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

1. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.

Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith

Votes: 344,038 | Gross: $417.72M

2. Dante's Peak (1997)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A volcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second-most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that a nearby long-dormant volcano may awaken at any moment.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley

Votes: 98,405 | Gross: $67.13M

3. Ashfall (2019)

TV-14 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Stagnant since 1903, at an elevation of 2,744 m, a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.

Directors: Kim Byung-seo, Lee Hae-jun | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Ha Jung-woo, Jeon Hye-jin, Ma Dong-seok

Votes: 5,992

4. Skyfire (2019)

Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

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 erupted, and the fate of the people in the island was entangled.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Bee Rogers, Alice Rietveld, Xueqi Wang, Hannah Quinlivan

Votes: 4,183

5. Frozen Planet (2011–2012)

TV-PG | 33 min | Documentary

Focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

Stars: David Attenborough, Alec Baldwin, Chadden Hunter, Michael Kelem

Votes: 32,999

6. Encounters at the End of the World (2007)

G | 99 min | Documentary

Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Scott Rowland, Stefan Pashov, Doug MacAyeal

Votes: 19,258 | Gross: $0.94M

7. I Wish (2011)

PG | 128 min | Drama

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Kôki Maeda, Oshiro Maeda, Ryôga Hayashi, Seinosuke Nagayoshi

Votes: 7,941 | Gross: $0.15M

8. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

A team of explorers sets on a voyage to the Earth's core with their ship "Avenger". They recruit a yeti that serves as their guide. Meanwhile, a malevolent entity is attempting to recover the pieces of an Atlantean artifact.

Director: William Dear | Stars: David Dundara, Farrah Forke, Kim Miyori, John Neville

Votes: 917

9. Ironmaster (1983)

98 min | Action, Adventure

A violent man is ejected from his tribe after killing two of its elders, but he discovers a way to make weapons out of iron, and begins waging war against all the tribes in the region. His arch rival manages to escape and vows to stop him.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Sam Pasco, Elvire Audray, George Eastman, Pamela Prati

Votes: 1,058

10. Tanna (2015)

Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Set on a remote Pacific island, covered in rain forest and dominated by an active volcano, this heartfelt story, enacted by the Yakel tribe, tells of a sister's loyalty, a forbidden love affair and the pact between the old ways and the new.

Directors: Martin Butler, Bentley Dean | Stars: Mungau Dain, Marie Wawa, Marceline Rofit, Charlie Kahla

Votes: 4,685 | Gross: $0.01M

11. Ixcanul (2015)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama

On the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for seventeen-year-old María by her Kaqchikel parents.

Director: Jayro Bustamante | Stars: María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, Manuel Antún, Justo Lorenzo

Votes: 3,264 | Gross: $0.29M

12. Scorcher (I) (2002)

R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The only hope for humanity to survive a natural disaster is to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles, California.

Director: James Seale | Stars: Mark Dacascos, John Rhys-Davies, Tamara Davies, Mark Rolston

Votes: 1,486

13. The Secret Land (1948)

Passed | 71 min | Documentary

The 1946-1947 U.S. military expedition to explore and map Antarctica, led by Admiral Richard E. Byrd, is presented from its planning stages through its successful completion.

Stars: Robert Montgomery, Robert Taylor, Van Heflin, James Forrestal

Votes: 429

14. Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands (2015)

TV-PG | 59 min | Documentary

Stunning 3-part BBC documentary about the natural world and wildlife of Japan's islands: Honshu, Hokkaido and the Southernmost Islands.

Stars: Michelle Dockery, Peter Drost, Graham MacFarlane, Robin Cox

Votes: 633

15. The Lost Volcano (1950)

Approved | 76 min | Adventure

When a young boy is kidnapped by hunters who believe he knows the location of a great treasure, Bomba the Jungle Boy seeks to rescue him from them and from a volcano which is about to erupt.

Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Johnny Sheffield, Donald Woods, Marjorie Lord, John Ridgely

Votes: 249

16. Land of the Bears (2014)

86 min | Documentary

Set in the wilderness of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the land of legends and the kingdom of wild brown bears, we follow the daily adventures of five wild brown bears.

