THEME EXPLORATION

tsunami disaster

32 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Wave
The Wave
2015 · Roar Uthaug
Apollo 13
Apollo 13
1995 · Ron Howard
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 Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · Roland Emmerich
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
San Andreas
San Andreas
2015 · Brad Peyton
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
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
The Rainmakers
The Rainmakers
1951 · Jean Rouch
Happy Feet Two
Happy Feet Two
2011 · George Miller
Everest
Everest
2015 · Baltasar Kormákur
Greenland
Greenland
2020 · Ric Roman Waugh
Rebuilding
Rebuilding
2025 · Max Walker-Silverman
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
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember
1958 · Roy Ward Baker
The Great Flood
The Great Flood
2025 · Kim Byung Woo
Bad President - Oil Spill
Bad President - Oil Spill
2017 · Neill Blomkamp
Death in the Land of Encantos
Death in the Land of Encantos
2015 · Lav Diaz
Flight Crew
Flight Crew
2016 · Nikolay Lebedev
Skyfire
Skyfire
2019 · Simon West
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Aditya Chopra India

Directed 'The Impossibly' inspired works exploring natural disasters and human resilience through intimate character studies.

 J. A. Bayona Spain

Directed 'The Impossible' (2012), a masterful portrayal of a family's survival during the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

While not exclusively focused on tsunamis, his films deeply explore Japanese trauma, displacement, and human connection in post-disaster contexts.