Movies like Volcano
If Volcano's mix of lava, subway and volcano stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Volcano's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 · Directed by George Lucas · 140 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: lava, volcano · Also action and science fiction
When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
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Deepwater Horizon
2016 · Directed by Peter Berg · 107 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: disaster, disaster movie · Also drama and action
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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Armageddon
1998 · Directed by Michael Bay · 151 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: disaster, disaster movie · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (1990s)
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb.
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Moonfall
2022 · Directed by Roland Emmerich · 131 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: disaster, disaster movie · Also science fiction and action
A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.
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Independence Day
1996 · Directed by Roland Emmerich · 145 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: disaster, audacious · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (1990s)
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has…
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War of the Worlds
2005 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 117 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: disaster · Also thriller and science fiction
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm…
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Ladder 49
2004 · Directed by Jay Russell · 115 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: disaster · Also drama and action
Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station.
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Godzilla
2014 · Directed by Gareth Edwards · 123 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: disaster movie · Also action and drama
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe.
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Greenland 2: Migration
2026 · Directed by Ric Roman Waugh · 98 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: audacious · Also thriller and science fiction
Having found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family must now risk everything to embark on a perilous journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
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Deep Impact
1998 · Directed by Mimi Leder · 122 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: disaster movie · Also action and drama · From the same decade (1990s)
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world.
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The Italian Job
2003 · Directed by F. Gary Gray · 110 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: subway, defiant
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end…