Deep Impact

1998 · Directed by Mimi Leder · 120 min · drama film, science fiction film, disaster film

★ 6.3/10 · 3,470 ratings on TMDB

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.