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Theme: Mass Destruction Spectaculars

2012 (2009)

14th November 200910th November 2019

Rating: ★★½

The End of the World/Disaster Movie

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, …
Category: Science Fiction

500 MPH Storm (2013)

1st May 201428th April 2019

Rating: ½

Superstorm Disaster Movie

Director: Daniel T. Lusko
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Michael Beach, Sarah Lieving, Bryan Head, …
Category: Science Fiction

Akira (1988)

2nd August 199922nd June 2019

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Psychic Powers Amok

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Category: Science Fiction

Arctic Blast (2010)

21st October 201421st September 2019

Rating: ★

Wave of Supercold Disaster Movie

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Actors: Michael Shanks, Bruce Davison, Alexandra Davies, Indiana Evans, …
Category: Science Fiction

Armageddon (1998)

31st July 199921st September 2019

Rating: 0­

Asteroid on a Collision Course with Earth

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Steve Buscemi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

27th March 201630th October 2019

Rating: ★★★

DC Comics Superhero Team-Up

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Jesse Eisenberg, Amy Adams, …
Category: Science Fiction

Battleship (2012)

17th May 20127th November 2019

Rating: ★

US Navy vs Alien Invaders/Boardgame Adaptation

Director: Peter Berg
Actors: Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

26th May 19997th November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Atomically-Revived Dinosaur

Director: Eugene Lourie
Actors: Paul Christian, Cecil Kellaway, Paula Raymond, Kenneth Tobey, …
Category: Science Fiction

Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)

31st December 200430th August 2018

Rating: ★★

Superstorm/Disaster Mini-Series

Director: Dick Lowry
Actors: Thomas Gibson, Brian Dennehy, Randy Quaid, Nancy McKeon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Category 7: The End of the World (2005)

31st December 200530th August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Superstorms/Disaster Mini-Series

Director: Dick Lowry
Actors: Gina Gershon, Randy Quaid, Shannen Doherty, Cameron Daddo, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Core (2003)

9th June 20038th February 2019

Rating: ★

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Director: Jon Amiel
Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Tcheky Karyo, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

1st June 200410th November 2019

Rating: ★★★

New Ice Age/Environmental Disaster Movie

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Sela Ward, …
Category: Science Fiction

Deep Impact (1998)

31st May 199915th October 2019

Rating: ★★

Asteroid Collision/Disaster Movie

Director: Mimi Leder
Actors: Tea Leoni, Robert Duvall, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Earth vs the Flying Saucers (1956)

9th September 200024th November 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Alien Invasion

Director: Fred F. Sears
Actors: Hugh Marlowe, Morris Ankrum, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis
Category: Science Fiction

Earthquake (1974)

17th November 201030th August 2018

Rating: ★½

L.A. Devastated/Disaster Movie

Director: Mark Robson
Actors: Charlton Heston, Victoria Principal, Genevieve Bujold, Lorne Greene, …
Category: Science Fiction

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)

16th November 200930th August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Actors: Ai Maeda, Ayako Fujitani, Shinobu Nagayama
Category: Science Fiction

Gamera, The Guardian of the Universe (1995)

16th November 200930th August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Actors: Shinobu Nakayawa, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ayako Fujitani, Yukijiro Hotari, …
Category: Science Fiction

Gamera vs Barugon (1966)

18th April 201820th September 2018

Rating: ★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Tanaka Shigeo
Actors: Kojiro Hongo, Koji Fujiyama, Kyoko Enami, Yuko Hayakawa, …
Category: Science Fiction

Geostorm (2017)

3rd December 201719th November 2019

Rating: ★½

Weather Control/Disaster Movie

Director: Dean Devlin
Actors: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla (1954)

16th December 200121st August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Giant Atomic Monster

Director: Ishiro Honda, Terry Morse
Actors: Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla 1985 (1984)

13th December 200214th February 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Giant Atomic Monster

Director: Koji Hashimoto, R.J. Kizer
Actors: Ken Tanaka, Raymond Burr, Yosuke Natsuki, Yasuko Sawaguchi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla (1998)

