Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "geology"

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

R | 142 min | Drama

Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler

Votes: 2,894,130 | Gross: $28.34M

2. The Lighthouse (I) (2019)

R | 109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes

Votes: 255,874 | Gross: $0.43M

3. 2012 (I) (2009)

PG-13 | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet

Votes: 398,308 | Gross: $166.11M

4. Godzilla (1954)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable dinosaur-like beast.

Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi

Votes: 39,892 | Gross: $2.42M

5. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

PG | 115 min | Drama, Mystery

During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse

Votes: 41,134 | Gross: $0.23M

6. Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Family

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

Director: Eric Brevig | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Aníta Briem, Seth Meyers

Votes: 131,950 | Gross: $101.70M

7. Volcano (1997)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles and a city official and a seismologist try to stop its inevitable flow through the city.

Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle

Votes: 81,649 | Gross: $49.32M

8. Walkabout (1971)

GP | 100 min | Adventure, Drama

Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg, John Meillon

Votes: 27,386 | Gross: $0.02M

9. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

G | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno

Votes: 34,503 | Gross: $1.30M

10. The Quake (2018)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

In 1904 an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale shook Oslo, with an epicenter in the "Oslo Graben" which runs under the Norwegian capital. There are now signs that indicate that we can expect a major future earthquake in Oslo.

Director: John Andreas Andersen | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Edith Haagenrud-Sande, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen

Votes: 14,647 | Gross: $0.01M

11. 10.0 Earthquake (2014)

PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Los Angeles is about to be hit by a devastating earthquake, and time is running out to save the city from imminent danger.

Director: David Gidali | Stars: Jeffrey Jones, Henry Ian Cusick, Cameron Richardson, Chasty Ballesteros

Votes: 2,681

12. Written on the Wind (1956)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama

Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone

Votes: 13,440

13. 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)

85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A massive earthquake creates a chain of events that threaten two of the largest nuclear reactors.

Stars: Kim Delaney, Dean Cain, David Cubitt, Oliver Hudson

Votes: 2,768

14. The Gay Divorcee (1934)

Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.

Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton

Votes: 8,653

15. Unknown World (1951)

Approved | 74 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

Scientists use a gigantic drilling machine for an expedition to the center of the earth.

Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Bruce Kellogg, Otto Waldis, Jim Bannon, Tom Handley

Votes: 1,298

16. The Monolith Monsters (1957)

Approved | 77 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.

Director: John Sherwood | Stars: Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne, Trevor Bardette

Votes: 3,889

17. Letter Never Sent (1960)

Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, Drama

Four geologists search for diamonds in the wilderness of Siberia.

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Tatyana Samoylova, Vasiliy Livanov, Evgeniy Urbanskiy

Votes: 4,234

18. Where Time Began (1977)

PG | 87 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Also known as "The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth" in the UK. The film is partially dubbed in English, but it has good cinematography.

Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Kenneth More, Pep Munné, Ivonne Sentis, Frank Braña

Votes: 737

19. You're Never Too Young (1955)

Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical

When an aspiring barber becomes inadvertently involved in the theft of a valuable diamond, necessity forces him to masquerade as a 12 year-old child - with humorous consequences.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Diana Lynn, Nina Foch

Votes: 1,688 | Gross: $7.48M

20. Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet (2021 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 73 min | Documentary

David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth's biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted.

Director: Jonathan Clay | Stars: David Attenborough, Elena Bennett, Jason Box, Terry Hughes

Votes: 3,285

21. The Night the World Exploded (1957)

Not Rated | 64 min | Sci-Fi

Dr. Conway has perfected a machine that predicts earthquakes, and has determined that one will strike California within 24 hours. A computer analysis determines that the entire world would explode within a little more than 28 days.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Kathryn Grant, William Leslie, Tristram Coffin, Raymond Greenleaf

Votes: 751

22. Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)

R | 100 min | Drama

A geologist employed by an Australian mining company finds himself disputing the rights of some aborigines who believe their land to be sacred.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett

Votes: 2,637

23. A Place in the World (1992)

PG | 120 min | Drama

Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a... See full summary »

Director: Adolfo Aristarain | Stars: José Sacristán, Federico Luppi, Leonor Benedetto, Cecilia Roth

Votes: 2,798 | Gross: $0.10M

24. How the Earth Was Made (2009– )

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History

The natural wonders of the world are being explained.

