10 Disaster Movies To Watch if You Love Netflix's 'The Great Flood'

There's no way but up in The Great Flood. Another addition to South Korea's growing list of disaster movies, this soaking-wet apocalypse film follows AI scientist Dr. Gu An-na (Kim Da-mi) and her son, Shin Ja-in (Kwon Eun-seong), as they become trapped in floodwaters rising through their thirty-floor apartment complex. As megawaves crash into the structure, Dr. An-na must carry her son on her back while climbing to the rooftop, where a helicopter rescue awaits.

The Great Flood isn't just a story about the disaster itself. As a researcher behind humanity-saving technology, Dr. An-na is a valuable asset to the United Nations. However, her scientific contributions prove to be a double-edged sword. Although rescue is within reach, she is forced to make the ultimate sacrifice. Like most disaster movies, The Great Flood is anchored by moral dilemmas to give it a grounded touch. Without further ado, here are the disaster movies to watch if you loved Netflix's The Great Flood.

1 'Bird Box' (2018)

When the world is struck by a mysterious force that causes people to kill themselves upon seeing it, a mother must lead two children down a river toward safety. The only problem is that they must remain blindfolded. Bird Box may be a disaster movie centered on the unseen. Still, at its heart, it shows how Malorie Hayes (Sandra Bullock) battles her own paranoia while repeatedly putting her life on the line.

However, these forces are not the only dangers in the post-apocalyptic world. Throughout her journey, Malorie encounters survivors across a wide moral spectrum — from the kind-hearted Tom (Trevante Rhodes), who offers shelter to others, to the deeply mistrustful Douglas (John Malkovich), who hoards resources. It is then that audiences realize the true threat may lie within their own refuge.

2 'Twister' (1996)

In 1969, a devastating F5 tornado killed young Jo's father in Oklahoma. Twenty-seven years later, Jo (Helen Hunt) becomes a storm scientist working with her estranged husband, Bill (Bill Paxton), to develop an advanced tornado warning system. After repeated failures and deadly encounters, their team confronts a massive F5 directly, risking everything to deploy their equipment.

Compared to larger-than-life, post-apocalyptic films, Twister feels more grounded and relevant. Tornadoes are among the most common natural disasters in America, with over 1,200 occurring each year. While movies like Twister don't exactly capture the actual severity of these disasters, they convey the chilling shift from everyday safety to stormy catastrophe in a matter of seconds.

3 'A Quiet Place' (2018)

In a ravaged New York City where civilization has fallen silent, the Abbott family struggles to survive in a world ruled by sound-hunting extraterrestrial creatures. Any noise, even a footstep or breath, can trigger a deadly attack. Parents Lee (John Krasinski) and Evelyn (Emily Blunt) guide their children through strict routines of silence, relying on sign language to communicate.

Although A Quiet Place is framed as a tense survival thriller, the bigger message is the importance of family. Nobody goes through more danger than the Abbotts, especially when every step demands precision and restraint. Even when they're only a sound vibration away from death, they still find love and togetherness within.

4 'Armageddon' (1998)

After a meteor shower destroys the Space Shuttle Atlantis, NASA discovers a Texas-sized asteroid will collide with Earth in 18 days. With no conventional solution, they recruit elite oil driller Harry Samper (Bruce Willis) and his crew to train as astronauts, drill into the asteroid, and detonate a nuclear bomb. Facing everything from equipment failures to mortal ultimatums, the mission demands the ultimate sacrifice to prevent global extinction.

As a classic Michael Bay movie, Armageddon is packed with nonstop explosions from the get-go. Nothing opens a natural disaster movie better than a massive meteor attack on New York that gives goosebumps. Whether viewers remember the movie for the ragtag ensemble's strong chemistry, the insanity of the mission itself, or its tear-jerking soundtrack "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," Armageddon remains a timeless must-watch in the disaster genre.

