1970s-80s: Disaster Movies.
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- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsDana AndrewsRhonda FlemingEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Disaster movie about a Navy jet and a commercial airliner heading for a mid air collision.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonHenry HathawayStarsBurt LancasterDean MartinGeorge KennedyA bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsGene HackmanErnest BorgnineShelley WintersA group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsCharlton HestonJames BrolinYvette MimieuxA Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707, forcing the crew to fly to Russia amidst tensions and stereotypes of the early 1970s.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPaul NewmanSteve McQueenWilliam HoldenAt 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.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsCharlton HestonAva GardnerGeorge KennedyVarious interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsLarry HagmanMartin MilnerJessica WalterTwo hurricane hunters track a huge, violent hurricane that is bearing down on a Gulf Coast town.
- DirectorJud TaylorStarsGlenn FordBradford DillmanDavid SoulDuring 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.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsBen MurphyBonnie BedeliaLew AyresThe residents of an isolated mountain town must band together to survive during a devastating heat wave.
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsJackie CooperStella StevensCleavon LittleA 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.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsCharlton HestonKaren BlackGeorge KennedyA 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.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsGeorge C. ScottAnne BancroftWilliam AthertonA chronicle of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsCharlton HestonJohn CassavetesMartin BalsamA crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsRobert ConradSian Barbara AllenBuddy EbsenFlashbacks profile California motorists involved in a disastrous 39-car smash-up over a holiday weekend.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsRobert CulpMartin MilnerBarbara HersheyAfter 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.
- DirectorGeorge P. CosmatosStarsSophia LorenRichard HarrisMartin SheenPassengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsJack LemmonLee GrantJoseph CottenArt thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsErnest BorgnineVera MilesPatty DukeA 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.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsPatrick WayneChristopher MitchumFawne HarrimanA 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.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsGeorge SegalTimothy BottomsRichard WidmarkA nameless young terrorist threatens to sabotage roller coasters at various American amusement parks if he isn't paid a huge ransom. Safety inspector Harry Calder is reluctantly drawn into a game of cat and mouse, with many lives at risk.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsMichael CaineKatharine RossRichard WidmarkDeadly African bees spread over Texas and kill thousands of people. Scientists led by Bradford Crane and Captain Helena Anderson try to find an antidote and destroy the swarm - against the advice of Army General Thalius Slater.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsCharlton HestonDavid CarradineStacy KeachA Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.
- DirectorCorey AllenLewis TeagueStarsRock HudsonMia FarrowRobert ForsterThe 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.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsMichael CaineSally FieldTelly SavalasAn extension of the previous film, wherein a group of adventurers return to the overturned ship to seek several fortunes.
- DirectorWilliam HaleStarsDavid JanssenCloris LeachmanHarry AndrewsOn her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable R.M.S. Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.