20 Disaster Movies You Must See Before You Die

16. San Andreas

The Impossible Naomi Watts
Warner Bros.

It was just a matter of time before The Rock got his own mega-budget disaster movie, and this loony dose of destruction porn (mostly) hits the right notes.

Centered around the San Andreas Fault triggering the largest earthquake in history, San Andreas is absolutely jam-packed with city-wide carnage and unrepentant loss of life, ensuring audiences aren't left sitting through reams of build-up for the gonzo payoff.

Dwayne Johnson gives the Dwayne Johnson performance you'd expect in a film that knows where its strengths lie - its nutty VFX-driven obliteration, rather than the depths of its characters or human drama.

Above all else, in what other disaster movie can you see Kylie Minogue get violently annihilated by an earthquake?

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