The Naked Jungle (1954)
Synopsis: In 1901, a New Orleans woman, Joanna Selby (Eleanor Parker, The Sound of Music), agrees to marry a South American plantation owner, Christopher Leiningen (Charlton Heston, Planet of the […]
Tag Archives: Disaster
Stories of impending natural or man-made catastrophes
The End of the World (1916, aka Verdens Undergang)
Synopsis: A newly discovered comet passing close to Earth threatens to destroy the planet. Various characters — an astronomer, a preacher, a wealthy man, a mine worker and his family […]
Abandon Ship (1957, aka Seven Waves Away)
Synopsis: After a shipwreck, twenty-plus people in a lifeboat meant for nine try to survive. The lifeboat’s Captain, played by Tyrone Power (The Black Swan), suddenly realizes that the numbers […]
Destination Moon (1950)
Synopsis: A scientist (Warner Anderson, The Caine Mutiny), a retired General (Tom Powers, Double Indemnity) and a tycoon (John Archer, The Big Trees) team up to develop the first trip […]
Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
Synopsis: Thousands of years ago, a poor fisherman (Anthony Hall, Goodbye, Norma Jean) helps a young woman (Joyce Taylor, Twice-Told Tales) return to her country, the mythical land of Atlantis. He […]
Conquest of Space (1955)
Synopsis: In the near future, a hand-picked group of astronauts run a space station that travels in orbit around Earth. One day, the astronauts receive their first important mission: a […]
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Synopsis: Mankind’s total destruction becomes a possibility when scientists discover that a planet is in route to a direct collision with Earth. As experts try to convince the international community […]
Frogs (1972)
Synopsis: While investigating the effects of pollution in the Florida swamps, an environmental photographer, Pickett Smith (Sam Elliott, Road House), is invited to the birthday party of a crippled millionaire, Jason […]
Day of the Animals (1977)
Synopsis: One very, very hot summer day, a group of hikers slowly realize that the wildlife is acting erratic. They can’t quite put their fingers on the problem, but Radio […]
The Time Machine (1960)
Synopsis: Rod Taylor (The Birds) plays H. George Wells, a scientist who, in the late 1800s, creates a time machine that takes him into the year 802,701, with startling results. […]
War of the Worlds (2005)
Synopsis: An average blue-collar single father (Tom Cruise, Top Gun), and his two children (Dakota Fanning, Man on Fire, and Justin Chatwin, Taking Lives), struggle to survive amidst a devastating […]
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Synopsis: Residents of a small California town witness the first stages of an extra-terrestrial invasion. The U.S. Armed Forces are dispatched, but the soldiers are no match for the technologically-advanced […]
Tulsa (1949)
Synopsis: In 1920s, Tulsa, Oklahoma, a cattle rancher’s feisty daughter, played by Susan Hayward (I’ll Cry Tomorrow and I Want to Live!), unexpectedly enters the oil business and quickly becomes […]
Non-Stop (2014)
Synopsis: An air marshal (Liam Neeson, Darkman) is aboard a transatlantic flight when he starts getting threatening text messages from an unknown passenger. The unidentified terrorist promises to kill a […]
