On the surface, you might not realize that there have been so many standout disaster movies in the 21st century. The genre is most famous for its films from the '90s, like Armageddon, Deep Impact, and ...

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Disaster movies have been a rock-solid staple on the silver screen since the early 1900s — with James Williamson's silent film Fire! (1901) being the first to introduce the genre. From Hollywood's ...