Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Descent

If you loved Descent, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Magma: Volcanic Disaster

Magma: Volcanic Disaster

2006★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Descent for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When a volcano expert becomes convinced that a cataclysmic natural disaster is about to unfold, a volcanologist Professor John Shepherd and his graduate students believes that rece...

#2
Volcano

Volcano

1997★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Descent for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pit...

#3
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York

Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York

2006★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Descent for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Illegal experimentation accidentally rips open a previously unknown hidden magma reserve directly under Manhattan!...

#4
Global Meltdown

Global Meltdown

2017★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Descent for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A helicopter pilot and an environmental scientist lead a exodus of survivors in a search for a safe haven after a catastrophic tectonic event causes the crust of the earth to break...

#5
Dante's Peak

Dante's Peak

1997★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Descent for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears a...

#6
2012

2012

2009★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Descent for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heatin...

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