Overview
Nature's fury becomes a battleground for love and ambition as storm chasers race against time.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- propulsive
- suspenseful
- witty
- summer blockbuster night
- disaster movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film to be an entertaining, technically impressive disaster spectacle whose tornado effects and energetic cast outweigh its conventional story.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The storm-chasing team repeatedly drives toward tornadoes, making their scale and behavior the film's central source of excitement.
Bill and Jo's divorce plans are repeatedly disrupted as they work together in increasingly dangerous storms.
The team attempts to place a revolutionary measuring device inside a tornado to gather unprecedented data.
Oklahoma roads, farms, barns, and open fields become recurring sites of tornado pursuit and peril.
Films like Twister, and why
The Day After Tomorrow
shared disaster-film spectacle, ensemble survival stakes, and high-arousal action pacing
Dante's Peak
shared natural-disaster premise, large-scale visual effects, and romantic relationship under pressure
Into the Storm
shared storm-centered adventure, scientific protagonists, and accessible blockbuster energy
Movie Details
- Director
- Jan de Bont
- Release Date
- 1996-05-10
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (4010)
Cast
- Helen Hunt
- Bill Paxton
- Jami Gertz
- Cary Elwes
- Lois Smith
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Alan Ruck
- Sean Whalen
- Scott Thomson
- Todd Field
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- YouTube TV, TNT, TBS, tru TV
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Twister about?
- Estranged storm chasers race across Oklahoma to deploy a groundbreaking sensor while violent tornadoes test their courage, teamwork, and marriage.
- What is Twister like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Twister as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Twister violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Twister as mild.
- What did critics think of Twister?
- Critics broadly found the film to be an entertaining, technically impressive disaster spectacle whose tornado effects and energetic cast outweigh its conventional story.
- Which films are like Twister?
- Films with a similar feel include The Day After Tomorrow, Dante's Peak, and Into the Storm.
- How long is Twister?
- Twister runs 113 minutes.
- Where can I watch Twister?
- In United States, Twister streams on YouTube TV, TNT, TBS, tru TV.
