancy's DEBT OF HONOR. It's also arguable that he "called" the COVID19 pandemic in EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

[@collegebro85]

Contagion couldn’t happen…it already did!! From how both originated to the impact on populations and even the method of vaccinating against it, that movie was spot-on for EXACTLY what we’re still dealing with to this day!!

[@lukeryan1934]

Contagions virus was WAYYYY more deadly. Don’t get me wrong- COVID is terrible. I’m not downplaying it at all and it’s not over, but the morality rate of nipah was 25-30%. 26 million people died of it if I remember correctly

[@lisakaz35]

@@lukeryan1934 We're still in it tho. Don't underestimate the nutjobs' ability to keep this thing around long enough to kill that many.

[@williambrown6185]

@@lisakaz35 what but jobs are you speaking of lol. Not disagreeing

[@lukeryan1934]

@@lisakaz35 that’s a very very good point.

[@lisakaz35]

@@williambrown6185 You like the term COVidiots better? How 'bout maskholes?

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

The Day After Tomorrow is my favourite disaster movie, because I love the effects and the relationship between Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum's characters.

[@RuanAntunes7]

Same! I never get tired of that movie.

[@roberthicks1612]

It was a great fantasy movie, if you could dial the suspension of belief up enough to ignore the lack of science.

[@surplusgaming6990]

Twister is still one of the best tornado movie of all time

[@roadkillavenger1325]

Nah, it IS the best. Good tornado movies are hard to find. The only other decent one is Night of the Twisters.

[@surplusgaming6990]

@@roadkillavenger1325 yea true movies arnt made like they used to were the stories matter way more then the money and rushed way to much now

[@York22]

A remake is in the works

[@anthonygarland8839]

Yes it is

[@drfreud65]

@@roadkillavenger1325 I totally agree!

[@AdrianIngram1]

A little surprised 2012 wasn't on this list. A cataclysmic event deep within the Earths crust could definitely trigger an event of that magnitude.

[@MrGabeanator]

ik

[@pabloranz902]

Yeah, but what's the actual likelihood of that happening compared to the ones that made the list. I guess, the most unreal one is The Day After Tomorrow in the way in happens, but not an actual ice age

[@Jay-ate-a-bug]

It probably wasn't on the list because the driver for the Earth Crust displacement was some bizarre celestial alignment nonsense that caused the Earth's mantle to change direction and heat up. The planet Nibiru (planet X) conspiracy would have done the same with a near miss and would have been more realistic.

[@jrfinch1778]

are you being sarcastic?

[@Gashnaw]

You, you're being sarcastic right?

[@Actionfan19]

What about 2012? Yeah the real life Mayan calendar thing was B S but that shouldn't change the fact that the planet could very well terraform itself via a polarity change.

[@jakealter5504]

It could but it would take years

[@jakealter5504]

@Black Mamba 4 Life I’m happy that volcanoes made the list since it’s well known that they are devastating natural disasters that can easily level cities and wreak havoc on the global climate. Hell, the largest type of volcanic eruption (flood basalts) can actually trigger mass extinctions (the worst mass extinction event in earth’s history was triggered by the eruption of the Siberian Traps flood basalt)

[@Gashnaw]

The planet will be long dead before the polarity would shift. So not likely to happen.

[@partymsl]

The polarity change is predictable and happens in a few billions of years. And we wouod be dead before that due to rising temperatures.

[@zjweele13]

2012 should be on the list. Not because of the disaster itself but for the way we will react to it. The rich will try to save themselfs and let all others suffer

[@emilyb945]

I've always known "day after tomorrow" could/would happen but over a long period of time, slowly... Cuz, if you really pay attention to the way weather has been over the past several years and predictions for future, it's definitely a possibility. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Ziton98]

That's what I've been telling my people for years. People seem to think I'm crazy.

[@emilyb945]

@@Ziton98 really, geez, at least my dad has always supported and agreed with me about it, he feels Its all possible and is slowly happening 🤷🏽‍♀️♥️

[@veevendetta3448]

Remember Atlantis?

[@crispcentre]

Watchmojo: “Top 10 disasters that could happen…” 2022 and 2023: “Quick write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!”

