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Dante's Peak (1997)

Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.

Directed byRoger Donaldson

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  1. 01

    Daylight

    Strong story similarity

    1996 · 115 min · Action · Adventure · Thriller

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    A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: disaster and explosion
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  2. 02

    Volcano

    Strong story similarity

    1997 · 104 min · Action · Drama · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming LA.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: disaster and disaster movie
    • substantial genre overlap
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  3. 03

    The Abyss

    Strong story similarity

    1989 · 140 min · Adventure · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared genre DNA
    • shared production studio: Pacific Western
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  4. 04

    Supervolcano

    Strong story similarity

    2005 · 120 min · Action · Drama · TV Movie · Thriller

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    Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start popping up, but they are ignored or dismissed as 'minor'. But when they learn an eruption will happen, panic breaks out through people of the USA and the world.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  5. 05

    The Perfect Storm

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    2000 · 130 min · Action · Adventure · Drama · Thriller

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    In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: disaster and natural disaster
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 06

    Magma: Volcanic Disaster

    Strong story similarity

    2006 · 86 min · Action · TV Movie · Thriller

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    When a volcano expert becomes convinced that a cataclysmic natural disaster is about to unfold, a volcanologist Professor John Shepherd and his graduate students believes that recent unexplainable volcanic activity as all of the volcanoes in the world are going to erupt and kill every living thing on the planet! They try to convince the government that their theory is true not a joke while also trying to figure out how to stop it before time runs out!

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: disaster movie and lava
    • shared genre DNA
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  7. 07

    The Edge

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    1997 · 117 min · Action · Adventure · Drama

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    The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.

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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  8. 08

    Last Resort

    Strong story similarity

    1996 · 88 min · Action · Adventure · Drama

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    Nine young men and women, deemed unmanageable by both anguished parents and a society grown weary of drug users, gang members and thieves, are given one last chance to save their lives. Some make it, some don't.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    2012

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    2009 · 158 min · Action · Adventure · Science Fiction

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    Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: disaster and disaster movie
    • shared genre DNA
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  10. 10

    Poseidon

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    2006 · 98 min · Action · Adventure · Drama · Thriller

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    A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.

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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: disaster and disaster movie
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