15 Movies About Flood To Watch Right Now

The parts of Scotland, including Wick, are devasted due to a storm flood after it raised the sea levels between mainland Europe and the United Kingdom. 

As a result, Keith Hopkins, the head forecaster, thought it would head toward the Netherlands due to failed forecasts. 

When Leonard Morrison, a professor, proved it would head towards London, Deputy Prime Minister Campbell star to evacuate the people before the flood. 

The tsunami overwhelmed the Thames barriers and destroyed everything in the city. 

The military helicopter helped the people and took the survivors to the London Underground. 

In the way to control the Thames barrier, Rob, Leonard, and Sam learned they should go underwater. Although Leonard knows he will not survive if she tries to do so, he joins the suicide mission. 

In the end, he lost his life while saving London. 

Overall, it fills impressive flood scenes brought to life by the stunning computer generator special effects.

• IMDB: 4.8/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 24% audience score
• Cast: Robert Carlyle, Tom Courtenay, David Suchet, Jessalyn Gilsig
• Director: Tony Mitchell
• Available on: Prime Video

When Kim Hwi, a geologist, noticed the Sea of Japan, which shared similar activity as five years ago the Indian Ocean, he warned the Disaster Prevention Agency. 

However, they assured him South Korea was not at risk. But the disaster hit, and Hwi learns the people have only ten minutes to flee.

As a result, the city's people went through chaos and destruction. 

They fight to stay alive and find their loved ones. Through some people's struggles and sacrifices, the main characters ultimately come together to support one another and rebuild their damaged community.

Overall, Tidal Wave conveys the devastating effect of the tsunami on the city and its people, with entire buildings and communities destroyed and countless lives lost. 

Viewers say it is a good attempt at a disaster genre movie to come out of Korea.

• IMDB: 5.6/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 49% audience score
• Cast: Sol Kyung-gu, Ha Ji-won, Lee Min-ki, Kang Ye-won
• Director: Yoon Je-Kyoon
• Available on: Netflix

Evan Baxter, a former local television news reporter, moved to Huntsville, Virginia, when he was elected to Congress. 

He started facing several strange things in his life, like 614 occurring daily, animals following him, growing beard & hair, and the appearance of robes instead of clothes. 

He found 614 meanings from the Book of Genesis, which instructed Noah to prepare for the coming flood by building the ark. 

As a result, god wanted him to learn about the upcoming disaster which would destroy the people's lives. 

Although he ignored the sign, the god appeared and asked him to build the ark, the only way to survive the disaster. 

While he started following god words, he was fired from his position as they thought him insane. Meanwhile, the flood wrecked the homes of Prestige Crest due to the Long Dam failure. 

Even after being blamed for the flood, Long gets the job back as he saves the world. 

• IMDB: 5.4/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 24%
• Cast: Steve Carell, Lauren Graham, Morgan Freeman, 
• Director: Tom Shadyac
• Available on: Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max

Poseidon is an action-adventure film directed by Wolfgang Petersen. The film is available on Netflix and AppleTV.

The plot starts on New Year's Eve when the officers notice an enormous rogue wave. Passengers faced waves in a luxury ocean line RMS Poseidon which risked the lives of countless people.

As a result, they tried to survive it but could not turn to steer fast, and it swamped the ship. It killed the officers, passengers, and crew members. 

The captain assured the surviving passengers of their safety, but many didn't believe him.

The unconvinced traveller made their way to the bow, believing it was their chance to escape.

However, they faced a near-death experience when the ship started to sink and flooded every section. 

They are tangled in a rapidly surging air conditioning rod and need screws to escape drowning, and a chain makes a convenient screwdriver. 

They struggled to survive, but at last, some survivors made it with the help of a helicopter that tracked their location.

• IMDB: 5.7/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 33%
• Cast: Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Jacinda Barrett
• Director: Wolfgang Petersen
• Available on: Netflix

The central character of Into The Storm is Gary Fuller, played by actor Richard Armitage. 

The film begins when Gary's sons Trey and Donnie record messages from the seniors for a time capsule while Pete, a storm chaser, heads to Silverton to film tornadoes. 

However, the cell they had been chasing became weak, leading to a hailstorm and tornado. 

Gary's son Donnie and his friend Kaitlyn were trapped when a tornado brought down their school building, leaving them shaken and confused. 

Donnie had gone to an abandoned paper mill to help Kaitlyn with a project. 

Meanwhile, a tornado destroys the buildings. Gary must save Allison's stone, and Pete's team agrees to help Gary get to the paper mill. 