[@lima1394]

I love all of those 70's disaster movies 😁

[@dinomonzon7493]

Irwin Allen’s The Towering Inferno & The Poseidon Adventure were among the first disaster movies; glad they made this list; the latter’s far more watchable than Cameron’s vaunted ‘Titanic’, and the films Earthquake, The Towering Inferno & The Poseidon Adventure remain far better than most of today’s CGI dependent disaster movies.

[@LadyArachnea]

totally agree ! and thanks God they did not mentionned the 2006 "Poseidon" movie which was an offence to the original one ! Glad too that they got Airport Movies on the list ! Those 70's movies are CLASSICS .

[@drfreud65]

Those movies are THE reason I became fascinated with disasters and am to this day. I was just the right age when they came out. My dad had a quadrophonic stereo, so when Earthquake finally was on HBO, he cranked up the bass and we "felt" the earthquake. As a kid, THAT was awesome!

[@dinomonzon7493]

Plus, BOTH The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno had songs by Maureen McGovern- The Morning After and We May Never Love This Way Again. A decent Titanic movie is A Night to Remember.

[@codypeterson1326]

I don't want any disasters to ever happen, whether I'm alive or dead. Please God don't have any happen.

[@Tamaldo]

Sorry to break it to you, but that's not how the world works

[@davidmatheny1993]

Much of this list makes this more into disasters that are common and happen often vs. "could" happen. Massive skyscraper fires, volcanic eruptions, major earthquakes, tornado outbreaks,etc. are almost yearly events.

[@BlueFoxDA]

Let's hope these disasters don't become a reality. I wish you all the best of luck. :)

[@scottdickson6299]

They WON'T

[@henryjamed9511]

@@scottdickson6299 and how do you know that

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

Uh, yeah, tornadoes like the ones in twister are a yearly thing. Sure it's not as back to back level up from F2-F3-F4-F5 like in the movie but somewhere in america at least a few F4s and F5s are expected. Especially in Oklahoma where the movie takes place. By the way, they didn't say it exactly but the drive in scene tornado and the one that hit's jo's aunt's house most likely was an F4. My reason is the damage the twister cause and when Jesse asked one of the chasers if that was an F5 he answered 'no and that they were lucky'. I use damage to calculate since the only shot of the twister was was shown when lightning flashed at the drive thru scene Also to prove my point, twister was based off actual storm chasers chasing tornadoes

[@obvra]

too bad, its already happening

[@xMckingwill]

Greenland WILL HAPPEN its a matter of when

[@darrenheapy1265]

We just got back from camping near the nsw/vic border.🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 What horrified us was the lack of animals you would normally see. No tracks. No poo. No roos didnt even see a lizard. They say the 2019 fires killed over 1 billion animals. I can tell you firsthand it was a scary reminder. The fires are out but the damage still remains..

[@drunkbrick]

Live right in the SA/VIC border, family members car exploded right at the border on New year's eve and killed over 7000 animals in less than 24 hours. Crazy how fast it can spread and how long term the damages are.

[@bernardomello842]

Unfortunately, "Twister" is very underrated. It's actually very entertaining.

[@sagesigman8269]

Dante's Peak is incredibly accurate apart from a couple instances. 1. You cannot outrun a pyroclastic flow as they move at up to 300 mph. 2. When they are moving through the boiling water there is no way a human body would be able to withstand the temperatures of the water for nearly as long as it did. All this being said, it is one of my favorite disaster movies.

[@daquanbenson549]

I believe it

[@Marsbound215]

What’s the other type of flow

[@roberthicks1612]

"You cannot outrun a pyroclastic flow as they move at up to 300 mph." That was what they were saying. The only reason they survived is they had enough of a lead. The flow was 10's of miles away, yet they only had seconds to find a way to block the path of the flow. They did so by driving into the mine at high speed, causing the roof to collapse. I do not recall them moving through boiling water, only acidic water. IF the level of acid dilution is low enough you can survive for a time, but the after effects (shock, pain and rapid blood loss) WILL kill you.

[@AngelWingsYT]

@@roberthicks1612 it was a bit of both the water was acidic but also at high temps (with the steam id say 200 degree range) which can cause 2-3 degree burns. now make that acidic/sulfuric and yea she should not have survived as long as she did and the damages were far below what would be real

[@roberthicks1612]

@@AngelWingsYT That is why I do not believe the temperature was that high. Even at low levels the sulfur would have killed her and eaten the boat slowly. Higher temperature would have done more damage. Steam is created when there is a large difference between the water and air temps. You can occasionally see warm water creating steam in cold air. Also, it might not have been steam. Acid reacting with things in the water could have cause the clouds coming off.

