10 Dumbest Decisions In Disaster Movies

10. The Day After Tomorrow (2004) - Going Outside Despite Warnings 

In Roland Emmerich's most notable film since Independence Day (1996), Earth is exposed to extreme weather conditions culminating in a new ice age, which is ushered in through a storm system that freezes everything within its eye.

This is all predicted by American paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), but surprisingly few people (even in scientific circles) believe him. After a storm surge floods New York City, his son, Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) is faced with a similar problem when the majority of the survivors sheltering with him in the New York Public Library decide to go it alone, despite Sam's warnings that the weather will get colder, killing those outside.

Unfortunately, Sam is later proven right when Jack and his colleague, Jason Evans (Dash Mihok) discovers that those survivors have frozen to death, underlining just how dumb it was not to follow a little friendly (and professional) advice.