Stars: Corey Johnson, Jonathan Keeble, Tony Prave, Mike Poland

Votes: 770

25. Eruption: LA (2018)

Unrated | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

As the earth crumbles under the feet of the unsuspecting Angelenos, and a sea of hot lava is about to boil over, a geology geek and a young disaster-movie diva must avert a nightmare come true. Will the mayor act fast before it's too late?

Director: Sean Cain | Stars: Matthew Atkinson, Lexi Johnson, Eric Etebari, Amy Paffrath

Votes: 400

26. Asteroid in Love (2020– )

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

When she was little, Mira Kinohata met a boy named Ao at a campsite in town. While gazing at the starry sky together, Mira learns that there's a star with the same name as herself, but no ... See full summary »

Stars: Tomoyo Takayanagi, Megumi Yamaguchi, Lindsay Seidel, Reina Ueda

Votes: 252

27. Earth: Making of a Planet (2011 TV Movie)

96 min | Documentary

Animated film showing the making of Planet Earth from rocks and dust to our current home, beginning 4.5 billion years ago. Explains the clash with planet Thea, creation of oxygen, initial life underwater and stromatolites. Initial plate tectonics, Snowball earth and the first continents of Rhodinia and Gondwana.

Director: Yavar Abbas | Stars: Reg E. Cathey, Paul Essiembre

Votes: 635

28. How the Earth Changed History (2010– )

Documentary

In each episode, geologist Iain Stewart describes how a certain geological force played a determinant part in human history. Culture may render people less dependent on nature, it still ... See full summary »

Stars: Iain Stewart, Ali Haleyalur

Votes: 815

29. In Search of Noah's Ark (1976)

G | 95 min | Documentary, Family

An investigation into the theory that Mt. Agri in Turkey is the final resting place of Noah's Ark.

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Brad Crandall, Vern Adix, Melvin Cook, Eryl Cummings

Votes: 300 | Gross: $55.73M

30. Krakatoa (2008 TV Movie)

87 min | Documentary, Drama

The greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history, the Krakatoa explosion of August 27 1883.

Directors: Jeremy Hall, Stuart Everett | Stars: John Shrapnel, Michael Bernardin, Sasha Waddell, Nick Ewans

Votes: 126

31. A Crack in the Mountain (2022)

100 min | Documentary

A small, impoverished Vietnamese community struggles to deal with the opportunity and challenges that arise when Hang Son Doong, the largest cave in the world and a place of extraordinary natural beauty is discovered nearby.

Director: Alastair Evans | Stars: Huong Nguyen Thien Le, Adam Spillane, Howard Limbert, Giang Hoang Dang

Votes: 31

32. Drain the Ocean (2009 TV Movie)

TV-G | 88 min | Documentary

In this National Geographic special, we look at what most call "The Final Frontier". Using the newest data gathered from scientists all over the world and the latest advancements in ... See full summary »

Stars: Avery Brooks, Charlie Paull, Tim Le Bas, Craig Dawe

Votes: 161

33. X-Ray Earth (2020)

TV-PG | Documentary

Earthquakes, tsunamis and super volcanoes are all driven by forces buried deep inside our planet. What if we could x-ray the Earth to reveal these hidden dangers? Now we can.

Stars: Corey Johnson, Brittany Brand, Reginald Desroches, Michael Rampino

Votes: 78

34. Rise of the Continents (2013)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary

The epic story of how the world's continents were created, featuring Professor Iain Stewart.

Stars: Iain Stewart, Kevin Swain, Dean Ah Chee, Josh Griffiths

Votes: 494

35. Fire & Iceland (2022)

65 min | Documentary, Adventure

Volcanoes are a primal power in Iceland, but the real story is about the people who live in their shadows with the challenges, pride and inspiration they feel as new land is created before their eyes in their own backyards.

