Top 19 movies like The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.

The Day the Earth Caught Fire is of 1 hour(s) and 38 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Pax Films. It was released on 1961-11-01. It has the tagline: The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True! It has an average vote of 6.778 on TMDB.

Genres: Science FictionDrama

1. The Disenchanted (La Désenchantée)

The Disenchanted

A worldly French teen is determined to escape from her current situation for a better life.

It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.

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2. Pillow of Death

Pillow of Death

Attorney Wayne Fletcher and his secretary have an affair. When Wayne's wife is found smothered to death, he becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigate the murder, a psychic with questionable motives tries to contact the deceased woman. Soon, Wayne begins seeing visions of his dead wife, and other people involved with the case begin to be killed, one by one.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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3. Operation Kid Brother (OK Connery)

Operation Kid Brother

The evil crime syndicate Thanatos is bent on taking over the world, using a magnetic wave generator that will cause all metal-based machinery to grind to a halt. However, the well-known British secret agent normally assigned to such tasks isn't available, so they engage his civilian brother, Neil, to help. Neil, played by Neil Connery, is a world-class plastic surgeon, hypnotist, and lip-reader, which turn out to be precisely the skills required for thwarting Thanatos.

It has an average vote of 4.4 on TMDB.

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4. The Manxman

The Manxman

A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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5. An Unknown Compelling Force

An Unknown Compelling Force

The truth of Russia's greatest unsolved mystery, the Dyatlov Pass Incident, is uncovered in this compelling documentary.

It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.

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6. Crack in the World

Crack in the World

Dr. Steven Sorenson plans to tap the geothermal energy of the Earth's interior by means of a thermonuclear device detonated deep within the Earth. This experiment causes a crack to form and grow within the Earth's crust, which threatens to split the earth in two if it is not stopped in time.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

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7. Quatermass and the Pit

Quatermass and the Pit

A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London subway station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.

It has an average vote of 6.596 on TMDB.

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8. Brassed Off

Brassed Off

A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.

It has an average vote of 7.035 on TMDB.

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9. Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

It has an average vote of 6.967 on TMDB.

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10. The Party (La Boum)

The Party

A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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11. The French Connection

The French Connection

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

It has an average vote of 7.526 on TMDB.

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12. The King of Staten Island

The King of Staten Island

Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys — Oscar, Igor and Richie — and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey. But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray, it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.

It has an average vote of 7.013 on TMDB.

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13. The Great Escape

The Great Escape

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

It has an average vote of 7.945 on TMDB.

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14. A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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15. Escape from New York

Escape from New York

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

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16. North by Northwest

North by Northwest

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

It has an average vote of 7.983 on TMDB.

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17. The Polar Express

The Polar Express

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

It has an average vote of 6.72 on TMDB.

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18. Old

Old

A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

It has an average vote of 6.361 on TMDB.

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19. Terminator Genisys

Terminator Genisys

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

It has an average vote of 5.939 on TMDB.

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