16th July 199910th November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Giant Atomic Monster

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla 2000 (1999)

26th August 200014th February 2019

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Takao Okawara
Actors: Takehiro Murata, Naomi Nishida, Hiroshi Abe, Mayu Suzuki, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla (2014)

17th May 201424th August 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Giant Monster Bash

Director: Gareth Edwards
Actors: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)

28th December 201224th August 2019

Rating: ★★½

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Masaaki Tazuka
Actors: Yumiko Shaku, Shin Takuma, Kana Onodera, Ko Takasugi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

24th July 200510th September 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Actors: Masahiro Matsuoka, Don Frye, Kazuki Kitamura, Rei Kikukawa, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla, King of the Monsters (2019)

24th August 201924th August 2019

Rating: ★★

Giant Monster Bash

Director: Michael Dougherty
Actors: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

14th November 200924th August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Actors: Chiharu Niyama, Ryudo Izaki, Masahiro Kobayashi, Hideyo Amamoto, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)

18th September 20138th April 2019

Rating: ★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Kazuki Ohmori
Actors: Kunihiko Mitamura, Yoshihiko Tanaka, Masanobu Takashima, Koji Takahashi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla vs Gigan (1972)

16th December 200014th February 2019

Rating: 0­

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Jun Fukuda
Actors: Hiroshi Ishikawa, Toshiaki Nishizawa, Zan Fujita, Tomoko Umeda, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah (1991)

16th December 200131st December 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Kazuki Omori
Actors: Kosoyuke Toyohara, Anna Nakagawa, Megumi Odaka, Robert Scott Field, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla vs Megaguirus (2000)

8th September 201124th August 2019

Rating: ★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Masaaki Yezuka
Actors: Misato Tanaka, Shosuke Tanihara, Masato Ibu, Yuriko Hoshi
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla vs Megalon (1973)

6th December 200214th February 2019

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Jun Fukuda
Actors: Hiroyuki Kawase, Yutaka Hayashi, Katsuhiko Sasaki
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla vs Space Godzilla (1994)

14th September 20154th January 2019

Rating: ★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Kensho Yamashita
Actors: Megumi Odaka, Akira Emoto, Jun Hashizume, Zenkichi Yoneyama, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla vs the Cosmic Monster (1974)

16th December 20004th January 2019

Rating: 0­

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Jun Fukuda
Actors: Masaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Akihiko Hirata, Hiroshi Koizumi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla vs the Sea Monster (1966)

1st November 200224th August 2019

Rating: ★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Jun Fukuda
Actors: Toru Watanabe, Hideo Sunazuka, Kumi Mizuno, Akira Takarada
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla vs the Smog Monster (1971)

24th November 200214th February 2019

Rating: ★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Yoshimitsu Banno, Lee Kresel
Actors: Akira Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Kawase, Toshie Kimura, Toshio Shibaki, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla vs the Thing (1964)

19th October 200220th August 2019

Rating: ★★½

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Akira Takarada, Yuriko Hoshi, Yoshifumi Tajima, Emi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla’s Revenge (1969)

16th November 20008th April 2019

Rating: ★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Tomonori Yazaki, Eisei Amamoto, Sachio Sakai, Kazuo Suzuki, …
Category: Science Fiction

Gorath (1962)

21st June 201730th August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Rogue Planet on a Collision Course with Earth

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Ryo Ikebe, Akira Kubo, Yumi Shirakawa, Ken Uehara, …
Category: Science Fiction

Gorgo (1961)

13th December 201230th August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Revived Dinosaur

Director: Eugene Lourie
Actors: Bill Travers, William Sylvester, Vincent Winter, Christopher Rhodes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Independence Day (1996)

12th April 200310th November 2019

Rating: ★★

Alien Invasion

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Judd Hirsch, …
Category: Science Fiction

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

2nd July 201610th November 2019

Rating: ★½

Alien Invasion

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, Bill Pullman, Jesse T. Usher, …
Category: Science Fiction