[@Punisher6791]

Twister will always be my favorite Disaster Film.

[@jopiaspieder1184]

Twister already happens every year in America

[@Forsoothious]

Disasters doesn't happen in a course of a movie, it happens in a long span of time let alone the damages, repercussions and consequences.

[@daquanbenson549]

Climate change is crazy I believe it of course not all at once but yes over time

[@FunkSwaggMusiK]

That could be our reality very soon tho

[@LordGovernor420]

Just saying Contagion and Carriers might more scary right now

[@jimb.7523]

*As long as "Cats" isn't on this list, I'll be able to breathe easy.*

[@AhmedKhan-yb1bn]

Contagion became a reality, some areas still is. May it never happens

[@lizzettorres1111]

They didn't show "The Day After" I was 16 when that movie came on TV, it was the only movie that scared me so bad I was crying, not sniffling but crying.

[@DASCO2136]

If the cold war was still on going, it probably would've been #1. People dont really fear nuclear war now compared to 40 years ago

[@kdogW-iw6oq]

We had to watch that in high school. Scared me to death!

[@lizzettorres1111]

@@kdogW-iw6oq I'm gonna see if I can find it to see what it was tht scared me so bad, there were other ones out but I don't remember them being so scary.

[@kdogW-iw6oq]

@@lizzettorres1111 IDK. That was a long time ago : O. Nightmare on Elm Street used to freak me out too. Now it’s just stupid.

[@lizzettorres1111]

@@kdogW-iw6oq Lol, that's true, but I just want to see how I feel it abt it now. Kruger freaked me out but it didn't scare me to death.

[@Heavymetallord1]

They say the coolest vehicle Peirce Brosnan drove in movies was an Aston Martin or BMW M3, I respectfully disagree because it was obviously the badass lifted Suburban with thr snorkel in Dante's Peak

[@anthonygarland8839]

That I will agree with when he went through that river that air snorkel actually helped out

[@anthonygarland8839]

Gald Dante's peak and twister made it in the list both actually describes how dangerous bother are both of them are good movies got em both on DVD

[@ibangedthepinkranger]

Can I just say thank you for using a clip from twister that shows one of the goofs from the movie lmao

[@justin0ldman233]

1984 should be top of your List

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[@dodoubleg2356]

"San Andreas is just a LIL, DUMBER." That's putting it nicely. It should get the award for the ONLY disaster movie I literally fell asleep during, ha.

[@michelebrowne9943]

I love watching and reading about this kind of stuff, but I really hope that none of these disasters happen in real life.

[@FunkSwaggMusiK]

Welp...that just may actually happen....soon

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

I'm actually grateful for Contagion for helping me understand infectious ratio (even if it's not the full scale understanding) before COVID19 hit. Otherwise I be panicking over the numbers of people dying from COVID without paying attention to the percentages which if anyone who paid attention to the R-knot (aka infectious ratio) talk in Contagion might have noticed we actually had worse pandemics in terms of percentages than COVID. Which brings the question where the high numbers came from if the percentages are lower than previous worse pandemics? Ding! Ding! Ding! For those curious of the answer: World/Countries' populations. Seriously. Did those of you who seen Contagion heard the R-knot for Polio before the first successful vaccine? 1 person was able to spread it to four to six people and we know Polio killled people. At least with that knowledge we know since humanity survived worse pandemics than COVID including Polio then humanity would survive COVID, we just have to play it safe and hope we're among it.

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

Also if you paid attention to another scene where the director of the CDC talk to that online conspiratist who faked having the virus in Contagion, you know that with even just the R-Knot of 2, in less than a month millions of people can be infected. They weren't exactly exagerating with how you can find out, you can actually do the math with pencil paper and calculator or better yet Microsoft excell to get the results. All it is with the R-Knot of 2 is doubling the results each time.

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

Never ignore the number of population before the pandemic when it comes to infectious ratios death rates etc because that number before the pandemic is the starting point number that CDC and WHO uses to get the percentages for the results of who would catch, who would die, and who survive. Even if the percentages are low, if the original number is high enough it can cause high numbers in the results.

