The golden age of disaster movies
by fiasko1 | created - 31 Mar 2012 | updated - 02 Mar 2013 | PublicEveryone knows the classic 1970s disaster films such as The Towering Inferno, Earthquake & The Poseidon Adventure but what about the lesser known films. Here I try to list disaster films / people in peril / when nature attacks type films from the late 60s to early 80s, surely the "golden age" of disaster movies.
I grew up in this era seeing many of these of TV and being at the age were I found them pretty scary, I therefore have very fond memories of this genre and era.
I've added links to Youtube if the whole film is on there (some are in parts), none of the youtube clips are uploaded by me & if you're reading this months or years after I started the list then chances are that the Youtube links will be dead.
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1. The Towering Inferno (1974)
PG | 165 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway
Votes: 48,197 | Gross: $116.00M
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIN-gf4uO-A[/link]
2. Earthquake (1974)
PG | 122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene
Votes: 17,868 | Gross: $79.70M
[link]http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1539DD9D46AA30E9&feature=plcp[/link]
3. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons
Votes: 49,174 | Gross: $84.56M
4. Airport (1970)
G | 137 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
Directors: George Seaton, Henry Hathaway | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jean Seberg
Votes: 21,656 | Gross: $100.49M
5. The Swarm (1978)
PG | 116 min | Horror, Thriller
A huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain
Votes: 8,545 | Gross: $10.00M
6. When Time Ran Out... (1980)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
Director: James Goldstone | Stars: Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Edward Albert
Votes: 3,196 | Gross: $1.70M
[link]http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE7518E02C0625B4A&feature=plpp[/link]
7. Meteor (1979)
PG | 108 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
The U.S. must join forces with the U.S.S.R. in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith
Votes: 8,194
8. City on Fire (1979)
R | 106 min | Action, Drama
A pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 1,588
Watch the whole movie here - [link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6-eG2E2fT4[/link]
9. Avalanche (1978)
PG | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster, Jeanette Nolan
Votes: 2,396
Watch the whole movie here - [link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__B_qZzN8WE[/link]
10. Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Approved | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges
Votes: 4,375
11. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
G | 131 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what killed the citizens of a small town and how the deadly contagion can be stopped.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: James Olson, Arthur Hill, David Wayne, Kate Reid
Votes: 40,401 | Gross: $3.42M
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wajIliPFHk4&feature=related[/link]
12. The Day After (1983 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 127 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum
Votes: 18,115
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2B7sdLPMfc[/link]
13. Rollercoaster (1977)
PG | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A blackmailer threatens to sabotage roller coasters at various American amusement parks if he isn't paid a huge ransom.
Director: James Goldstone | Stars: George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda
Votes: 6,907
14. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
PG | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught.
Director: John 'Bud' Cardos | Stars: William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode, Lieux Dressler
Votes: 6,165 | Gross: $17.00M
Whole movie - [link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXdBBDg57Pg[/link]
15. Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 115 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
On the maiden flight of the first hypersonic commercial plane which can make the flight from New York City to London in four hours, a minor disaster occurs resulting in the plane actually ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Lee Majors, Hal Linden, Lauren Hutton, Ray Milland
Votes: 1,294
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFTFkJITdxw[/link]
16. Juggernaut (1974)
PG | 109 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A blackmailer demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he placed aboard the transatlantic liner Britannic.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings, Anthony Hopkins
Votes: 6,312 | Gross: $1.56M
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcJAQYJ-5ss[/link]
17. Crack in the World (1965)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A dying scientist pushes forward his project to tap through to the Earth's magma layer, with results that threaten to destroy the Earth as we know it.
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Alexander Knox
Votes: 2,867
18. Skyjacked (1972)
PG | 101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Charlton Heston, James Brolin, Yvette Mimieux, Claude Akins
Votes: 2,339 | Gross: $2.50M
19. No Blade of Grass (1970)
R | 96 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An environmental catastrophe destroys civilization. Led by father John and mother Ann, the Custance clan sets out on a quest for safety in a savage world that may just end up turning them into the very thing they are fleeing.
