1. Make It Out Alive
The untold human stories behind some of the world’s greatest disasters.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
2. Earthstorm
Storm chasers, survivors and first responders recount their harrowing experiences with volcanoes, tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
3. Rogue Earth
A series of looks into extraordinary natural disasters and their impact on the people around them.
4. BOSAI: Science that Can Save Your Life
Japan has a long history of natural disasters. BOSAI explores how to overcome them and save lives with the power of science.
5. Journeys into the Ring of Fire
Touring the perilous and spectacular landscape of the Pacific Rim to discover how the rocks beneath our feet have shaped human history.
6. What Happened Next?
(What Happened Next?)
7. Surviving Disaster
Natural and man-made catastrophes retold by eyewitnesses and dramatic reconstructions.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
8. THE DAYS (THE DAYS)
Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat — an unprecedented nuclear disaster.
It has an average vote of 7.725 on TMDB.
9. The Great Kanto Earthquake: Three Days of Ruin in Tokyo
A century after the Great Kanto Earthquake, previously unknown details have been extracted from newly 8K remastered and colorized footage, vividly demonstrating how Tokyo citizens faced the disaster.
10. Deadly Disasters
Deadly Disasters explores some of the most terrifying and destructive natural disasters to ever strike the planet, uncovering fascinating new details and packed with jaw-dropping footage.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
11. Floods - Challenging our Future
The catastrophic floods of New York, Bangkok and New-Orleans have shed light on the extreme vulnerability of more than 130 coastal cities faced with the violence of the sea. The mega-cities are threatened by a series of unusual phenomena: a surprising subsidence of soils, an unexplained rising of the level of the sea in some parts of the world, an increase in the frequency of extreme climatic events and exponential urbanization. Considering that science is capable of anticipating dangers and of suggesting protections, why do such disasters occur so often? Can they be avoided?
12. La Palma (La Palma)
A Norwegian family checks into a hotel in La Palma. But when a young researcher discovers alarming signs from the volcano located in the center of the holiday paradise, the mood quickly turns chaotic when it is feared that a volcanic eruption will trigger the world's largest tsunami.
13. The Storm (The Storm)
The Storm is a 2009 American science fiction disaster miniseries directed by Bradford May. Based on a previous teleplay by Matthew Chernov and David Rosiak, it was written by David Abramowitz and Dennis A. Pratt and revolves around a weather creation system developed by the Atmospheric Research Institute that threatens life on Earth when deployed by the military. However, while scientist Dr. Jonathan Kirk, Danni Wilson, and detectives Devon Williams and Stilman attempt to save the world, the former is hunted by hitmen.</p><p></p><p>The first part of the film was broadcast on the NBC network July 26, 2009. The second part was broadcast on August 2, 2009.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
14. Superstorm
Superstorm is a three-part British docudrama miniseries written and directed by Julian Simpson, about a group of scientists that try to divert and weaken hurricanes using cloud seeding.</p><p></p><p>Superstorm originally aired on BBC One for a period of three weeks, totaling three 59 minute episodes, from 15 April 2007 to 29 April 2007. Each episode was followed by a half-hour documentary on BBC Two on extreme weather monitoring and forecasting, called The Science of Superstorms. The series was also aired on the Discovery Channel in the U.S. and Canada during the summer of 2007.</p><p></p><p>Superstorm is a co-production of BBC Worldwide, Discovery Channel and ProSieben, in association with M6 and NHK. Ailsa Orr and Michael Mosley, who made also Supervolcano, are the executive producers for BBC, while Jack E. Smith is the executive producer for Discovery Channel.</p><p></p><p>The miniseries was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on 2 July 2007.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
15. Cyclone Tracy
Cyclone Tracy is a 1986 Australian mini series about Cyclone Tracy.
16. And, Live (そして、生きる)
Toko Ikuta lost her parents in a car accident at the age of 3. Afterwards, her uncle, who ran a barbershop in Morioka, raised her and she had a happy childhood. Toko Ikuta was active as a local idol and she dreamed of becoming an actress. At the age of 19, she is set to take an audition in Tokyo. The day before her audition, on March 11, 2011, the great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami hits Japan. In the autumn of 2011, Toko Ikuta works at a cafe. She goes with her Korean co-worker Han Yoo-Ri to do volunteer work in Kesennuma as the area recovers from the devastating tsunami. There, Toko Ikuta meets Kiyotaka Shimizu who is a university student from Tokyo and a member of a student volunteer group. While spending time together in Kesennuma, Toko Ikuta and Kiyotaka Shimizu develop feelings for each other.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
17. D-Day (디 데이)
When a natural disaster strikes Seoul, a team of medical doctors and emergency personnel struggle to deal with its aftermath.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
18. Tsunami: The Aftermath
Tsunami: The Aftermath is a television mini-series that was broadcast in two parts in 2006. It dramatizes the events following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the resulting tsunami in Thailand. Tsunami: The Aftermath is a joint production of HBO and the BBC and stars Tim Roth, Toni Collette, Sophie Okonedo, Samrit Machielsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Savannah Loney. It was filmed in Phuket and Khao Lak, Thailand from April to June 2006. Phuket and Khao Lak were two of the worst hit areas in the country in the December 26, 2004 disaster.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
19. NHKスペシャル 「南海トラフ巨大地震」 (NHKスペシャル 「南海トラフ巨大地震」)
(NHKスペシャル 「南海トラフ巨大地震」)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
20. 10.5: Apocalypse
Deadly seismic activities that peaked with a 10.5 earthquake and devastated the West Coast have altered the core structure of the earth and now threaten to jeopardize North America and the Western hemisphere. In a desperate bid to save lives - and the country - President Hollister calls once again upon one of the nation's top seismologists, controversial scientist Dr. Samantha Hill and her supervisor and former boyfriend Dr. Jordan Fisher, to interpret the latest onslaught of quakes.
It has an average vote of 5.833 on TMDB.