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

CDC and WHO not trying to cause panic with high numbers. They're just showing us the possible outcome from the they are given percentages. If they want to cause panic they wouldn't give the percentages. But its up to us to figure out where those results are coming from because percentages are only half the equation that gave the results.

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

When it comes to pandemics numbers is a double edge sword. They can help predict outcomes through the results of the equation those numbers create, but it's how the person sees the numbers that determines whether they should panic or be relieved. I see the equation and I see struggles and lives lost but no worse than what our ancestors already went through (heck my paternal grandpa and great uncles went through with Polio as they were among those who caught it and survived). But someone else might see the equation and think this could really be something to worry about. But it's always important to look at the entire equation to understand not only where the worries and concerns are coming from but why the results are the way they are. Even with half the equation, with today's technology, we can find out that missing half ourselves, and even if not, we just reverse the equation to find out the missing number, something we were taught in school with math with something like (and this is in simple terms not the actual equation for pandemic) X*4=28 which in reverse is 28/4=X So in pandemic cause where we would normally multiply the original number with percentage to get the results, we would need to reverse it and divide the percentage with the results to get the original. Something those of you who were bad in math can do with a basic calculator

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

i checked the math before I added how to reverse the problem to get the original number but with smaller numbers to make sure I was remembering the correct way to reverse the problem, then took the answer of the reverse problem and multiply with the percentage to see if I get the results, and it was legit. So yes, to find the original population number used to get the results you can divide the results with the percentage. As for using a basic calculator, I wasn't trying to be mean to those bad in math. You can actually use a basic cheap store bought calculator to do the math as it should have a button for percentage.

[@martinphipps2]

"One of these days we are going to remake this movie with Dwayne Johnson."

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

The Threat of Climate Change makes The Day After Tomorrow scenario real.

[@alyssamorgan747]

True. Especially since there was a recent amount of fresh water from the caps that got dumped into the ocean not that long ago.

[@Ranger_Omar]

The movie is not about climate change per se, but the ocean current stoping in the Atlantic Ocean. Thus leading to the climate changing around the world. Climate is affected by many things like ocean currents.

[@TomGreen99]

Wow, I can't believe Sharknado was #1. 😳

[@DonsStudios]

The impending doom of a giant earthquake is the only reason I don't feel safe here in California

[@BlitzMedia1216]

You forgot idiocracy which as you look around is accurate and disasterous for humanity.

[@Dtr146]

With all the news around possible apocalyptic events let me just watch this video and see if my anxiety doesn't kick me in the nuts.

[@Atrus999]

The original Poseidon Adventure is a great movie, even today. I'm glad it was mentioned.

[@dana_brooke_27]

Don't Look Up was a parody on covid with a different subject matter. Contagion and The Day After Tomorrow will happen in time. Towering Inferno did happen.

[@jcj268]

I’ve actually seen a good chunk of these movies

[@recapnerd2657]

I wonder why movie theaters and streaming just released the Contagion movie, maybe help people in the real world to not act irrational and to not believe in everything they see online

[@drfreud65]

They didn't JUST release it. I streamed it at the beginning of the pandemic.

[@recapnerd2657]

@@drfreud65 well I’m glad you’re one of the smart ones 👍

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

This is why I've started referring to catastrophic disasters spurred on by climate change, like continent-sprawling forest fires, unprecedented heatwaves and droughts, supercharged hurricanes, tornado breakouts in locations where they used to be extremely rare (like in my home province of Ontario) and of course gargantuan glacial collapses in Antarctica and Greenland as "The Roland Emmerich Effect."

[@Zabuchi25]

if The Day After Tomorrow did happen its ok all you have to do is close a door and the super frost wave cant get you also a very very small fire will keep you warm in -50 degrees

[@jmarx3943]

That was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen in a movie

[@gibbsterV]

Imagine if Ghost Busters was on here, or Walking Dead

[@lukeryan1934]

Don’t look up is the most realistic disaster movie aside from the post credits scenes. Not even kidding it’s exactly what would happen.

[@melaniesenf7175]

You missed two very important ones: 1. Volcano 2. Independence Day - yes that too can happen sooner or later and most people think it won’t result in a play date among friends 3. honorable mention: war of the worlds and something similar to the films a.i. / i, robot and terminator could very much become reality

[@lisakaz35]

C'mon The Towering Inferno owes what it accomplished to Paul Newman, Steve McQueen and Fred Astaire being in the cast (let's just forget OJ, okay).

