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Movies Like Dante's Peak

If you liked Dante's Peak (1997), a action and adventure movie directed by Roger Donaldson, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Volcano

    Volcano (1997)

    ★ 6/10Also action and drama

    An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's…

  2. 2Cave Rescue

    Cave Rescue (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also adventure and drama

    When a youth football team of 12 boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach is trapped deep inside a cave in Northern Thailand, thousands of volunteers and soldiers from around the world unite in a race against time…

  3. 32012

    2012 (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and adventure

    Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas…

  4. 4Meltdown: Days of Destruction

    Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006)

    ★ 6/10Also action and drama

    Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to…

  5. 5San Andreas

    San Andreas (2015)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and drama

    In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.

  6. 6Magma: Volcanic Disaster

    Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller

    When a volcano expert becomes convinced that a cataclysmic natural disaster is about to unfold, a volcanologist Professor John Shepherd and his graduate students believes that recent unexplainable volcanic activity as…

  7. 7The Core

    The Core (2003)

    ★ 5.8/10Also adventure and thriller

    Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at…

  8. 8Ladder 49

    Ladder 49 (2004)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and action

    Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. However, Jack has reached a crossroads as the sacrifices…

  9. 9Midnight Special

    Midnight Special (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and drama

    A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

  10. 10Poseidon

    Poseidon (2006)

    ★ 5.9/10Also adventure and action

    A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.

  11. 11Supervolcano

    Supervolcano (2005)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and drama

    Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start…

  12. 12The Finest Hours

    The Finest Hours (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and drama

    The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

  13. 13Thirteen Lives

    Thirteen Lives (2022)

    ★ 7.8/10Also drama and thriller

    Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain…

  14. 1413 Minutes

    13 Minutes (2021)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and drama

    As a new day begins in the small American town of Minninnewah, the residents start their day as ordinary as the next. Mother Nature, however, has other plans for them. Inhabitants have just 13 minutes to seek shelter…

  15. 15Deepwater Horizon

    Deepwater Horizon (2016)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and action

    A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

  16. 16Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding

    Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)

    ★ 6/10Also action and drama

    Mitch Buchannon, believed to have died in a boating accident survived and only has amnesia, he has been recovering in a Los Angeles hospital. His new fiancée, Allison Ford, resembles his old lover, Lt. Stephanie Holden…

  17. 17The Day After Tomorrow

    The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and adventure

    After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off…

  18. 18Greenland 2: Migration

    Greenland 2: Migration (2026)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure and thriller

    Having found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family must now risk everything to embark on a perilous journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.

  19. 19The Twisters

    The Twisters (2024)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and adventure

    A deadly patchwork of destructive cyclones is on an apocalyptic path of convergence at a populated Midwest city center. There, the twisters will merge into one mega tornado that threatens to obliterate the cities for…

  20. 20The High and the Mighty

    The High and the Mighty (1954)

    ★ 5.9/10Also adventure and drama

    Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight that takes a terrifying turn when disaster…

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