Incredibly, The Impossible is based on the true story of a family who experienced the real-life tsunami that hit Thailand in 2004. In fact, the family even played a role in the creation of the ...

This movie is actually based on the true events of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. María Belón and her family did indeed go through the disaster that devastated Thailand.

Case in point, 1972's legendary disaster film The Poseidon Adventure - in which the titular luxury liner is capsized by a tsunami, trapping the survivors inside - feels in its bones like a ...