Movies directed by Irwin Allen

The Lost World (1960)

97 mins     Adventure , Fantasy, Sci-Fi      

The biggest compliment I can pay "The Lost World", the 1960 version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, is that it ends up a lot of fun. But in saying it is fun it is as much for what works as it is for what doesn't. And in be...

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

105 mins     Adventure , Sci-Fi      

Before Roland Emmerich turned up with his CGI box of tricks and gave us disaster on a global scale there were others who ventured down this path including Irwin Allen who back in 1961 gave us "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"...

City Beneath the Sea (1971)

98 mins     Action , Sci-Fi, TV Movie      

I guess I am just an old movie soul as whilst I enjoy modern movies which create the impossible with the aid of CGI I love the old sci-fi movies which have props full of bells and whistles to make them look high tech. I also ...

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

117 mins     Action , Adventure , Disaster, Drama, Thriller      

Despite various remakes and different versions of Paul Gallico's novel the 1972 disaster movie "The Poseidon Adventure" starring Gene Hackman and Ernest Borgnine remains the best. Although saying that it is also a very stereo...

The Towering Inferno (1974)

165 mins     Action , Disaster, Drama, Thriller      

Based upon the books "The Glass Inferno" and "The Tower", "The Towering Inferno" despite being over 35 years old is still one of the best disaster movies ever made. Lead by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen as well as featuring a...

The Swarm (1978)

155 mins     Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller      

To my knowledge there are two versions of "The Swarm", one 116 minute version and an 155 minute version, I have only seen the 155 minute version and it wasn't good. Now "The Swarm" has the notorious accolade of being one of t...

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)

114 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

Whilst director and producer Irwin Allen wasn't the first man to make a disaster movie he was pivotal to the success of the genre during the 70s. But ironically you could also say that he also played a part in the ending of t...