10 Scariest Natural Disaster Movies You Need To See

Global disaster movies like Independence Day, 2012, and Deep Impact tend to have branching subplots in order to explore the calamity from various angles. However, Greenland goes in a different direction. 

This 2020 survival thriller, which involves a comet colliding with the Earth, contains no cliched scenes involving government officials yelling about their next course of action or a wacky group of scientists trying to find a solution. Instead, the story revolves around John (Gerard Butler), an engineer trying to safeguard his family during a literal apocalypse.

Although the concept is grand, Greenland regularly emphasises smaller conflicts. When John's family is handpicked to hide in an emergency shelter, he's torn by the fact he can't tell his friends and family, leaving them to their own demise. Later, when he forgets his son's insulin, John has to decide whether to let the boy perish but guarantee his place in the shelter, or go back for the medicine but risk losing his family.

Greenland's small-scale approach could've diluted the tension, but instead makes the larger-than-life situation surprisingly relatable. Since viewers see this family from beginning to end, they empathise with them, making their plight all the more frightening.