Earthquake Movies

The Japanese population’s reaction to the catastrophe of March 2011 has been described as “stoic” by the Western media. The...

"1985: Heroes among Ruins" is a reflection of disaster. It is about the human solidarity, the search and rescue and the importance of civil...

On September 1, 1923, an unprecedented earthquake hit the Kanto region. The streets are filled with victims, and rumors are circulating around. The...

Meeting with a survivor of the earthquake in Haiti. Telling us about disaster and life after the trauma.

After a massive earthquake cut the South Island town of Kaikōura off from the rest of the country, a huge effort went into rebuilding the road...

harming drama set in a rural area of post-war Iran. This heartwarming story follows a thoughtful young woman who serves as a leader to the community...

This short-length documentary takes us to Agadir, a city in Morocco that was struck by an earthquake in 1960. The film, made by an expatriate...

The story of the 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake. The film primarily chronicles the...

During an earthquake, a frantic man falls down a stairwell and "dies" yet his soul remains trapped in his body.

Based on author's childhood memories of the devastating 1988 Spitak earthquake. The father and his two young kids are left without a home and above...

"Under the Debris" is a short photography film about waiting for the unknown and being trapped in the fear of losing loved ones, derived from the...

The race to save the world's only dedicated Māori World War One Memorial from collapse reveals an unknown soldier's heroic story to the...

Footage shot not long after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is edited together so that more than one scene and more than one vantage are...

A day before the earthquake in Skopje, Wily Muller, a German conductor, while passing through the concert meets a young girl Jana, a student from...

"Skoplje '63" is a 1964 Yugoslavian documentary film directed by Veljko Bulajić about the 1963 Skopje earthquake (Skoplje, per film title, is...

Filmed mostly with drones, this short film shows what happened before, during and after the devastating earthquake that struck Mexico City in...