THEME EXPLORATION

volcanic disaster

32 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Krakatoa, East of Java

Krakatoa, East of Java
1969 · Bernard L. Kowalski

Skyfire
2019 · Simon West

Apollo 13
1995 · Ron Howard

Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA

Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible

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

Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!

Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
2013 · Pedro Almodóvar

If All the Guys in the World

If All the Guys in the World
1956 · Christian-Jaque

Salt and Fire
2016 · Werner Herzog

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

Noto, Mandorli, Vulcano, Stromboli, Carnevale

Noto, Mandorli, Vulcano, Stromboli, Carnevale
1992 · Michelangelo Antonioni

The Crossing II

The Crossing II
2015 · John Woo

The Disaster in Oaxaca

The Disaster in Oaxaca
1931 · Sergei Eisenstein

The Impossible
2012 · J. A. Bayona

The Rainmakers
1951 · Jean Rouch

Happy Feet Two
2011 · George Miller

Everest
2015 · Baltasar Kormákur

Greenland
2020 · Ric Roman Waugh

Rebuilding
2025 · Max Walker-Silverman

Calcutta 71
1972 · Mrinal Sen

Mountain Vigil
1964 · Artavazd Pelechian

Crawl
2019 · Alexandre Aja

Pompeii
2014 · Paul W. S. Anderson

The Host
2006 · Bong Joon-ho

Troll
2022 · Roar Uthaug

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

Death in the Land of Encantos

Death in the Land of Encantos
2015 · Lav Diaz

Flight Crew
2016 · Nikolay Lebedev

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Peter Jackson United Kingdom

Directed 'Dante's Peak' (1997), a quintessential volcanic disaster film that combines scientific accuracy with emotional human drama against an erupting volcano.

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck United States

Directed 'The Poseidon Adventure' (1972) which, while primarily about a tsunami, established his mastery of large-scale natural disaster filmmaking that influenced volcanic disaster cinema.