Director: Cornel Wilde | Stars: Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, John Hamill, Lynne Frederick
Votes: 2,055 | Gross: $0.35M
20. Flood (1976 TV Movie)
98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After several weeks of heavy rainfall, the dam above Brownsville is ready to burst. But the town's mayor refuses to open its gates - paving the way for disaster.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Robert Culp, Martin Milner, Barbara Hershey, Richard Basehart
Votes: 536
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA0mHJBY8ME[/link]
21. Fire (1977 TV Movie)
97 min | Action, Drama
A convict starts a fire in a forest to cover his escape, but the fire goes out of control and threatens to destroy a small mountain community.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Vera Miles, Patty Duke, Alex Cord
Votes: 359
trailer [link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAUErVRv0-E[/link]
22. Piranha (1978)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 24,663 | Gross: $6.00M
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u77drr55Q8[/link]
23. Black Sunday (1977)
R | 143 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
When a Black September terrorist group begins a plot to carry out a massive terrorist attack in the United States, an Israeli commando works with the FBI to identify the target and conspirators, and prevent the plan from succeeding.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver
Votes: 9,075 | Gross: $15.77M
24. Airport 1975 (1974)
PG | 107 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Votes: 11,844 | Gross: $47.29M
25. Airport '77 (1977)
PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland
Votes: 12,298 | Gross: $30.00M
26. The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
PG | 113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, George Kennedy
Votes: 6,946 | Gross: $13.00M
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzT1RmgzK9Q[/link]
27. Jaws (1975)
PG | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 658,691 | Gross: $260.00M
28. The Medusa Touch (1978)
PG | 109 min | Drama, Mystery
A telekinetic novelist causes disasters simply by thinking about them.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Lino Ventura, Harry Andrews
Votes: 7,484
29. Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
PG | 114 min | Action, Adventure
An extension of the previous film, wherein a group of adventurers return to the overturned ship to seek several fortunes.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle
Votes: 5,868
30. The China Syndrome (1979)
PG | 122 min | Drama, Thriller
A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.
Director: James Bridges | Stars: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady
Votes: 32,992 | Gross: $51.72M
31. The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
R | 129 min | Drama, Thriller
Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?
Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Martin Sheen, O.J. Simpson
Votes: 9,873
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6_JHm6rz50&list=UUyYS_6O3x1Wvz0_tGNByUJQ&index=13&feature=plpp_video[/link]
32. Alligator (1980)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu.
Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo, Dean Jagger
Votes: 15,839
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JpSrG1S4D4[/link]
33. Gray Lady Down (1978)
PG | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty
Votes: 3,529
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKQA5mQfguw[/link]
34. Special Bulletin (1983 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama
A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC... See full summary »
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Ed Flanders, Kathryn Walker, Roxanne Hart, Christopher Allport
Votes: 1,324
35. The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980 TV Movie)
194 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A group of random individuals get stranded on a bridge that begins to collapse at both ends. Not only that, but a gun-wielding bank robber is using the bridge as his means of escape, and he... See full summary »
Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: James MacArthur, Desi Arnaz Jr., Char Fontane, Richard Gilliland
Votes: 166
36. Hanging by a Thread (1979 TV Movie)
196 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of old friends on an outing re-live various traumas and tragedies via flashback whilst trapped high above a ravine in a disabled cable-car.
Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: Sam Groom, Patty Duke, Joyce Bulifant, Oliver Clark
Votes: 115
37. Cave in! (1983 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
A group of strangers become entrapped in a cave after it collapses. A fugitive among them claims a hostage as leverage for means of escape.
Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: Dennis Cole, Susan Sullivan, Leslie Nielsen, Julie Sommars
Votes: 177
38. Ants! (1977 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An old-fashioned, lakeside hotel targeted for purchase by an unsavory gambling casino promoter and situated next to a construction site, is attacked by an army of poisonous ants. Efforts to... See full summary »
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Robert Foxworth, Lynda Day George, Gerald Gordon, Bernie Casey
Votes: 1,582
39. Flight to Holocaust (1977 TV Movie)
100 min | Action, Drama
A team of troubleshooters is called to a skyscraper where a plane has crashed into the 20th floor and is stuck in the side of the building.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Fawne Harriman, Desi Arnaz Jr.
Votes: 77
40. Day of the Animals (1977)
PG | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A battle for survival ensues after a group of hikers encounters a chemically imbalanced forest.
Director: William Girdler | Stars: Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George, Richard Jaeckel
Votes: 3,178
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rljvDTl_FU4[/link]
41. Condominium (1980)
240 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The emotional and eye-opening lives of several condo residents are brought out when a dangerous hurricane hits Florida.
Stars: Barbara Eden, Dan Haggerty, Steve Forrest, Ana Alicia
Votes: 156
42. Crash (1978 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
On December 29, 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashes into the Florida Everglades, resulting in 101 fatalities.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: William Shatner, Adrienne Barbeau, Brooke Bundy, Christopher Connelly
Votes: 302
43. St. Helens (1981)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama
Dramatization of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20, 1980 and ends with its eruption on May 18.
Director: Ernest Pintoff | Stars: Art Carney, David Huffman, Cassie Yates, Albert Salmi
Votes: 677
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ytlwU3uEo[/link]
44. The Savage Bees (1976 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The festive fun of the annual Mardi Gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of African killer bees escape from a foreign freighter.
Director: Bruce Geller | Stars: Ben Johnson, Michael Parks, Paul Hecht, Gretchen Corbett
Votes: 798
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04Pn2MWeHWc[/link]
45. Terror Out of the Sky (1978 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
This TV sequel to "The Savage Bees" features more rampaging insects. This time a marching band and a school bus get in the path of the bees.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Dan Haggerty, Tovah Feldshuh, Lonny Chapman
Votes: 526
46. The Deadly Tower (1975 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The infamous story of Charles Whitman, "America's favourite sniper" (in Stephen King's words), is told here once again.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Kurt Russell, Richard Yniguez, Ned Beatty, Pernell Roberts
Votes: 1,167
47. The Doomsday Flight (1966 TV Movie)
Approved | 93 min | Crime, Thriller
A bomb on board an airliner has an altitude-sensitive trigger. Unless a ransom is paid, it will explode when the plane descends to land.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Jack Lord, Edmond O'Brien, Katherine Crawford, John Saxon
Votes: 396
48. The Day the Earth Moved (1974 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
A team taking aerial photographs of the desert deduces that an earthquake is about to strike a nearby town, but nobody in the town believes them.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Stella Stevens, Cleavon Little, William Windom
Votes: 237
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_3zmx1jxIA[/link]
49. Hurricane (1974 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 74 min | Drama
Two hurricane hunters track a huge, violent hurricane that is bearing down on a Gulf Coast town.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Larry Hagman, Martin Milner, Jessica Walter, Barry Sullivan
Votes: 221
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFWt25oRWpQ[/link]
50. Survive! (1976)
R | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
A Uruguayan rugby team crashes in the Andes Mountains and has to survive the extremely cold temperatures and rough climate. As some of the people die, the survivors are forced to make a terrible decision between starvation and cannibalism.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Pablo Ferrel, Hugo Stiglitz, Norma Lazareno, Luz María Aguilar
Votes: 738 | Gross: $5.00M
trailer - [link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JCVr0s9INM[/link]
51. Heatwave! (1974 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
The residents of an isolated mountain town must band together to survive during a devastating heat wave.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Ben Murphy, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres, David Huddleston
Votes: 206
52. Hurricane (1979)
PG | 120 min | Adventure, Drama
The desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and an American painter, against the will of her father. Amid this man-made tension comes a hurricane so devastating, the lives of the lovers and the entire island are imperiled.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Jason Robards, Mia Farrow, Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard
Votes: 700
53. Krakatoa: East of Java (1968)
G | 131 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1883, ship captain Hanson plans a shipwreck salvage mission in The Dutch East Indies to retrieve a cargo of pearls but an unexpected volcano eruption and a state-ordered transport of convicts upset his plans.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith, Barbara Werle
Votes: 1,873 | Gross: $2.40M
54. Adventures of the Queen (1975 TV Movie)
98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A madman hijacks the luxury cruise liner, S.S. Queen, and threatens to blow it up unless a millionaire pays him the the contents of a safe deposit box. The crew regains control of the ship,... See full summary »
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Robert Stack, David Hedison, Ralph Bellamy, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 67
55. Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Flashbacks profile California motorists involved in a disastrous 39-car smash-up over a holiday weekend.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Robert Conrad, Sian Barbara Allen, Buddy Ebsen, Herb Edelman
Votes: 443
56. Where Have All the People Gone (1974 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 74 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
After a catastrophic solar flare decimates almost all life, reducing people to powdery substance, a group of survivors treks across the devastated Earth.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Peter Graves, George O'Hanlon Jr., Kathleen Quinlan, Verna Bloom
Votes: 1,498
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DISVnycTBvE[/link]
57. Runaway! (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Thriller
A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Ben Johnson, Ben Murphy, Ed Nelson, Darleen Carr
Votes: 252
58. Plague (1979)
PG | 88 min | Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
An ambitious lab assistant carries out a forbidden experiment and accidentally creates a deadly bacteria which kills her and rapidly engulfs the city. The authorities order a curtain of ... See full summary »
Director: Ed Hunt | Stars: Daniel Pilon, Kate Reid, Céline Lomez, Michael J. Reynolds
Votes: 329
59. SST: Death Flight (1977 TV Movie)
89 min | Adventure, Drama
On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu on-board.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Barbara Anderson, Bert Convy, Peter Graves, Lorne Greene
Votes: 669
60. Threads (1984 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May
Votes: 20,011
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MCbTvoNrAg[/link]
61. Short Walk to Daylight (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama
Eight people are trapped in a New York City subway after an earthquake, and try to find their way out.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: James Brolin, Don Mitchell, James McEachin, Abbey Lincoln
Votes: 247
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSu6GI6fvg8[/link]
62. The Death of Ocean View Park (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Thriller
A young woman starts to get visions of a disaster happening at a local amusement park.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Mike Connors, Diana Canova, Perry Lang, Caroline McWilliams
Votes: 189
63. Terror in the Sky (1971 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama, Thriller
On a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisioning and become incapacitated. To save the aircraft, the cabin crew locate a passenger with flying experience. He is coached by an experienced pilot on the ground.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Leif Erickson, Doug McClure, Roddy McDowall, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 213
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S66YNXPObsg[/link]
64. The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An aircraft crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 103 passengers. After the wreckage is removed, salvageable parts from the plane are used to repair other aircraft. Soon passengers and... See full summary »
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Gary Lockwood, Tina Chen, Kim Basinger
Votes: 681
65. The Satan Bug (1965)
Approved | 114 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A germ that could destroy life on Earth is stolen from a biological warfare lab and the thief threatens to release it into the open, prompting a security officer to act.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews
Votes: 3,037
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfthsRWuFKs[/link]
66. Virus (1980)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Masao Kusakari, Tsunehiko Watase, Isao Natsuyagi, Shin'ichi Chiba
Votes: 3,041
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vBAwc23sD8[/link]
67. Testament (1983)
PG | 90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The life of a suburban American family is scarred after a nuclear attack.
Director: Lynne Littman | Stars: Jane Alexander, William Devane, Rossie Harris, Roxana Zal
Votes: 7,207 | Gross: $2.04M
68. Concorde Affaire '79 (1979)
96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: James Franciscus, Mimsy Farmer, Venantino Venantini, Fiamma Maglione
Votes: 629
[link]http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA249E3C4DA7980FB&feature=plcp[/link]
69. The Aftermath (1982)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
An astronaut battles mutant cannibals after returning from space to find Earth ravaged by nuclear and biological war.
