10 best disaster films of recent years, from which the heart sinks

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

The popularity of disaster films has grown steadily over the years. And the directors support the audience's interest by annually releasing films about threats from outer space and natural disasters, climatic apocalypses and man-made disasters. Our roundup today features some of the best disaster filmmakers have ever made over the past few years.

Greenland, 2020, country: UK, USA, director Rick Roman Waugh

A real drama playing out against the backdrop of the threat of the destruction of civilization and the attempts of people to escape in a safe place. Even the chosen few, for whom a place in the rescue bunker has long been prepared, cannot reach their destination. Is it possible to survive without losing human face and retaining self-esteem when people's lives are at stake?

The Tunnel: Dangerous to Life, 2019, Country: Norway, directed by Paul Oye

The Norwegian filmmakers have produced a truly convincing, sometimes shocking and very intense film. From the very first minutes of viewing, viewers will plunge into a whirlpool of events, while everyone feels like a participant in everything that happens on the screen. And let no one be deceived by the cadres of preparations for Christmas and the many cheerful people who go to get gifts. Just a few moments after they find themselves in the tunnel through which their path lies, a fire will break out, and not everyone will be able to get out of the fire trap.

The Wandering Land, 2019, country: China, director Frant Guo

Viewers who have already watched the creation of Chinese filmmakers argue that this film is in no way inferior to Hollywood blockbusters, and in some moments even surpasses them. A space odyssey, a massive disaster and an adventure drama with touching footage - all in one film. At the same time, the picture is distinguished by an original and rather daring plot, stunning special effects and reliable acting.

Rift, 2018, country: Norway, director Jon Andreas Andersen

The picture became a continuation of the already sensational and well-known thriller "Wave" and is in no way inferior to it in entertainment and tension. The creators of "Rift" have combined a family drama with the catastrophe of thousands of people who find themselves in a city that goes underground.

"Spitak", 2018, country: Russia, Armenia, director Alexander Kott

The Soviet-Armenian picture is based on real events and tells about the terrible earthquake that occurred in 1988 in Armenia. A man who has flown to the country to reunite with his family is trying to save his loved ones and find at least some balance in the midst of chaos and devastation. The earthquake has already swept a destructive wave across Armenia, but its consequences are often more dangerous than the disaster itself.

Case of the Brave, 2017, country: USA, director Joseph Kosinski

Joseph Kosinski's painting is based on the events of 2013, when a series of massive fires broke out in Arizona in the United States. In the film, each firefighter has his own, completely real prototype. True, many real heroes who saved settlements and people from fire will never be able to see this film. And viewers have a unique opportunity to look at the world through the eyes of those who sacrificed themselves to save thousands of lives.

"Geostorm", 2017, country: USA, director Dean Devlin

Can humanity unite to protect against natural disasters and abnormal fluctuations in air temperature? This is exactly what the leaders of the world powers did in Geostorm. True, no one could have imagined that the protective system of the Earth, created by people, would start its own game and try to destroy all living things.

And The Storm Came 2016, Country: USA, directed by Craig Gillespie

Another picture based on real events that took place in 1952, when, in the midst of a storm, the Coast Guard rushed to the aid of the crews of two tankers. And the first to the rescue was Bernard Webber, who risked to go to meet the danger in a wooden motor boat.

Deep Sea Horizon, country: USA, Hong Kong, 2016, directed by Peter Berg

Despite being 107 minutes long, the film seems incredibly short. Here negligence is on the verge of murder, and the economy comes at the expense of other people's lives. There is no special dynamics in the picture, just as there is no simulated tragedy. And the more slowly events develop, the more sharply the ever-increasing tension is felt. And the viewer with every cell feels the inevitability of the impending catastrophe.

The Tunnel, 2016, Country: South Korea, directed by Kim Sung-hoon

This film by Korean filmmakers is not only about salvation. Rather, it is about the incredible strength of the spirit of a person and how the thirst for profit kills professionalism, and the desire to stay in power allows you to sacrifice other people's lives. A spectacular and intense film, in which many acute psychological moments, undoubtedly deserves the closest attention of the audience.

When the question arises - how to spend time with teenage children, you invariably want to turn to the kind and eternal - cinema. You can, of course, watch American fantasy, but the soul is drawn to show the younger generation something real, alive or experienced. Show that in our time there were problems, and we suffered, loved, lost in the choice of life. Even if our Soviet films are not so spectacular, they are devoid of simple American humor and are very chaste, but they are the ones that carry morality and allow you to think.