10 Disaster Movies I Actually Like

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Patrick Bromley discusses his favorite disaster movies during Junesploitation.

by Patrick Bromley When the end of the world doesn't seem so bad. It's Disaster day for Junesploitation! This is not my favorite genre. JB is your man for the disaster movies of the '70s, when these things were at their peak. Want to talk Daylight ? Talk to Adam Riske. But just because there aren't a ton that I enjoy doesn't mean that there aren't any I enjoy. Here are 10 I dig. 1. Independence Day (1996, dir. Roland Emmerich) A very traditional 1970s disaster movie that just happens to use aliens as the disaster. This is not the last time aliens will appear on this list, which means either a) I have a soft spot for sci-fi disaster movies or that b) aliens became an acceptable substitute for more natural disasters beginning in the 1990s. I know a lot of people really hate this movie but I just can't get on board with that. Any film that casts my beloved Bill Pullman as the President of the United States will forever have my sword. 2. Hard Rain (1998, dir. Mikael Salomon) Originally titled The Flood , 1998's Hard Rain cleverly mashes up a 1970s disaster movie with a heist movie and a western. Christian Slater drives an armored car that gets held up as a small town succumbs to some…

People in this episode

Host: Patrick Bromley

Topics covered

• disaster movies
• film analysis
• Junesploitation
• favorite films
• sci-fi
• 1990s cinema

Keywords

• disaster movies
• Independence Day
• Hard Rain
• Junesploitation
• film discussion
• sci-fi disaster

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Books & works: Independence Day, Hard Rain

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