THEME EXPLORATION

natural catastrophe

37 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Wave
The Wave
2015 · Roar Uthaug
Japan Sinks
Japan Sinks
2006 · Shinji Higuchi
Krakatoa, East of Java
Krakatoa, East of Java
1969 · Bernard L. Kowalski
Independence Day
Independence Day
1996 · Roland Emmerich
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018 · J. A. Bayona & J.A. Bayona
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Scarborough Bluffs
Scarborough Bluffs
1972 · David Cronenberg
Salt and Fire
Salt and Fire
2016 · Werner Herzog
San Andreas
San Andreas
2015 · Brad Peyton
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
2026 · Kenichiro Akimoto
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
Swapped
Swapped
2026 · Nathan Greno
Amazonas, Amazonas
Amazonas, Amazonas
1966 · Glauber Rocha
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Bernardo Bertolucci
The Disaster in Oaxaca
The Disaster in Oaxaca
1931 · Sergei Eisenstein
The Impossible
The Impossible
2012 · J. A. Bayona
Vision
Vision
2009 · Margarethe von Trotta
Darwin
Darwin
1992 · Peter Greenaway
Brutal Heat
Brutal Heat
2023 · Albert Hospodářský
Everest
Everest
2015 · Baltasar Kormákur
Panic Attack
Panic Attack
2018 · Paweł Maślona
Rebuilding
Rebuilding
2025 · Max Walker-Silverman
Calcutta 71
Calcutta 71
1972 · Mrinal Sen
La Chrysalide et le papillon
La Chrysalide et le papillon
1901 · Georges Méliès
Mountain Vigil
Mountain Vigil
1964 · Artavazd Pelechian
Flow
Flow
2024 · Gints Zilbalodis
Crawl
Crawl
2019 · Alexandre Aja
The Great Flood
The Great Flood
2025 · Kim Byung Woo
Cora
Cora
2024 · Sonny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund
Dead Earth
Dead Earth
2020 · Wych Kaosayananda
Flight Crew
Flight Crew
2016 · Nikolay Lebedev
Portals
Portals
2019 · Timo Tjahjanto
Skyfire
Skyfire
2019 · Simon West
The Book of Fish
The Book of Fish
2021 · Lee Joon-ik
Storm Children
Storm Children
2014 · Lav Diaz
The Tunnel
The Tunnel
2019 · Pål Øie
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries and films obsessively explore humanity's vulnerability to natural forces, from volcanoes to floods, revealing our tragic relationship with catastrophic nature.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

He transforms natural disasters into metaphysical horror, using earthquakes, tsunamis, and environmental collapse as vehicles for exploring existential dread and societal breakdown.