Best Disaster movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Ed Harris, George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Orto Ignatiussen,
Directors : Alfonso Cuarón,

Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident which leaves them alone in space.

Actors : Adil Hussain, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma,
Directors : Ang Lee,

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.

Actors : Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez, Lari White, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Robert Zemeckis,

A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin, James DuMont, Mark Wahlberg,
Directors : Peter Berg,

A dramatization of the disaster back in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon created a giant explosion, which created the worst oil spill in American history.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio,
Directors : Adam McKay,

Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

Actors : John C. Reilly, George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum, Richard Dreyfuss, Josh Lucas,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for their lives as they attempt to escape the sinking ship.

Actors : Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck,
Directors : Michael Bay,

After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet.

Actors : Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Ron Howard,

Two Chicago firefighter brothers who don't get along have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose.

Actors : Deborah Kara Unger, Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Vicellous Shannon,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Actors : Helen Hunt, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Jan de Bont,

Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.

Actors : Sylvester Stallone, Dan Hedaya, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen,
Directors : Rob Cohen,

Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.

Actors : Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Lauren Bacall, Albert Finney,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

In December 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

Actors : William Holden, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Newman,
Directors : John Guillermin,

At 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.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters,

A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea.

Actors : Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Mark Robson,

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles.

Actors : Ed Harris, Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Amy Madigan,
Directors : Robert Benton,

In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow, with two small children, tries to run her small 40-acre farm with the help of two disparate people.

Actors : Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ian Holm, Ralph Richardson,
Directors : Hugh Hudson,

A shipping disaster in the nineteenth century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. The mother dies soon ...

Actors : Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Michael Caine, Katharine Ross,
Directors : Irwin Allen,

A huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.

Actors : Gregory Peck, David Janssen, Richard Crenna, James Franciscus,
Directors : John Sturges,

Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?