Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection; Universal Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures/Amblin Entertainment; 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Everett Collection. Bruce Willis in 'Armageddon'; Daisy ...

The disaster movie genre has produced some truly thrilling and high-stakes cinematic experiences. From towering infernos to unstoppable floods and apocalyptic storms, these movies can serve up a ...

The idea seems more likely to have been concocted between the giggles of a couple of smoke-addled college freshmen than presented as the premise for a motion picture — let alone a film that was ...