They record messages for family and are ready for the worst. Pete's team rushes to Silverton to rescue citizens from an EF-5 tornado. He sacrifices himself to save lives by moving Titus to a storm grate.

Allison praises Pete's sacrifice and dedication to science as townspeople begin to rebuild after the tornado outbreak. 

• IMDB: 5.8/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 21%
• Cast: Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Matt Walsh, Alycia Debnam-Carey
• Director: Steven Quale
• Available on: Netflix

When Noah sees a flower grow from the ground and dreams of a great flood, he consults with Methuselah, his grandmother.

She helps him with learning about his vision and offers him Eden seeds.

However, Watchers presumed him a liar. But when the water spouts, they are convinced and start building an ark to prepare for the flood. 

But the defensive circle Watchers Tubai-Cain built the weapon to take the ark and requested the followers to storm the ark when the rain began. 

Noah's family entered the ark except for their grandmother.

When Noah finds out about Illa's pregnancy, the rains stop, which he presumes is the indication of god to sacrifice the child.

Noah said he would sacrifice the child if it were a girl. But Noah fails to sacrifice his granddaughters when the actual time comes for the ritual occurs.

He was upset about his failure and isolated himself from everyone. However, things started returning to normal when he realized his care for the world.

• IMDb: 5.8/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 75%
• Cast: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson
• Director: Darren Aronofsky

Tom (Christian Slater) and his uncle Charlie (Randy Quaid), an armoured truck driver, get stuck with three million dollars in flooding. 

Hank, a dam operator in town, tries to prevent the flood while waiting for the National guards. 

Jim (Morgan Freeman) and his four gang members try to steal the money when the flood rises, and the truck gets stuck in that area. 

In the process, Charlie gets shot by a thief, and Tom swims to save the bag full of money. While trying to hide money, he meets Karen (Minnie Driver), who calls the cops as she mistakenly addresses Tom as a thief. 

Meanwhile, Hank opened the spillway, which caused the flood. The water raised while Tom got trapped in the cell. However, Karen helped him, and they tried to hide from the gang. 

• IMDB: 5.9/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 31%
• Cast: Morgan Freeman, Randy Quaid, Christian Slater, Richard Dysart, Betty White, Minnie Driver, Ed Asner,
• Director: Mikael Salomon
• Available on: Hulu, Prime Video

Beth called her sister Hely Keller about the Category Hurricane, which could hit Florida.

Although she advised her to get out of there, she disobeyed the instruction of her sister's ex-boyfriend and checked out for her father in their old family house. 

The location was more at risk of flooding, but she decided to save her dad and find him in a crawl space unconscious. 

Meanwhile, their main exit point cuts by American Alligators. 

She tried to retrieve her phone, but the two alligators destroyed it and injured her leg. Wayne and Pete come to help them, but the alligator strikes them.

Haley finds a gun in Wayne's body and kills an alligator. She swims into the flooded street while saving her father from drowning. 

They tried to escape from the crawl space, but they crashed back. On the way, her dad lost his right arm following an alligator attack.

Although Haley was attacked, she stabbed the alligators and reunited with her father and dog, Sugar. 

• IMDb Rating: 6.1/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
• Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark, Rose Anderson
• Director: Alexandre Aja

Jack Hall's research about climate change could drive an ice age. But Becker, the US Vice president, does not concern about it before the temperature drop in the Atlantic Ocean. 

Meanwhile, the superstorms split in Siberia, Canada, and Scotland. It also struck Tokyo and devasted Los Angeles with a tornado outbreak.

The superstorm floods Manhattan, and Jack's son and friend get stuck in the storm surge. 

As a result, they seek shelter in New York City. Jack reaches out to his son Sam through a call and promises to rescue him from there. 

Although Sam warned the survivor in the library, they decided to head south when the floodwater froze. 

After a day, Jack finally discovers his son's group. Meanwhile, Becker apologizes for his ignorance and sends troops to save Jack and the other survivors. 

• IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 45%
• Cast:Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum, Ian Holm
• Director: Roland Emmerich
• Available on: Vudu, Amazon Prime, and Apple TV

A single mother, Julia, lives with her parents and gets caught in a catastrophic flood. While drowning in the flood, her neighbour Aldo rescues her and sends her to a safe place.

However, Julia notices her daughter is inside a wooden box in the attic.

Julia and Aldo decide to go to the affected area to return her child but discover that her child is missing.

The duo searched for the missing child everywhere but couldn't find a trace of her.

After eighteen years, Julia finally locates her baby, only to discover that a woman who lost her child in the flood took her baby and raised her as her own.