Director: Steve Barkett | Stars: Steve Barkett, Lynne Margulies, Sid Haig, Christopher Barkett
Votes: 1,011
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoLNubm7Rak[/link]
70. The Last Survivors (1975 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Drama
After a passenger ship sinks, a ship's officer must decide which passengers in an overcrowded lifeboat must be sacrificed so the rest can survive an approaching typhoon.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Martin Sheen, Diane Baker, Tom Bosley, Bruce Davison
Votes: 148
71. A Fire in the Sky (1978 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but no one believes them.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Richard Crenna, Elizabeth Ashley, David Dukes, Joanna Miles
Votes: 558
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XinPIdQtuxA[/link]
72. Disaster on the Coastliner (1979 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 97 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A vengeful employee of a computer-controlled railway arranges a head-on collision of passenger trains. Can it be stopped?
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr, Robert Fuller, Pat Hingle
Votes: 596
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzjcC8m6eeI[/link]
73. The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
During a radar test mission, Flight 412 witnesses the disappearance of 2 fighter-jets scrambled to intercept a UFO but the Air Force is determined to cover-up the incident.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Glenn Ford, Bradford Dillman, David Soul, Robert F. Lyons
Votes: 725
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI1Q9roVrAU[/link]
74. Damnation Alley (1977)
PG | 91 min | Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield
Votes: 5,868 | Gross: $8.72M
75. Grizzly (1976)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
An eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving it up to a Park Ranger to save the day.
Director: William Girdler | Stars: Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel, Joan McCall
Votes: 5,945
76. Lost Flight (1970 TV Movie)
G | 104 min | Action, Drama
The captain of a downed airliner must help his crew and passengers survive on a deserted jungle island in the midst of a power struggle - an adult version of "Lord of the Flies."
Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Anne Francis, Ralph Meeker, Andrew Prine
Votes: 201
77. Killer on Board (1977 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
The passengers on a cruise ship are seized by panic when a deadly virus begins killing off passengers and crew.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Claude Akins, Patty Duke, Len Birman, Frank Converse
Votes: 113
78. Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., resulting in 78 fatalities.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Jeannetta Arnette, Barry Corbin, Stephen Macht, Dinah Manoff
Votes: 415
79. A Cry in the Wilderness (1974 TV Movie)
74 min | Thriller
The father of a wilderness family gets bitten by a skunk, and fearing rabies, chains himself to a barn to protect his family should he go mad. He orders his son not to come near him no ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: George Kennedy, Joanna Pettet, Lee Montgomery, Collin Wilcox Paxton
Votes: 166
80. The Pack (1977)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
The residents of vacation spot Seal Island find themselves terrorized by a pack of dogs -- the remnants of discarded pets by visiting vacationers.
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Hope Alexander-Willis, Richard B. Shull, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 1,275
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXgX0W9zKc[/link]
81. The Billion Dollar Threat (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A mad scientist plans to destroy the earth's ozone layer.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Dale Robinette, Ralph Bellamy, Keenan Wynn, Patrick Macnee
Votes: 81
82. Panic in Echo Park (1977 TV Movie)
72 min | Drama
A young black M.D. tries to prove that the community of Echo Park is endangered by a deadly epidemic. But he has to fight his superior in the hospital and city government who accuse him of just causing panic.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Dorian Harewood, Robin Gammell, Catlin Adams, Norman Bartold
Votes: 96
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knhAsHDMQCY[/link]
83. Frogs (1972)
PG | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A group of helpless victims celebrate a birthday on an island estate crawling with killer amphibians, birds, insects, and reptiles.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark, Adam Roarke
Votes: 7,642 | Gross: $0.48M
84. Squirm (1976)
PG | 92 min | Horror
A storm causes some power lines to break and touch the ground, drawing millions of man-eating worms out of the earth, and into town where they quickly start munching on the locals.