Man of Steel (2013)

14th June 20136th July 2019

Rating: ★★½

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, …
Category: Science Fiction

Meteor (1979)

2nd January 20135th July 2019

Rating: ★★

Meteor Collision/Disaster Movie

Director: Ronald Neame
Actors: Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pacific Rim (2013)

12th July 201329th October 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Giant Mecha Robots vs Giant Monsters

Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Actors: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

5th May 201829th October 2019

Rating: ★★

Giant Mecha Robots

Director: Steven S. DeKnight
Actors: John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Burn Gorman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Rampage (2018)

27th October 201812th August 2019

Rating: ★★½

Videogame Adaptation/Giant Animals Amok

Director: Brad Peyton
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, …
Category: Science Fiction

San Andreas (2015)

31st May 201518th October 2018

Rating: ★

Disaster Movie

Director: Brad Peyton
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Giamatti, …
Category: Science Fiction

Seeds of Destruction (2011)

26th March 201424th November 2019

Rating: ★

Massive Runaway Plant Roots

Director: Paul Ziller
Actors: Adrian Pasdar, Stefanie von Pfetten, Jesse Moss, Luisa D'Oliveira, …
Category: Science Fiction

Shin Godzilla (2016)

29th April 201724th August 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Giant Atomic Monster

Director: Hideaki Anno
Actors: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Osugi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Sinking of Japan (2006)

26th August 201430th August 2018

Rating: ★★

Japanese Disaster Movie

Director: Shinji Higuchi
Actors: Etsushi Toyokawa, Tsuyoshi Kusunagi, Ko Shibasaki, Mao Daichi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Steamboy (2004)

12th March 201030th August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Steampunk Anime

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Category: Science Fiction

Supernova (2005)

24th July 200627th March 2019

Rating: ★

Solar Disaster

Director: John Harrison
Actors: Luke Perry, Tia Carrere, Peter Fonda, Emma Samms, …
Category: Science Fiction

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1976)

16th December 200031st December 2018

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Akihiko Hirata, Tomoko Ai, Katsumasa Uchida, Katsuhiko Sasaki, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers (2007)

3rd July 200726th March 2019

Rating: ★★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Rachael Taylor, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

28th June 201430th July 2019

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, Jack Reynor, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

30th June 201126th June 2019

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley, John Turturro, Patrick Dempsey, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

30th June 200926th June 2019

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, John Turturro, Ramon Rodriguez, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

23rd September 201712th August 2019

Rating: ★½

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock, Josh Duhamel, …
Category: Science Fiction

Twister (1996)

6th December 20025th April 2019

Rating: ★★★

Tornado Chasers

Director: Jan De Bont
Actors: Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Volcano (1997)

2nd March 201130th August 2018

Rating: ★

Disaster Movie/Volcano Erupts in L.A.

Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Don Cheadle, Gaby Hoffmann, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Wandering Earth (2019)

26th May 20194th August 2019

Rating: ★★

Moving the Earth/Mass Destruction Spectacle

Director: Frant Gwo
Actors: Qu Chuxiao, Wu Jing, Zhao Jinnai, Ng Man Tat, …
Category: Science Fiction

The War of the Worlds (1953)

5th July 20026th June 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Byron Haskin
Actors: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Lewis Martin
Category: Science Fiction

War of the Worlds (2005)

2nd July 20056th June 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins, …
Category: Science Fiction

War of the Worlds (2005)

9th September 201221st February 2019

Rating: ★★½

Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: David Michael Latt
Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Rhett Giles, Andy Lauer, Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots, …
Category: Science Fiction

The War of the Worlds (2005)

3rd July 20106th June 2019

Rating: ★★½

Period Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Timothy Hines
Actors: Anthony Piana, John Kaufmann, James Lathrop, Jack Clay, …
Category: Science Fiction

When Worlds Collide (1951)

16th December 200930th August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Planetary Collision/End of the World

Director: Rudolf Mate
Actors: Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Larry Keating, Peter Hanson, …
Category: Science Fiction

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