The woman who had lost her child did not want to lose Julia's child again, so she had to hide it from her. 

• IMDB: 6.1/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 63%
• Cast: Sylvia Hoeks, Barry Atsma, Dirk Roofthooft, Monic Hendrickx, Katja Herbers
• Director: Ben Sombogaart
• Available on: HBO Max, Prime Video

Sinkhole follows a man and his family who move into the home they've waited years only to find that there may be some issues with the building foundation.

After labouring for 11 years, Park Dong-Won purchased a new house and invited their friends to the housewarming party. 

There was a heavy downpour overnight which formed a sinkhole. 

It washes out the house with the guest inside it in a minute. But they tried to find a way to survive. 

Park, Jeong Man-Soo, and others started finding their way out deep down the hole. Meanwhile, rain again pours down, and the sinkhole fills with water. 

So, before time runs out, they must find a way out to survive. 

This movie is suitable for the person looking for a disaster movie with some average comedy in it. It grips with how people react to sudden hazardous situations like natural calamities.

• IMDB: 6.2/10
• Cast: Cha Seung-won, Lee Kwang-soo, Kim Sung-kyun and Kim Hye-jun
• Director: Ji-hoon Kim
• Available on: Netflix

Diego, Sid, and Manny discover the high ice wall surrounding their valley is a dam that could flood the valley as it barely holds an enlarged lake. 

They find out from the vulture about the boat on the other side that could save the trio if they reached there in three days. 

From the dam top chuck of ice breaks and lead him to shift quickly. 

Cretaceous and Maelstrom escape due to melting ice and seek to eat all the mammals they can. Ellie, a mammoth, and Crash and Eddie, two mischievous opossums, join the trio to escape the flood. 

After being harassed by vultures, the group finds the boat behind a field of hot geysers. All of them are trapped in a cave when an ice dam fails. 

Manny tries to save them but is hit unconscious. Diego, Cretaceous, and Maelstorm lure Manny underwater.

Scrat creates a crack that drains the floodwaters and saves everyone.

• IMDB: 6.8/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 57%
• Cast: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott, Queen Latifah
• Director: Carlos Saldanha
• Available on: Prime Video, Disney Plus

On his last day working in Geiranger, geologist Kristian Eikjord, played by actor Kristoffer Joner, experiences a critical situation. 

Sensors detected that the groundwater suddenly vanished on the mountain. Later, Kristian waits for the ferry with his children while his wife Idun works at the hotel. 

Meanwhile, he realized the potential danger and immediately rushed toward the geology centre. 

The mountain could trigger a devastating tsunami in Geiranger. Kristian urgently demands Arvid raise the state of alert, but he hesitates to sound the evacuation alarm due to the peak tourist season.

As the situation escalates, Kristian, Jacob, and Idun join forces, determined to protect their loved ones and the unsuspecting tourists. 

The movie combines spectacular visuals, intense tension, and a compelling character. Viewers found the plot simple, yet one of the most potent disaster movies ever made.

• IMDB: 6.6/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 83%
• Cast: Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande
• Available on: Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max

An old man and his teenage granddaughter live on a small island in the middle of a river as they possess the land.

Per the story, their hometown is affected yearly by heavy rainfall and flood, which destroys their crops and livestock. Hence, every time the water level rises, the farmer and her grandchild work hand in hand to save their farm.

Meanwhile, they build a dam to protect themselves, but it doesn't stop the disaster.

Despite their best efforts, the flood eventually surpasses the island. As a result, the farmer and his granddaughter are forced to adapt to their new reality and find ways to survive.

As a result, they move from Corn Island to higher ground. 

The film shows the uncontrollable forces of nature and the weakness of human existence. 

• IMDB: 7.5/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
• Cast: Tamer Levent, Irakli Samushia, Ilyas Salman, Mariam Buturishvili
• Director: George Ovashvili

The film is based on the true story of a family vacationing in Thailand when one of the worst natural disasters of time separated them.

Maria Belon, a Spanish physician, faced the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami while on vacation with her family. 

Bennett's family, Maria, Henry, Lucas, Simon, and Thomas, went on a trip to Khao Lak, Thailand. But two days after, their area was swapped by the massive Indian Ocean tsunami. 

Maria got injured and transferred to the hospital for her leg surgery. Meanwhile, Lucas helped others discover their family and search for his dad and brothers.

• IMDB: 7.5/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 81%
• Cast: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland
• Director: J. A. Bayona
• Available on: Hulu, Netflix, Prime Video