10 Most Underrated Disaster Movies Of All Time

Oliver Stone has had a fairly successful career, bringing out such bonafide masterpieces as JFK, W., Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July (and many, many more), but one film that deserves to be ranked alongside them is his 2006 disaster drama World Trade Centre, a focused and touching tribute to those who perished on 9/11, and those who survived.

Starring Nicolas Cage in his most controlled and mature performance in recent memory, the film follows two police officers (Cage and Michael Pena) after they get trapped in the wreckage of the falling Towers. The images of the Towers coming down are harrowing to watch, but the film’s ability to focus on the people involved that day make it completely engaging.

Cage and Pena give blistering and passionate performances as real-life heroes John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno, and Stone attempts (as a change in pace) to steer clear of the politics of that day and keep his eyes fixed on the people who died and risked their lives for others after the attacks.

It will undoubtedly make you ugly-cry, but it is a story that demands to be seen.