Director: Guillaume Vincent | Star: Marion Cotillard

Votes: 394

17. Aloma of the South Seas (1941)

Approved | 78 min | Drama

A young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education, but he returns to his island after his father dies to try to stop a revolution.

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Lynne Overman, Phillip Reed

Votes: 166

18. Howard the Duck: Adventure on Volcano Island (1986 Video Game)

Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Video-game based on the cult comic-book hero duck and set after the events of the Howard the Duck movie. Howard goes to a remote tropical volcano island to find his musician friends who got kidnapped by a madman.

Votes: 41

19. King of the Mounties (1942)

Approved | 196 min | Action, Adventure, Western

The chapter-crunched version of this 196 minutes, 12-episode serial from Republic finds Canada being bombed mercilessly by a mysterious-enemy plane (shaped like a boomerang) called the ... See full summary »

Director: William Witney | Stars: Allan Lane, Gilbert Emery, Russell Hicks, Peggy Drake

Votes: 55

20. Avec Thelma (2017)

14 min | Short, Comedy, Family

An Icelandic volcano has blocked air traffic and Thelma's parents are stuck overseas. Until planes start flying across the sky again, Jean Vincent and Thelma share the same roof.

Directors: Raphaël Balboni, Ann Sirot | Stars: Jean Le Peltier, Vincent Lecuyer, Thelma Balboni, Gilles Remiche

Votes: 69

21. Costa Rica, l'harmonie des sens (2018 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary

Beginning of the journey in San José, the capital of Costa Rica, a young town.We meet Christian Madriz, a chef who prepares dishes with very fresh fishes and vegetables from his own ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Bacos

22. Nicaragua la beauté au naturel (2009 TV Movie)

51 min | Documentary

The travel begins in Managua, a town of 1.400.000 inhabitants: then we go to León , a colonial town: Ruben Dario is bur ied in the cathedral of León.We see also a market place full of ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Bacos

23. Knight Rider (1982–1986)
Episode: Knight Flight to Freedom (1986)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Michael and RC arrive in San Duarte just in time to see Mount Duarte erupt for the first time since 1874. With the lava flow blocking the way in and out of the country, Colonel Perata ... See full summary »

Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Patricia McPherson, Peter Parros

Votes: 214

24. Digging for the Truth (2005– )
Episode: Pompeii Secrets Revealed (2005)

TV-PG | 46 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

In 79 AD, the volcano Vesuvius exploded in one of history's deadliest eruptions, burying the city of Pompeii and other Roman towns along the Bay of Naples beneath layers of ash and pumice. ... See full summary »

Stars: Giuseppe Argento, Josh Bernstein, Flora Giudicepietro, Giovanni Orsi

Votes: 23

25. Getaway (1992–2010)
Episode: Episode #15.7 (2006)

Documentary

Erik visits New Zealand's most active volcano. Megan Gale braves the waters off Margaret River, Western Australia. Natalie visits a Gold Coast resort that is heaven to both parents and ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Connerty | Stars: Ben Dark, Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Megan Gale

26. The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode: Dinobot Island: Part 1 (1985)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Dinobots are destroying the Autobot base because there is no room for them to train. Bumblebee and Powerglide find a mysterious prehistoric island and believe it will be the perfect home for the Dinobots.

Directors: Andy Kim, Bob Kirk, Al Kouzel, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, Margaret Nichols, Karen Peterson, Tom Ray, Robert Shellhorn, Bob Treat, Terry Lennon | Stars: Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Corey Burton

Votes: 154

27. Man vs. Wild (2006–2020)
Episode: Hawaii: Mount Kilauea (2006)

TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Reality-TV

Bear abseils from a helicopter onto Mount Kilauea, an active Hawaiian volcano, so he must tread with unusual caution, given the barren, brittle soil of molted lava, at places even breaking ... See full summary »

Director: Dominic Stobart | Star: Bear Grylls

Votes: 104

28. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)
Episode: Water You Thinking? (1996)

Not Rated | 20 min | Action, Adventure, Family

With the child Rangers journeying through a time portal, Zedd sends Witchblade to keep the Alien Rangers from hydrating.

