5 Disaster Movies That Can Be Called Masterpieces

It’s often that the word “disaster” can be used to describe a film that bombed at the box office or critically underperformed, as it's an easy way to make negative connotations about a new release. Films about actual disasters, real or fictitious, have been popular for quite some time, as they used to be a reliable way to make a box office hit in the years before Hollywood began chasing the success of Star Wars and Jaws. Although there have been some disaster films in recent years, few have had any real success; Geostorm and 2012 are just two of the more recent films that cratered upon release.