5 'The Day After Tomorrow' (2004)

When paleoclimatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) discovers signs of an abrupt climate shift in The Day After Tomorrow, his warnings are ignored as extreme weather devastates the globe. Storms, floods, and freezing temperatures signal the onset of a new Ice Age, forcing mass evacuations south. Trapped in a frozen New York City, Jack's son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) struggles to survive as Jack risks everything to save him.

The drastic climate change alone is disastrous enough. But then there's the lasting impact that comes after once the blizzard settles in. Creeping ice, infections, and wolves are just some of the threats that put the survivors on the line. Despite the film's overblown nature, the politicians' ignorance of scientific claims is sadly a realistic cliché.

6 'The Silence' (2019)

In The Silence, the world falls apart when deadly creatures start hunting people by sound. Sixteen-year-old Ally Andrews (Kiernan Shipka), who is deaf, escapes with her family as staying quiet becomes the only way to survive. Using sign language, they head to the countryside, dodging the monsters — only to run into an even creepier threat.

There's no doubt that The Silence invites comparisons to A Quiet Place with its sound-hunting creatures, but it quickly establishes its own angle by focusing on the outbreak and the early chaos of the silent apocalypse. Centered on a single family, The Silence is equally heartbreaking and strongly executed, emphasizing themes of togetherness and loss.

7 'Flu' (2013)

It's no ordinary influenza in Flu. A deadly airborne virus tears through Bundang, a suburb near Seoul, after an infected smuggled immigrant sparks a fast-moving outbreak. Panic spreads as hospitals overflow and the government seals off the city. With a deadly virus spreading like wildfire, disease expert Kim In-hae (Soo Ae) and rescue worker Oh Ji-goo (Jang Hyuk) head into the quarantined zone.

In years past, the idea of an airborne virus bringing the entire world to a halt sounded like something out of a movie. That changed with COVID-19, whose outbreak mirrors the one depicted in Flu. It begins with a small cluster, only to spread across the globe. Like Flu, what proves most frightening is how government institutions ultimately hold responsibility for public safety, for better or worse.

8 'Ashfall' (2019)

Ashfall takes place after the sudden eruption of Mount Paektu, triggering massive earthquakes across North and South Korea. With further eruptions imminent, a joint operation is launched to detonate a nuclear device in a mine near the volcano. This mission requires special forces Jo In-chang (Ha Jung-woo) to team up with an unlikely partner, all for the sake of saving their homes.

The root of disaster prevention is geopolitics. In Ashfall, In-chang must put his ego aside as he relies on imprisoned spy Lee Joon-peyong (Lee Byung-hun) in this cross-border partnership. Just as the volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunami sequences are explosive, so too are the tensions surrounding their nuclear mission.

9 'The Tower' (2012)

Set on Christmas Eve in Seoul, The Tower follows Lee Dae-ho (Kim Sang-kyung), a single father managing the 120-story Tower Sky complex. A luxury party proceeds despite safety warnings, and a helicopter accident ignites a massive fire in Riverview Tower. Firefighters led by Captain Kang Young-ki (Sul Kyung-gu) battle the blaze while Dae-ho searches for his daughter, leading to desperate escapes and the eventual demolition of the tower to save the city.

Nobody is immune to natural disasters, whether the rich or the poor. Inside these real, grand urban landmarks, lives are awaiting their unfortunate fates. On top of the structural collapse, survivors are forced to face ethical dilemmas, ranging from questionable leadership under literal pressure to the grave possibility of euthanasia.

10 '2012' (2009)

2012 follows the discovery that solar-flare neutrinos are overheating Earth's core, triggering global crustal displacement. World governments secretly construct massive arks in the Himalayas to preserve humanity, selling seats to the ultra-wealthy. Struggling writer Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) races across the continents to save his family, just as Mother Nature swallows the very last bits of humanity.

Since Y2K, no other apocalyptic phenomenon has taken the world by storm quite like 2012. Backed by the very real conspiracy theory that the world was ending in 2012, that mythology only heightened the film's shock factor. From the collapse of the San Andreas Fault and the eruption of Yellowstone, to megatsunamis towering over the Himalayas, audiences feel as if they're in a real-life apocalypse itself.