Disaster!

↑ Black Sunday

↑ The Hindenburg

1970s disaster films, ranked by personal preference. I find the disaster genre an interesting one, and I think several disaster flicks are quite underappreciated. The genre attracted some well-known directors (Robert Wise, John Frankenheimer, Mark Robson, Richard Lester, etc). While most disaster films are quite conventionally made, The Cassandra Crossing and The Hindenburg are both sometimes very experimental with visuals and editing, and they’re the disaster films I find most cinematically interesting. Some of the best disaster films take what I find to...