Director: Paul Schrier | Stars: Catherine Sutherland, Julia Jordan, Johnny Yong Bosch, Matthew Sakimoto

Votes: 434

29. Amazing Train Journeys (2011– )
Episode: Philippines (2013)

Documentary

Beginning of the travel in Manilla, a very huge town of 11 millions of inhabitants.Philippe goes to the railway station, buys a ticket: then in the hall the people are queuing and waiting: ... See full summary »

Directors: William Japhet, Yann Staderoli | Star: Philippe Gougler

Votes: 6

30. Exploration with Richard Wiese (2005– )
Episode: Queen of the Cascades (2006)

TV-G | Documentary, Reality-TV

Richard investigates one of the most famous natural marvels on the planet - an active volcano. Richard goes into the core of the Mt. St. Helens where he will discover new life rising from ... See full summary »

Star: Richard Wiese

31. Exploration with Richard Wiese (2005– )
Episode: Living with a Volcano in your Backyard (2006)

TV-G | Documentary, Reality-TV

Richard will be hiking, climbing, and investigating the geography of Mt. Rainier. From green hills, to snow covered heights, this volcanic mountain even creates its own weather. Richard ... See full summary »

Star: Richard Wiese

32. Revealed (2002– )
Episode: The First Pompeii (2002)

48 min | Documentary

Mount Vensuvius has a history of plenium eruptions spaced roughly two to four thousand years apart. Like the eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculeanium in 79 AD, a similar eruption ... See full summary »

Director: Thecla Schreuders | Star: Michael Lumsden

Votes: 16

33. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Week-end en Sicile (2019)

89 min | Documentary

Beginning of the journey in Syracuse (Sicily): Tiga goes to the market where she meets Marco Cappuccio, the fishmonger and guitarist who is singing.Then Tiga and Marco walk through Ortygia,... See full summary »

Director: Frédéric Mianne | Star: Tiga

34. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Un été en Islande (2019)

90 min | Documentary

A summer in Iceland: Water, air, land and fire have shaped the scenery of Iceland and continue to remain ever-present today, to the delight of all visitors. And between its fjords, glaciers... See full summary »

Director: Vincent Chaffard | Star: Jérôme Pitorin

35. Long Way Up (2020)
Episode: Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala & Mexico (2020)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Adventure, Reality-TV

The guys get a little too close to the Masaya volcano in Nicaragua. Crossing into Honduras, they meet with UNICEF and prepare for Mexico.

Directors: David Alexanian, Russ Malkin | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman, Jamyan McGregor

Votes: 168

36. A Perfect Planet (2021)
Episode: Volcano (2021)

TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary

A look at how without volcanoes, there would be no life on Earth. Although destructive, magma from the planet's molten core builds land, and mineral-rich ash from eruptions fertilises the surface.

Director: Huw Cordey | Stars: David Attenborough, Matthew Aeberhard, Cong Liu, Darren Williams

Votes: 380

37. PBS Terra (2020– )
Episode: Exploring Antarctica's Active Volcano Mt. Erebus: Antarctic Extremes (2020)

7 min | Documentary

Mount Erebus is the world's southern most active volcano and is one of only eight in the world that has a lava lake. The volcano exists on a rift where the continent of Antarctic is ... See full summary »

Stars: Jessie Crain, Arlo Perez, Caitlin Saks

38. Coach Trip (2005– )
Episode: Episode #4.45 (2010)

Reality-TV

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Director: Keeley Van Dyke | Stars: Brendan Sheerin, David Quantick, Jake Cunningham

39. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Cap-Vert, les îles dans le vent (2020)

90 min | Documentary

Cape Verde, the windswept islands: An archipelago to the west of Senegal, Cape Verde comprises ten islands with 545,000 inhabitants. Cape Verde has been a republic since its independence in... See full summary »