Director: Jeff Lieberman | Stars: Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R.A. Dow, Jean Sullivan
Votes: 6,458
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwn-7gfCWAg[/link]
85. The Bees (1978)
PG | 83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When South America killer bees corporately smuggled into the United States mutate into intelligent insects and attacks helpless people, young scientists work desperately to end the threat as the menace swarms in on the city areas.
Director: Alfredo Zacarías | Stars: John Saxon, Angel Tompkins, John Carradine, Claudio Brook
Votes: 1,471
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzFFbbJIVm0[/link]
86. The Neptune Factor (1973)
G | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find it and encounters terrible danger.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon, Ernest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux
Votes: 1,298
87. The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, History
The story of the fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Mfg. Co. building in New York City in 1911 that resulted in the deaths of 146 employees, mostly young women. The ensuing investigation ... See full summary »
Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: David Dukes, Tovah Feldshuh, Lauren Friedman, Janet Margolin
Votes: 177
88. It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (1975 TV Movie)
70 min | Drama
A recreation of a World War II incident which occurred in London's Bethnal Green underground station in 1943, in which 173 people died when a panicked crowd stampeded as they were hurrying down the steps to take refuge from an air raid.
Director: John Goldschmidt | Stars: Mario Renzullo, Gwyneth Strong, Ray Mort, Marjorie Yates
Votes: 105
89. The Hindenburg (1975)
Approved | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A chronicle of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes
Votes: 6,580 | Gross: $27.95M
90. S.O.S. Titanic (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 194 min | Drama, History
On her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable R.M.S. Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
Director: William Hale | Stars: David Janssen, Cloris Leachman, Harry Andrews, David Battley
Votes: 1,499
91. Dogs (1977)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
A pack of dogs goes on a killing spree.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: David McCallum, Sandra McCabe, George Wyner, Eric Server
Votes: 1,038
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbsvBZ4Q5LU&feature=related[/link]
92. Survivors (1975–1977)
50 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A community of survivors struggle to stay alive in the wake of a global pandemic known as the Death that wiped out 99.98% of humanity.
Stars: Lucy Fleming, Ian McCulloch, Denis Lill, Stephen Dudley
Votes: 1,434
93. The Chain Reaction (1980)
92 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A holidaying couple is pursued by the thugs of a nearby nuclear storage facility's boss, who is intent on covering up an accidental leak.
Director: Ian Barry | Stars: Steve Bisley, Arna-Maria Winchester, Ross Thompson, Ralph Cotterill
Votes: 1,173
94. The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Thriller
Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Carol Lynley, Dale Robinette, Billy Green Bush, Philip Michael Thomas
Votes: 126
95. The Neptune Factor (1973)
G | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find it and encounters terrible danger.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon, Ernest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux
Votes: 1,298
96. Murder on Flight 502 (1975 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Left in the lounge for first-class passengers, a letter warns of murders on Flight 502 - and the warning's received a day early.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Polly Bergen, Theodore Bikel, Sonny Bono
Votes: 720
97. Pursuit (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Thriller
A political extremist plans to spread stolen nerve gas in a city where a political convention is being held. Government agents are sent to catch him.
Director: Michael Crichton | Stars: Ben Gazzara, E.G. Marshall, William Windom, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 532
98. A Vacation in Hell (1979 TV Movie)
120 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Five tourists, four women and one man, escape from the group in a holiday camp at a tropical place and get lost. They have to find the way back, but problems are still to come.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Priscilla Barnes, Barbara Feldon, Andrea Marcovicci, Maureen McCormick
Votes: 158
99. The Big Bus (1976)
PG | 88 min | Action, Comedy
A nuclear powered bus driving cross-country, from New York City to Colorado, is destined for disaster due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Rene Auberjonois
Votes: 3,707 | Gross: $3.54M
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEhs4t0hGPg[/link]
100. Airplane! (1980)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Votes: 260,689 | Gross: $83.40M
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