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The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.

Directed byRoland Emmerich

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  1. 01

    2012

    Same director

    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
    • the same director
    • strong shared themes: disaster and disaster movie
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  2. 02

    The Core

    Strong story similarity

    2003 · 136 min · Adventure · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.

    Why it connects

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

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    Strong story similarity

    2008 · 104 min · Drama · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared themes: end of the world and evacuation
    • substantial genre overlap
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  4. 04

    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
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared production studio: 20th Century Fox
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  5. 05

    White House Down

    Same director

    2013 · 131 min · Action · Drama · Thriller

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    Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • shared production studio: Centropolis Entertainment
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  6. 06

    The Bay

    Strong story similarity

    2012 · 85 min · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared production studio: Lionsgate
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  7. 07

    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
    • shared themes: disaster and new york city
    • substantial genre overlap
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    Armageddon

    Shared themes

    1998 · 151 min · Action · Adventure · Science Fiction

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    When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: disaster and disaster movie
    • substantial genre overlap
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