Earthquake Movies

  • 2012
    Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism

    Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism

    Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism

    82012HD

    The Japanese population’s reaction to the catastrophe of March 2011 has been described as “stoic” by the Western media. The...

    Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism
  • 1971
    A Day Longer Than a Year

    A Day Longer Than a Year

    A Day Longer Than a Year

    5.71971HD

    The film tells of devastating earthquake in Banja Luka in 1969 and follows a group of prisoners in prison during devastating earthquake and people...

    A Day Longer Than a Year
  • 1997
    The Day the Earth Moved

    The Day the Earth Moved

    The Day the Earth Moved

    01997HD

    January 16, 1995. Tsuyoshi Takahashi, a young student at Shiokaze elementary, is driven solely to get excellent grades. Because of this he often...

    The Day the Earth Moved
  • 1964
    Skopje '63

    Skopje '63

    Skopje '63

    31964HD

    "Skoplje '63" is a 1964 Yugoslavian documentary film directed by Veljko Bulajić about the 1963 Skopje earthquake (Skoplje, per film title, is...

    Skopje '63
  • 2015
    The Art of Recovery

    The Art of Recovery

    The Art of Recovery

    02015HD

    Downtown has become a frontier of creativity where new ideas flourish. From raw and tragic beginnings, it has grown from a groundswell of spontaneous...

    The Art of Recovery
  • 2007
    A Global Warning?

    A Global Warning?

    A Global Warning?

    42007HD

    Global warming in context. What the climate of the past tells us about the climate of the future.

    A Global Warning?
  • 2005
    Wake Up, Arezu!

    Wake Up, Arezu!

    Wake Up, Arezu!

    52005HD

    Moments after the earthquake, a young teacher in a village outside the town of Bam, scrambles from under the rubble and finds out that her colleagues...

    Wake Up, Arezu!
  • 1906
    San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake

    San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake

    San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake

    5.41906HD

    Footage shot not long after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is edited together so that more than one scene and more than one vantage are...

    San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake
  • 2011
    The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

    The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

    The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

    6.8752011HD

    On 11 March 2011, an earthquake caused a tsunami to hit the Tōhoku (Northeast) region of Japan. In this film, survivors of the tsunami rebuild...

    The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
  • 2024
    Under the Debris

    Under the Debris

    Under the Debris

    02024HD

    "Under the Debris" is a short photography film about waiting for the unknown and being trapped in the fear of losing loved ones, derived from the...

    Under the Debris
  • 1990
    Funerals of Terror

    Funerals of Terror

    Funerals of Terror

    6.31990HD

    During an earthquake, a frantic man falls down a stairwell and "dies" yet his soul remains trapped in his body.

    Funerals of Terror
  • 2020
    La legge del terremoto

    La legge del terremoto

    La legge del terremoto

    6.52020HD

    La legge del terremoto
  • 2012
    La tana del bianconiglio

    La tana del bianconiglio

    La tana del bianconiglio

    02012HD

    La tana del bianconiglio
  • 2018
    My New Year

    My New Year

    My New Year

    02018HD

    Based on author's childhood memories of the devastating 1988 Spitak earthquake. The father and his two young kids are left without a home and above...

    My New Year
  • 2009
    Yamakoshi: The Recovery of a Tiny Japanese Village

    Yamakoshi: The Recovery of a Tiny Japanese Village

    Yamakoshi: The Recovery of a Tiny Japanese Village

    02009HD

    The Great Chuetsu Earthquake which struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23, 2004 is permanently engraved in the memories of most Japanese people...

    Yamakoshi: The Recovery of a Tiny Japanese Village
  • 1974
    The Day the Earth Moved

    The Day the Earth Moved

    The Day the Earth Moved

    6.31974HD

    An aerial photography team tries to alert a small town about an impending earthquake, but no one believes the duo until the tremors start and the...

    The Day the Earth Moved
  • 1933
    Quake!

    Quake!

    Quake!

    01933HD

    A silent documentary about the Long Beach earthquake of March 10, 1933, which had a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings...

    Quake!
  • 2021
    Nepal Beyond

    Nepal Beyond

    Nepal Beyond

    02021HD

    Four years after the devastating Gorkha earthquake, the people of Nepal still live everyday with the problems the world left behind.

    Nepal Beyond
  • 2023
    THE EARTHQUAKE

    THE EARTHQUAKE

    THE EARTHQUAKE

    02023HD

    An experimental short film about the Earthquake, that is still ongoing in Turkey.

    THE EARTHQUAKE
  • 2024
    AS AN EARTHQUAKE

    AS AN EARTHQUAKE

    AS AN EARTHQUAKE

    02024HD

    On February 6, 2023, an earthquake on the border of Turkey and Syria claims more than 55,000 lives. On this day, I am in an oncology center, 6 days...

    AS AN EARTHQUAKE