25 Great Disaster Movies
Everything is awful and terrifying right now. I know. You know. And the movies know. Hell, they've always known: the entire disaster movie genre is dedicated to exploring worst-case scenarios in minute detail, whether they involve pandemics, volcanic explosions, or such admittedly less common scenarios as a ship full of people knocked upside down by a tsunami. They've long been easy fodder for blockbusters, in part because mass destruction is a great excuse to show off the bleeding edge of special effects. How many have you seen?
avg. score: 10 of 25 (40%)
required scores: 1, 5, 8, 11, 15