Best Accident Movies List

The Prestige (2006)

Aggregate Rating: 249 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 66 | Earnings: $53.08M

Lead Role: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, | Director: Christopher Nolan,

After a tragic accident two stage magicians engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion whilst sacrificing everything they have to outwit the other.

Gravity (2013)

Aggregate Rating: 245 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 96 | Earnings: $274.08M

Lead Role: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen, | Director: Alfonso Cuarón,

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

Amores perros (2000)

Aggregate Rating: 181 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 83 | Earnings: $5.38M

Lead Role: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero, | Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu,

A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love.

Les yeux sans visage (1960)

Aggregate Rating: 172 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 90 | Earnings: $0.05M

Lead Role: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, Alexandre Rignault, | Director: Georges Franju,

A surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured, and goes to extremes to give her a new face.

Flight (2012)

Aggregate Rating: 171 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $93.75M

Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, Don Cheadle, John Goodman, | Director: Robert Zemeckis,

An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation into the accident reveals something troubling.

Blow Out (1981)

Aggregate Rating: 163 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 85 | Earnings: null

Lead Role: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, | Director: Brian De Palma,

A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

21 Grams (2003)

Aggregate Rating: 162 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 70 | Earnings: $16.25M

Lead Role: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Danny Huston, | Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu,

A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.

Pozitia copilului (2013)

Aggregate Rating: 153 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 77 | Earnings: $0.09M

Lead Role: Luminita Gheorghiu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa Raab, Ilinca Goia, | Director: Cãlin Peter Netzer,

The news of a fatal car accident involving her son will trigger against all odds, a mother's struggle to set her child free.

Kkeut-kka-ji-gan-da (2014)

Aggregate Rating: 149 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: null

Lead Role: Sun-kyun Lee, Jang In-sub, Man-sik Jeong, Jin-woong Jo, | Director: Seong-hun Kim,

After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.

Super Dark Times (2017)

Aggregate Rating: 143 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 75 | Earnings: $0.03M

Lead Role: Owen Campbell, Charlie Tahan, Elizabeth Cappuccino, Amy Hargreaves, | Director: Kevin Phillips,

Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.

For Those in Peril (2013)

Aggregate Rating: 143 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 79 | Earnings: null

Lead Role: George MacKay, Kate Dickie, Michael Smiley, Brian McCardie, | Director: Paul Wright,

Aaron, a young misfit living in a remote Scottish fishing community, is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of five men including his older brother. ...

Changing Lanes (2002)

Aggregate Rating: 139 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 69 | Earnings: $66.79M

Lead Role: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Staunton, Toni Collette, | Director: Roger Michell,

The story of what happens one day in New York City, when a young lawyer and a businessman share a small automobile accident on F.D.R. Drive, and their mutual road rage escalates into a feud.

Carancho (2010)

Aggregate Rating: 135 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 66 | Earnings: $0.09M

Lead Role: Ricardo Darín, Martina Gusman, Carlos Weber, José Luis Arias, | Director: Pablo Trapero,

In Argentina over 8,000 people die in traffic accidents every year. Behind each of these tragedies is a flourishing industry founded on insurance payouts and legal loopholes. Sosa is a ...

A Map of the World (1999)

Aggregate Rating: 132 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 65 | Earnings: $0.54M

Lead Role: Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, Dara Perlmutter, David Strathairn, | Director: Scott Elliott,

A woman's life falls apart after she's blamed for an accident on her property.

Turbo (2013)

Aggregate Rating: 131 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 58 | Earnings: $83.02M

Lead Role: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Maya Rudolph, Samuel L. Jackson, | Director: David Soren,

A freak accident might just help an everyday garden snail achieve his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500.

Chrystal (2004)

Aggregate Rating: 130 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 65 | Earnings: $0.08M

Lead Role: Lisa Blount, Billy Bob Thornton, Kamron Ross Stacey, David Rhodes, | Director: Ray McKinnon,

Twenty years after the accident that claimed his son's life and permanently injured his wife, a man returns to his home in search of redemption.

Vanilla Sky (2001)

Aggregate Rating: 130 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 45 | Earnings: $100.61M

Lead Role: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell, | Director: Cameron Crowe,

A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.

De grønne slagtere (2003)

Aggregate Rating: 128 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 54 | Earnings: $0.00M

Lead Role: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Line Kruse, Ole Thestrup, | Director: Anders Thomas Jensen,

Svend and Bjarne work for a butcher in a small Danish town. Fed up with their boss' arrogance, they decide to start their own butcher shop. After dismal beginnings, an unfortunate accident ...

Hulk (2003)

Aggregate Rating: 128 | Imdb: 5 | Metascore: 54 | Earnings: $132.12M

Lead Role: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas, | Director: Ang Lee,

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers an accident that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.

The Vow (2012)

Aggregate Rating: 124 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 43 | Earnings: $125.01M

Lead Role: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange, | Director: Michael Sucsy,

A car accident puts Paige in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo works to win her heart again.