Movies Like Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006)

Magma: Volcanic Disaster is a 2006 action, tv movie, thriller film from Ian Gilmore with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Volcano and Descent.

Action TV Movie Thriller

Volcano

1997

An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming LA.

5.9

MagicScore

Descent

2005

When cracks in the Earth's crust large enough to swallow a city block appear, a team of scientists must go deep into the Earth to find a way to stop the destruction.

4.7

MagicScore

Dante's Peak

1997

Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.

6.2

MagicScore

Lava Storm

2008

Lori and John Wilson, employees of an emergency response center, must find a way to survive the initial lava storms, to save John's father and their two teenage children. Even more importantly, they must find a way to slow the path of the lava storms, to give humankind the time to find a solution to this natural disaster, in order to save humanity and our Earth.

4.9

MagicScore

Miami Magma

2011

Antoinette Vitrini, a volcanologist, confirms her theory of a long-dormant underground volcano after an offshore-drilling rig bursts into flames. Now, she must stop catastrophic amounts of magma from pumping out right under Miami, Florida.

5.9

MagicScore

Apocalypse Pompeii

2014

When a former Special Ops commando visits Pompeii, his wife and daughter are trapped as Mt. Vesuvius erupts with massive force. While his family fights to survive the deadly onslaught of heat and lava, he enlists his former teammates in a daring operation beneath the ruins of the city of Pompeii.

4.7

MagicScore

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005

The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power – and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.

7.5

MagicScore

Skyfire

2019

Tianhuo Island is as beautiful as a paradise. It almost makes people forget that it is located in the "Ring of Fire" the world-famous Pacific Rim volcanic belt. The volcano erupts, and the fates of the people on the island are entangled.

6.4

MagicScore

The Quake

2018

A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo, Norway.

6.7

MagicScore

#10

2 Lava 2 Lantula!

2016

When an unprecedented amount of sinkholes erupt all over Florida, a new nest of fire spitting LAVALANTULAS is awakened… wreaking their fiery havoc all over the sunshine state.

5.1

MagicScore

#11

The Wave

2015

Although theorised, no one is really ready when a mountain pass above the scenic and narrow Geiranger fjord in Norway collapses and creates a tsunami over 300 feet high. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

Lavalantula

2015

Giant lava breathing tarantulas – Lavalantulas – erupt out of ancient volcanos in the Santa Monica Mountains, raining death and destruction upon Los Angeles. With the City of Angels on the verge of incineration, only a washed up ‘90s action hero actor stands in the way of this monstrous swarm of bloodthirsty creatures who burn their victims alive.

4.9

MagicScore

#13

End of the World

2018

As mass of solar storms causes tsunamis, volcanoes, and flooding, a city-dwelling family attempts to flee to the relative safety of a group of high-elevation caves several miles away.

4.4

MagicScore

#14

San Andreas Mega Quake

2019

Scientists make a horrible discovery: The "Big One" is coming in two days, with it, California will sink to the ocean. Their only hope is to rupture a volcano that will displace the earthquake's energy and build a new crust on the surface. But as fore-shocks turn California into chaos, it's a race against time the scientists might not win.

5.7

MagicScore

#15

The Black Scorpion

1957

Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.

5.1

MagicScore

#16

Krakatoa, East of Java

1968

A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883 Krakatoa Volcano eruption provides more pressing problems.

5.9

MagicScore

#17

When Time Ran Out...

1980

An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

5.4

MagicScore

#18

Geo-Disaster

2017

A chunk of dark matter shoots right through earth, causing various worldwide disasters. A family in Los Angeles struggles to survive the ordeal.

5.1

MagicScore

#19

Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York

2006

Illegal experimentation accidentally rips open a previously unknown hidden magma reserve directly under Manhattan!

5.8

MagicScore

#20

100 Degrees Below Zero

2013

After freak climate and weather events destroy the world around them, a group of rogue scientists attempt to reverse the deadly new ice age.

4.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Magma: Volcanic Disaster?

The top films similar to Magma: Volcanic Disaster by MovieMagicScore are Volcano (5.9), Descent (4.7), Dante's Peak (6.2). Each shares action/tv movie/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Magma: Volcanic Disaster worth watching?

Magma: Volcanic Disaster holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 52 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Magma: Volcanic Disaster?

Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006) is a action, tv movie, thriller film directed by Ian Gilmore, starring Xander Berkeley, Amy Jo Johnson, Reiko Aylesworth.

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