THEME EXPLORATION

global disaster

34 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Apollo 13
Apollo 13
1995 · Ron Howard
Black Panther
Black Panther
2018 · Ryan Coogler
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
2013 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
If All the Guys in the World
If All the Guys in the World
1956 · Christian-Jaque
Salt and Fire
Salt and Fire
2016 · Werner Herzog
City Life
City Life
1990 · Béla Tarr & Mrinal Sen
San Andreas
San Andreas
2015 · Brad Peyton
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
2026 · Paul Dugdale
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026 · Malcolm Venville
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Le Fond de l’air est rouge
Le Fond de l’air est rouge
1977 · Chris Marker
The Crossing II
The Crossing II
2015 · John Woo
Santa Brigida
Santa Brigida
1951 · Roberto Rossellini
The Disaster in Oaxaca
The Disaster in Oaxaca
1931 · Sergei Eisenstein
The Impossible
The Impossible
2012 · J. A. Bayona
Happy Feet Two
Happy Feet Two
2011 · George Miller
Everest
Everest
2015 · Baltasar Kormákur
Greenland
Greenland
2020 · Ric Roman Waugh
Calcutta 71
Calcutta 71
1972 · Mrinal Sen
Mountain Vigil
Mountain Vigil
1964 · Artavazd Pelechian
War Between the Planets
War Between the Planets
1966 · Antonio Margheriti
Crawl
Crawl
2019 · Alexandre Aja
Pompeii
Pompeii
2014 · Paul W. S. Anderson
The Host
The Host
2006 · Bong Joon-ho
Troll
Troll
2022 · Roar Uthaug
The Wandering Earth
The Wandering Earth
2019 · Frant Gwo
The Great Flood
The Great Flood
2025 · Kim Byung Woo
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember
1958 · Roy Ward Baker
Bad President - Oil Spill
Bad President - Oil Spill
2017 · Neill Blomkamp
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries and films obsessively explore humanity's relationship with catastrophe, collapse, and survival against overwhelming natural and existential forces.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

He consistently examines societal breakdown and global crises through genre films that blend dark humor with catastrophic social commentary.

 Adam McKay United States

His recent work directly confronts planetary disaster and systemic collapse with urgent, innovative storytelling that demands audience reckoning.