THEME EXPLORATION

geological catastrophe

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Independence Day
Independence Day
1996 · Roland Emmerich
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018 · J. A. Bayona & J.A. Bayona
Memoria, Boy at Sea
Memoria, Boy at Sea
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Scarborough Bluffs
Scarborough Bluffs
1972 · David Cronenberg
Salt and Fire
Salt and Fire
2016 · Werner Herzog
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
2026 · Kenichiro Akimoto
Noah
Noah
2014 · Darren Aronofsky
Erosion
Erosion
1971 · Peter Greenaway
Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon
2016 · Peter Berg
Brutal Heat
Brutal Heat
2023 · Albert Hospodářský
Panic Attack
Panic Attack
2018 · Paweł Maślona
Flow
Flow
2024 · Gints Zilbalodis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries and films obsessively explore humanity's relationship with destructive natural forces, from volcanoes to avalanches, revealing our vulnerability to geological upheaval.

 Kinji Fukasaku Japan

He created 'Virus' (1980), a seminal disaster film depicting humanity's struggle against apocalyptic geological and pandemic catastrophe with unflinching realism.

 Roland Emmerich Germany

His filmography is defined by large-scale geological disasters ('The Day After Tomorrow', '2012', '10.5'), visualizing Earth's most cataclysmic transformations with spectacular scope.