[@drfreud65]

George Kennedy was also a big draw.

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Totally amazing video of disaster movies that could actually happened in real life watch mojo,fantastic job. What about the skyscraper movie too and many others movies too.

[@martinphipps2]

Tornadoes, earthquakes and small asteroids happen every day.

[@jacara1981]

Oh and BTW, I fear the Cascadian fault rupturing far more than San Andreas. My Geology degree...

[@Ranger_Omar]

I bet you were laughing throughout the whole video. Like I was

[@technoempire85]

Probably meant to say "distant descendents" instead of ancestors

[@steelerex9839]

Good to know I’m not the only one who noticed that

[@yaoibabe]

It you like disaster movies, moonfall is out in theaters now. Watched it last night in Dolby and it was a pretty good watch and it actually made really good use of the Dolby cinema unlike most movies

[@bethd.6670]

We just saw it yesterday. It was so dumb, and so, so entertaining, haha. I loved it. 😁

[@benjamingamache6441]

You forgot "the road". Because no one tells a post apocalyptic story of hopelessness like Cormac Macarthy!

[@luckyrajsinhjadeja1374]

Finch too.

[@deathwolf7056]

I still remember seeing contagion in my health class

[@xMckingwill]

Well we experienced Contaigen luckily it has a much lower death rate.

[@TheRManProds]

I'm Surprised that 2012 isn't on the List. Something in the Earth's Crust could trigger a Big Event.

[@mistressofnyte69]

I'm surprised Volcano wasn't on this list.

[@r3ap3r68]

Contagion pretty much did happen… been happening.

[@welcometothemovies9157]

Especially the conspiracy theory idiots that get more people killed

[@amentlik]

Contagion should have been higher up. If COVID had been just a tiny bit deadlier, it would have _been_ Contagion exactly. And it was mentioned in the video, but the most accurate part was how we as a people would react to it. From the looting of stores and fighting people over supplies to spreading misinformation, to stealing doses of vaccine. It was so so very prescient. Too prescient.

[@jasonmoran7425]

Number 4 McQueen and Newman had a huge ego fight over top billing for the movie poster. Hence, their names are side by side and not over under. Shame. The movie is great.

[@courtneyb7194]

I watched the day after tomorrow in 9th grade scissors class and before the teacher put into the dvd player he said class " this could be your future, this movie shows a disaster that's possible in your lifetime". I love the movie til this day but that statement always stay in my mind and scares the beejezes out of me. Twister has happened to many folks already, some eacapes by the skin of their teeth of the movie Twister type tornado (es).

[@cowboy3490]

A few friends and I went to see Volcano. When it was over and everyone was leaving, it was snowing big fluffy flakes with a couple inches on the ground after being sunny earlier. It looked like the falling ash in the movie. A few people freaked out.😅

[@anthonygarland8839]

😂😂it's an good movie I still have it on DVD

[@daquanbenson549]

The whole airport sequence is scary also if you heard that flight 182 was an actual disaster. If you guys remember the movie Final Destination the flight the blew up was Flight 180. Pretty interesting

[@NoName-xn2qw]

Ahh yes! exactly the kind of KZbin video I was looking for…

[@briannastultz6924]

The thing that drove me nuts with Contagion was the fact that Matt Damon’s character was exposed to the virus and was completely immune! IRL he would have become a pin cushion of blood donations to figure out how he didn’t get sick and to make a cure from it. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

[@amentlik]

that's a really good point 😂

[@johntracy72]

Contagion is happening now with Covid 19. Austin, Texas experienced The Day After Tomorrow last year from February 14-20.

[@jasinere35]

every disaster movie has really happened at one point also you missed off 2012, volcano & 28 days

[@kevinshea7547]

Not our distant ancestors, but descendants.

[@robwebber2102]

I love love love Dante’s Peak!

[@TheRManProds]

CONTAGION DID HAPPEN, WE ARE LIVING IN IT RIGHT NOW!

[@ELECTRONIMIX360]

One thing I like about WatchMojo there really good at explaining details about movies, shows and characters I really like your content.

[@95mudshovel]

_disaster movies hit different after 2020._

[@jonathanfalkowsky672]

Contagion has been happening this entire time. I watched it like 3 times...before covid

[@DPowered2]

Randy: WE DIDN'T LISTEN! Random guy: WE DIDN'T LISTEN!

