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Feb 7, 2022 · 1. Independence Day. Even if Independence Day isn’t Roland Emmerich ’s best-made film, it is certainly his most enjoyable one. Released on July 2nd, the day the events in the film begin, Independence Day become a defining film in the history of blockbusters. It was the highest-grossing film of 1996 and won an Academy Award for Best Visual ...
Feb 6, 2022 · RELATED: Roland Emmerich on ‘Moonfall,’ the Challenging VFX Shots, and How He Figured Out the Ending. 17. Making Contact (1985) Image via New World Pictures. 1985’s Making Contact ...
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- Independence Day (1996) Independence Day is the gold standard for disaster movies, with one iconic scene of action after another. Whether it's the image of the UFO's shadow enclosing over New York, or the raging flames that descend through the streets as the aliens execute their attack, there are too many memorable moments to count.
- The Patriot (2000) With The Patriot, Emmerich took a brief hiatus from the disaster genre to film a Revolutionary War epic. Gibson plays a war veteran living in colonial America whose family is torn apart by a brutal British commander, played by Jason Isaacs, against whom he vows to get revenge.
- Stargate (1994) Gifted a budget of $55 million, more than double that of Universal Soldier, Stargate was Emmerich's biggest and most ambitious sci-fi film yet.
- The Day After Tomorrow (2004) When you spawn a South Park episode, you have to be doing something right (or horribly wrong). Emmerich does more than a few things right in his 2004 blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, which was one of pop culture's first attempts in tackling climate change.
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- The Day After Tomorrow (2004) If you're seeking the quintessential natural disaster movie, look no further than Emmerich's mid-2000s triumph. "The Day After Tomorrow" has it all: super-sized hail, tsunamis, tornadoes, and polar vortexes that immediately freeze everything in the vicinity.
- Universal Soldier (1992) The first of many collaborations between Emmerich and writer-producer Dean Devlin was an early 90s movie that featured the biggest action movie stars of the day — Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren.
- White House Down (2013) Coincidentally released in the same year as the similarly-themed "Olympus Has Fallen," Emmerich's take on a president-rescue scenario pipped its rival at the box office, but has been largely forgotten since due to its lack of sequels.
- Anonymous (2011) You'd be forgiven for thinking that both of Emmerich's forays into historical drama movies must be equally bad, but that couldn't be further from the truth.
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that heads off to New York City. The American military must chase the monster across the city to stop it before it reproduces. Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria. Votes: 201,178 | Gross: $136.31M.
Apr 9, 2023 · 1 The Day After Tomorrow (2004) 20th Century Studios. Often regarded as one of the best disaster movies of all time, Emmerich’s The Day After Tomorrow revolves around a father who journeys ...
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A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind. Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet. Votes: 392,321 | Gross: $166.11M. 7/10.