Directors: April Anderson, Martin Chytil | Stars: Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð, Valur Grettisson, Júlíus Ingi Jónsson, Helga Kristin Torfadottir

Votes: 8

36. Woman of the North Country (1952)

Approved | 90 min | Action, Drama, Romance

In 1890 Minnesota Christine Powell is the scheming head of the Powell dynasty, the richest mining empire of the era. But the Powell mine deposits are diminishing. The Mesabi range ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Rod Cameron, Ruth Hussey, John Agar, Gale Storm

Votes: 65

37. The Central Region (1971)

Not Rated | 180 min | Documentary

One of most influential films in avant-garde cinema, this experimental film by Michael Snow was shot over a period of 24 hours using a robotic arm, and consists entirely of preprogrammed ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Snow

Votes: 594

38. The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes (1968)

17 min | Short, Comedy

Both a documentary and a comedy. It features a man on a canoe tour of the Great Lakes while the geological time frame changes around him. He finds himself atop the great glacier, and then ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Mason | Star: Blake James

Votes: 80

39. France, le fabuleux voyage (2021)

87 min | Documentary, History

Rather than learning France's history through its people, we explore its natural history. A two billion-year journey back in time to look at the country's geological heritage: a mountain ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Pitiot | Star: Philippe Torreton

Votes: 19

40. Decoding the Driftless (2018)

61 min | Documentary

A wild ride of adventure through the air, across rugged landscapes, on and under water, through a secret underworld, and across time itself to explore and decipher ancient clues of the Driftless Region, with its captivating scenic beauty.

Director: Jonas Stenstrom | Stars: Jonas Stenstrom, Rob Nelson, George Howe, Timothy S. Jacobson

Votes: 41

41. Deep Time History (2016– )

Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary

The story of humans is often driven by events from the prehistoric past. How did physics, geology, biology, chemistry shape our history?

Stars: Jonathan Markley, Bernard Bullen, Michio Kaku, Kirk Ryde

Votes: 157

42. Drain the Great Lakes (2011 TV Movie)

TV-G | 47 min | Documentary

Scientists and film makers take us to the bottom of the Great Lakes and show us what the bottoms are like and go back in history when they formed.

Directors: Wayne Abbott, Crispin Sadler | Stars: Cham Giobbi, Nigel Wattrus, Steve Blasco, John O'Shea

Votes: 105

43. The Dinosaur Hunters (2002 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Drama

One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific establishment to accept Britain had ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Piddington | Stars: Henry Ian Cusick, Paul Brightwell, Michelle Bunyan, Alan Cox

Votes: 47

44. Ring of Fire (II) (1991)

40 min | Documentary, Short

This spectacular presentation explores the volcano belt known as the Ring of Fire. Breathtaking cinematography displays close up shots of past and present Pacific Rim volcanoes from Chile, the USA, Japan, and the Philippines.

Director: George Casey | Stars: Robert Foxworth, Norman Banks, Lawrence Blair, Gary Rosenquist

Votes: 238

45. GeologyHub (2017– )

Documentary, News

This is planet Earth at its fieriest and most exciting. In contrast to geological changes that take millions of years to notice, volcanoes erupt every day. Here are their stories.

Star: Timothy C. Catron

46. Tale of a Lake (2016)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary

A documentary about Finnish lakes, the nature around them, circulation of water and ancient Finnish mythology.

Directors: Marko Röhr, Kim Saarniluoto | Stars: Samuli Edelmann, Jonathan Hutchings, Johanna Kurkela

Votes: 568

47. Inside Planet Earth (2009 TV Movie)

120 min | Documentary

A fantastical - but factual - journey to the Centre of the Earth.

Director: Martin Williams | Stars: Richard Lintern, Patrick Stewart

Votes: 285

48. Earth (2019)

115 min | Documentary

Several billion tons of earth are moved annually by humans - with shovels, excavators and dynamite. 'Earth' observes people, in mines, quarries and large construction sites, engaged in a constant struggle to take possession of the planet.

Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Stars: Trent Wells, Paul Mellor, Steven Kuzar, Svyatoslav Babyuk

Votes: 279

49. Climate Hustle (2017)

78 min | Documentary

Climate Hustle reveals the history of climate scares, examines the science on both sides of the debate, digs into the politics and media hype surrounding the issue, shows how global warming... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Rogers | Stars: Marc Morano, Claude Allègre, Sallie Baliunas, Calvin Beisner

Votes: 206

50. Earth from Space (2012 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary

Earth from Space takes you on an epic quest to discover the invisible forces and processes that sustain life on our planet and, for the first time, see them in action in their natural ... See full summary »

Director: Iain Riddick

Votes: 221