[@daquanbenson549]

The Day After Tomorrow, Greenland, Earthquake and Twister. It makes you feel so small.

[@joshuamohlman]

Let’s all hope none of us live to see the Yellowstone volcano erupt

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

The worst thing that emerges in any catastrophe is misinformation.

[@kennethferrari5232]

I knew Dante's Peak, Twister, and Towering Inferno were on the list, all three have already happened.

[@mercedesdrake9113]

Never heard of these "airport" films before. Gonna go look them up.

[@drfreud65]

If I remember right, there were several sequels: Airport '75, Airport '77 and Airport '79. Dean Martin and Burt Lancaster were in the original. If you watch these, you have to also watch Airplane - a comedy that makes fun of them. It is probably the best comedy of all time, and must be watched several times to catch all of the jokes. You watch once to watch just the main characters, once to watch just the background visuals and once to listen to the background sounds.

[@DatGrA2b]

First of all Dantes peak is a classic

[@Misfit636]

One can only hope 🤞🏻

[@ryangarcia985]

Could something like the movie "The Sum of all Fears" happen? How about book 3 "The Last Command" from the Thrawn Trilogy?

[@davidmatheny1993]

In terms of "The Sum of All Fears", rogue nuclear terror became a greater concern after the end of the first Cold War(I'd argue part 2 began in 2014). The FBI began fearing someone getting their hands on enough material for a tactical nuke more than Russia or China attacking us with a megaton nuke on an ICBM.

[@taylorwatts9391]

Well thank you WatchMojo for this list!!! 😒

[@Gapy66]

The day after tomorrow is gonna happen and the question is when not if. Most likely sooner than later. We already have these major hybrid storms going on. Blizzard Snowfall,Heavy Rain,Hurricane Wind,and Flooding.

[@dana_brooke_27]

The Tornado situation in Florida is not right. I moved here from NY to SWFL. We had 2 in one month by us. We have no sirens here. Only television. 75 houses were lost half a mile from me at 6am in the morning. Hundreds damaged. No one knew. The closest tower is in Tampa. It's not normal.

[@Gapy66]

@@dana_brooke_27 ya that's what I'm saying. Remember a couple years ago literally half of the US was underwater and the other half was on fire. You can probably say it's already happening and has been for a while now.

[@dana_brooke_27]

@@Gapy66 Yeah New York is in a freeze right now. It's insane. After years of no snow. It's crazy. And California's just gonna burn up. I went there it was crispy. It was so dry.

[@Autobot00001]

Too bad Pacific Rim isn’t on this list. I’d love to fight Kaiju.

[@michellemarsh1510]

You’re not the only one. I want to go into another world and fight monsters.

[@eonaon6914]

@@michellemarsh1510 if you have the tech to pass between worlds you have the tech to clean yours up because to reach that end of high energy physics you have access to your entire universe to power said device. Even then it would be MUCH easier to find a world with no other entities than to try and take one from one that does. I mean the possibilities are quite literally endless when going to parallel universes. Find one thats still in the Mesozoic or early Cenozoic and conquer that easy enough and still get the resources you need.

[@DJGamingSmash]

Yeah right. Also, The Impossible would've been an easy #1 because it's a disaster movie based on a true story.

[@KenzieRetro]

Technically, we're dealing with contagion due to a certain virus right now

[@pinstripingbybear.]

@4:11 i remember the Northridge earthquake very clearly, i was only 11 years old but it put the free of God in me for the rest of my life for earthquakes. I had a twin sized waterbed farm with a twin sized mattress in the box and a big headboard that almost landed on me , luckily the earthquake was so hard it kicked me out of my bed landing on my Cousins that were spending the night...

[@poisontheboyson577]

Let’s just hope none of them happen

[@DjSpeccs]

Twister happens every May in Oklahoma 🤣🤣🤣

[@jevinday]

You forgot to mention the John Cusack movie 2012 hahaha XD

[@jarrettowens6073]

#7 I've seen that movie. Talk about devastating.

[@pabrown69]

Lots of fault lines lie directly under LA, the San Andreas fault is not one of them. It’s several hundred miles east.

[@jimbo9208]

The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike-slip

[@emperaning]

the movie twister really happened if i remember somewhere here in Philippines, so huge Hurricane but luckily it starts at the ocean but it was really terrifying to imagine it could wipe the whole nation