Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "dam-collapse"

1. Dante's Peak (1997)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A volcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second-most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that a nearby long-dormant volcano may awaken at any moment.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley

Votes: 98,567 | Gross: $67.13M

2. Earthquake (1974)

PG | 122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

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

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene

Votes: 17,908 | Gross: $79.70M

3. The General (1926)

Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.

Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley

Votes: 98,277 | Gross: $1.03M

4. 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)

85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A massive earthquake creates a chain of events that threaten two of the largest nuclear reactors.

Stars: Kim Delaney, Dean Cain, David Cubitt, Oliver Hudson

Votes: 2,767

5. End of the World (1977)

PG | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After witnessing a man's death in a bizarre accident, Father Pergado goes on a spiritual retreat, where he encounters his alien double bent on world conquest.

Director: John Hayes | Stars: Christopher Lee, Sue Lyon, Kirk Scott, Dean Jagger

Votes: 1,207

6. Flood (1976 TV Movie)

98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After several weeks of heavy rainfall, the dam above Brownsville is ready to burst. But the town's mayor refuses to open its gates - paving the way for disaster.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Robert Culp, Martin Milner, Barbara Hershey, Richard Basehart

Votes: 538

7. Life After People (2008 TV Movie)

108 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi

Visit the ghostly villages surrounding Chernobyl (abandoned by humans after the 1986 nuclear disaster), travel to remote islands off the coast of Maine to search for abandoned towns that ... See full summary »

Director: David de Vries | Stars: Struan Rodger, John Anderson, David Brin, Bill Bruninga

Votes: 3,194

8. Killer Flood: The Day the Dam Broke (2003 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama, Thriller

An architect and his son become trapped inside a dam that is about to burst.

Director: Doug Campbell | Stars: Joe Lando, Matthew Ewald, Michele Greene, Christopher Kriesa

Votes: 635

9. Forfaiture (1937)

94 min | Drama

This version of the story begins with the engineer's wife (Denise Morel) being driven to the site where her husband is building a bridge. The first thing she notices is the mark of the ... See full synopsis »

Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Victor Francen, Sessue Hayakawa, Louis Jouvet, Lise Delamare

Votes: 142

10. When the Clouds Roll by (1919)

85 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

Psychiatrist Dr. Ulrich Metz attempts to drive Daniel Brown to suicide.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Albert MacQuarrie, Kathleen Clifford, Frank Campeau

Votes: 981

11. Encounter with Disaster (1979)

PG | 53 min | Documentary

Without warning, man can at any moment be plunged into the terror of natural or man-made catastrophe. Tragedies, and how human beings react to them are the subjects of this shocking film.

Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr. | Star: Brad Crandall

Votes: 34

12. Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode: Engineering Disasters (1999)

TV-G | 44 min | Documentary, History

Features The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 and other engineering disasters.

Stars: Lyndon B. Johnson, Roger McCarthy, Story Musgrave, Ralph Nader

Votes: 36

13. Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode: More Engineering Disasters (1999)

TV-G | 44 min | Documentary, History

Rocket engineers pushing the technological envelope expect a crash or two or hundred. But a collapsed roof or burst dam can only be attributed to sloppy engineering.

Stars: Harlan Saperstein, William Atwater, Frank O. Bravnard, Philip B. Crosby

Votes: 21

14. Mega Disasters (2006–2008)
Episode: Dam Break (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary

Modern dams are marvels of engineering but after decades of neglect the U.S. infrastructure is in crisis and by 2020, 85% of U.S. dams may be near their breaking point. When the South Fork ... See full summary »

Stars: J.V. Martin, Roger Tilling

Votes: 6

15. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: 10 Historical Disasters that People Tried to Cover Up (2022)

11 min | Documentary

Whistler reports on ten of worst disasters and subsequent government cover-ups that occurred in the 20th century.

Star: Simon Whistler

16. Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)
Episode: Sleigh Ride (2017)

TV-MA | 42 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Strand's loyalty is tested when the dam clashes with an adversary. The Clark family is pushed to new extremes as Madison reckons with her past.

Director: Andrew Bernstein | Stars: Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey

Votes: 3,954