The highly-anticipated standalone sequel to the 1996 disaster thriller film Twister is finally here. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung from a screenplay by Mark L. Smith, Twisters is a disaster action thriller film and it follows the story of Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser who gets roped into chasing storms once again by her friend Javi to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. Kate soon meets the daredevil storm wrangler Tyler Owens and all of them team up to fight for their survival. Twisters stars Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, and Sasha Lane. So, if you loved the surviving thriller, disaster, and a bit of romantic element in Twisters here are some similar movies you could watch next.
Twister (Max & Rent on Prime Video)
Twister is a disaster thriller film directed by Jan de Bont from a screenplay co-written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin. The 1996 film is the film that the Glen Powell film is based on and it follows the story of a couple on the brink Jo Harding, a meteorologist, and Bill Harding, a former storm chaser as they go on one last ride before separating to create a weather alert system by going right in the middle of a tornado. Twister stars Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt in the lead role with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Lois Smith, Alan Ruck, Jeremy Davies, and Sean Whalen starring in supporting roles.
Into the Storm (Rent on Prime Video)
Into the Storm is a found footage disaster action-thriller film directed by Steven Quale from a screenplay by John Swetnam. The 2014 film follows the story of a group of storm chasers, students, and teachers as they get caught in the biggest storm there ever was. Into the Storm stars Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Nathan Kress, Matt Walsh, Jeremy Sumpter, Max Deacon, Alycia Debnam-Carey, London Elise Kress, and Lee Whittaker starring in supporting roles.
The Perfect Storm (Rent on Prime Video)
The Perfect Storm is a disaster drama film directed by Wolfgang Petersen from a screenplay by William D. Wittliff. Based on the 1997 creative nonfiction book of the same name by author Sebastian Junger, the 2000 film is set in October of 1991 and it follows the story of a group of commercial fishermen as they try to survive a deadly storm in the North Atlantic. The Perfect Storm stars Diane Lane, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, George Clooney, John Hawkes, Mark Wahlberg, and William Fichtner.
Night of the Twisters (Buy DVD on Amazon)
Night of the Twisters is a made-for-television disaster film directed by Timothy Bond from a screenplay co-written by Sam Graham and Chris Hubbell. Based on the young adult semi-fictional 1984 novel of the same name by author Ivy Ruckman, the 1996 film follows the story of a young man as a series of deadly tornados hit their community and he has to go on a dangerous mission to save his missing family. Night of the Twisters stars Devon Sawa, Lori Hallier, Amos Crawley, Jhene Erwin, Thomas Lastewka, Helen Hughes, David Ferry, and Ted Simonett.
Supercell (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video)
Supercell is a disaster action thriller film directed by Herbert James Winterstern from a screenplay co-written by James Winterstern and Anna Elizabeth James. The 2023 film follows the story of William, the teenage son of a legendary stormchaser who died while doing what he loved. When William finds out about his father, he runs away from home to become a stormchaser. Supercell stars Daniel Diemer in the lead role with Anne Heche, Skeet Ulrich, Alec Baldwin, Jordan Kristine Seamon, Johnny Wactor, Praya Lundberg, and Richard Gunn starring in supporting roles.
The Wave (Netflix, Hulu, Tubi & Rent on Prime Video)
The Wave is a Norwegian disaster film directed by Roar Uthaug from a screenplay co-written by John Kåre Raake and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg. The 2015 film follows the story of an experienced geologist as he discovers that a disastrous tsunami will soon hit his city of Geiranger, Norway. Now, he must find a way to save everybody including his family by taking them somewhere safe. The Wave stars Kristoffer Joner, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande, Ane Dahl Torp, Fridtjov Såheim, and Elli Harboe.
Geostorm (Rent on Prime Video)
Geostorm is a sci-fi disaster thriller film directed by Dean Devlin from a screenplay co-written by Devlin and Paul Guyot. The 2017 film is set in a world where a system of climate-controlling satellites has been built but when they malfunction and a bunch of catastrophic unnatural disasters plague the Earth, the only hope of everybody’s survival is Jake Lawson, a technical designer. Geostorm stars Gerard Butler in the lead role with Abbie Cornish, Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Andy Garcia, Alexandra Maria Lara, Eugene Derbez, Robert Sheehan, Talitha Bateman, Daniel Wu, and Amr Waked starring in supporting roles.
