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Meteor

Play trailer Poster for Meteor PG 1979 1h 47m Sci-Fi Drama Adventure Action Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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In this disaster movie, Americans and Soviets must put aside their differences to save civilization from a huge meteor bearing down on the planet. Paul Bradley (Sean Connery) enlists the expertise of fellow scientist Alexei Dubov (Brian Keith), who is joined by his beautiful assistant, Tatiana Donskaya (Natalie Wood). Although Paul and Tatiana are attracted to each other, they wisely focus on taking out the meteor, which may still cause massive destruction even if it is partially damaged.

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Meteor is a flimsy flick with too much boring dialogue and not enough destruction. At least the pinball game is decent.

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Variety Staff Variety Mar 26, 2009
Meteor really combines several disasters in one continuous cinematic bummer. Go to Full Review
Tom Milne Time Out Jun 24, 2006
See it on peril of death by boredom. Go to Full Review
Janet Maslin New York Times May 9, 2005
The suspense is sludgy and the character development nil; even the inadvertent comedy is spotty. The spectacle of Manhattan's demolition is interesting enough, but there's a lot of time-killing before the city actually goes up in flames. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Oct 22, 2023
2/5
…an absolutely laughable endeavour, Meteor is a can’t miss prospect when a sitting target for derision is required… Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Mar 5, 2023
1.5/4
The cast includes Martin Landau (in the hammy portion of his career) as a Russkie-hating officer, Sybil Danning as a skier who gets buried under a mountain of Styrofoam -- excuse me, snow -- and “Henry Fonda as The President.” Go to Full Review
John Brosnan Starburst Jul 25, 2022
Meteor is more like something made by Irwin Allen on one of his bad days, and you can't get much worse than that. Go to Full Review
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Robert P @Superbad Sep 27, 2026 This movie has been done better so I give it a .5 stars! See more
Ross L @RT89810180 Aug 21, 2026 The score is grand, the nuclear missiles are cool, the menacingly swooping & swishing space rock rocks : I legitimately like this dopey disaster. Also, I’m a giant sucker for that mixed couples missile Detente climax! See more
Kevin J @KJacobsen Jun 18, 2026 If you watch it on your worst sick day, the sick day will feel like your best celebration. Any amateur could have acted any part better, and the story is not even high school quality. How it got made and distributed is beyond me. It makes cult bad look like Academy Award winners. To be succinct, a real stinker. See more
Blake- N @PBSAniDom May 10, 2026 Meteor is a deeply disappointing disaster film that fails to deliver on its premise. What could have been a tense, large-scale spectacle instead comes across as flat and poorly executed, with very little of the excitement the genre demands. The production feels uneven throughout, with weak dialogue, inconsistent performances, and effects that don’t hold up well. Any sense of seriousness or "classiness" the film aims for quickly gets lost in its clumsy execution and lack of momentum. Overall, it’s a frustrating watch that never finds its footing or sense of scale. As a disaster film, it simply doesn’t work on any meaningful level. I rate it a 0/10. See more
Ian S @RT48225084 Apr 12, 2026 Typical 70's disaster movie. All star cast with not much to do. A few good scenes but pretty dull. Take out Connery it may have been almost unwatchable. Lower tier 70's disaster movie. See more
Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 30, 2025 Successful in 1 hour and 47 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more
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Ronald Neame

Director

Sean Connery

Paul Bradley

Natalie Wood

Tatiana Donskaya

Karl Malden

Harry Sherwood

Brian Keith

Dr. Dubov

Martin Landau

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Synopsis In this disaster movie, Americans and Soviets must put aside their differences to save civilization from a huge meteor bearing down on the planet. Paul Bradley (Sean Connery) enlists the expertise of fellow scientist Alexei Dubov (Brian Keith), who is joined by his beautiful assistant, Tatiana Donskaya (Natalie Wood). Although Paul and Tatiana are attracted to each other, they wisely focus on taking out the meteor, which may still cause massive destruction even if it is partially damaged.
Director
Ronald Neame
Producer
Arnold Orgolin, Theodore Parvin
Screenwriter
Stanley Mann, Edmund H. North
Distributor
American International Pictures
Production Co
American International Pictures (AIP)
Rating
PG
Genre
Sci-Fi, Drama, Adventure, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 19, 1979, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 29, 2017
Runtime
1h 47m
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