THEME EXPLORATION

natural disaster

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Salt and Fire
Salt and Fire
2016 · Werner Herzog
Apollo 13
Apollo 13
1995 · Ron Howard
Miami Magma
Miami Magma
2011 · Todor Chapkanov
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
Scarborough Bluffs
Scarborough Bluffs
1972 · David Cronenberg
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · Roland Emmerich
Godzilla
Godzilla
2014 · Gareth Edwards
If All the Guys in the World
If All the Guys in the World
1956 · Christian-Jaque
San Andreas
San Andreas
2015 · Brad Peyton
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Brad Peyton Canada

Large-scale action cinema blending disaster spectacle with charismatic star power and escapist adventure.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

His masterpiece 'Dersu Uzala' and early works explore humanity's vulnerability against nature's overwhelming forces and environmental catastrophe.

 Werner Herzog Germany

He obsessively documents humanity's struggle against nature's indifference in films like 'Aguirre' and 'Fitzcarraldo,' treating natural disaster as existential conflict.