Director: Yann Streff | Star: Sophie Jovillard

40. PBS Terra (2020– )
Episode: Why Earth's Newest Glacier is Inside an Active Volcano (2021)

9 min | Documentary

Mount Saint Helens' 1980 eruption left a steep caldera that is largely shaded from the sun. Combined with heavy snowfall the result is a glacier that is growing fifteen meters deeper every ... See full summary »

Stars: Joe Hanson, Robert Anitori, Kalind Carpenter, Richard Davis

41. Ninja Scroll: The Series (2003)
Episode: Ôchô fukkatsu (2003)

TV-MA | Animation, Action, Adventure

Jubei's commitment to save Shigure pays off when he, Dakuan, and Tsubute execute a successful rescue mission. But something is wrong, and Shigure is acting strangely. The outcome of war may depend on Jubei finding out why.

Directors: Kôji Aritomi, Tatsuo Satô | Stars: Rikiya Koyama, Houko Kuwashima, Yuzuru Fujimoto, Romi Park

Votes: 29

42. Ninja Scroll: The Series (2003)
Episode: Seiten hyôhyô (2003)

TV-MA | Animation, Action, Adventure

Shigure's destiny is unveiled and she now has to walk the path of the Priestess of Light. Can she do it without Jubei?

Directors: Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Tatsuo Satô | Stars: Rikiya Koyama, Houko Kuwashima, Yuzuru Fujimoto, Romi Park

Votes: 28

43. James May: Our Man in... (2020–2024)
Episode: God's Apology (2022)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy

James explores the sunny shores of Sicily where cultures collide under Mount Etna's shadow. He experiences timeless pleasures - chopping statue bits, canoe polo, bagpipes.

Directors: Bill Bailey, Tom Whitter | Stars: James May, Claudia Traina

Votes: 233

44. Defenders of the Earth (1986–1991)
Episode: The Lost Jewels of Tibet (1986)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Mandrake and Lothar join forces with the beautiful Atascadero to find The Lost Jewels of Tibet. They discover, along with Ming, the wrath of a prehistoric dragon.

Directors: John Gibbs, Ray Lee | Stars: William Callaway, Adam Carl, Ron Feinberg, Buster Jones

Votes: 14

45. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Guadeloupe (2010)

Documentary

Beginning of the journey in Saint-François: on the beach a Guadaloupean man is singing a creole song dedicated to the brave Guadaloupean men who joined the General de Gaulle in 1940: it's ... See full summary »

Director: Alain Goury | Star: Sophie Jovillard

46. V poiskakh kapitana Granta (1986)
Episode: Robinzon Okeanii (1986)

73 min | Adventure

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Director: Stanislav Govorukhin | Stars: Vladimir Smirnov, Lembit Ulfsak, Nikolay Yeryomenko, Tamara Akulova

Votes: 25

47. GeologyHub (2017– )
Episode: The Active Volcano in California; Mammoth Mountain (2020)

5 min | Documentary, News

Mammoth Mountain is the lava dome of an active volcano. While eruptions are rare it releases large amounts of carbon dioxide that has killed large amounts of vegetation and caused the occasional suffocation of campers.

Star: Timothy C. Catron

48. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Chili, l'esprit nature (2023)

88 min | Documentary

Beginning of the journey in Valparaiso: Jérôme has taken a funicular railway and has arrived at a terrace where he meets the chef Cristian Gomez: they enjoy the panorama (the Pacific Ocean,... See full summary »

Director: Erwan Loussot | Star: Jérôme Pitorin

49. Signore Galilei (2020– )
Episode: Hawaii's Forgotten Islands (2023)

9 min | Documentary

Many of the Hawaian island have been lost to the sea and antiquity. Here is an overview of those that remain.

50. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Spéciale La Réunion: l'île des sens (2022)

88 min | Documentary

A nice journey from Saint-Denis (the meeting with Sophie Massieu) to the paragliding flight over the lagoon with Thibaut Chaigneau and Gildas Ben passing by Saint-Paul (the market, Olga ... See full summary »

Director: Franck Poirier | Stars: Sophie Jovillard, Sophie Massieu