‘The Day After Tomorrow:’ Jake Gyllenhaal’s Disaster Action Blockbuster is Streaming on Hulu

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Jake Gyllenhaal’s thrilling disaster movie is now available on streaming after a huge success in theaters. Released in 2014, the film reunited Gyllenhaal with Dennis Quaid and director Roland Emmerich (known for Independence Day) for a story about the end of the world. The movie captivated audiences – and played on fears surrounding the 2012 Mayan prophecy – while also becoming a major box office hit, earning over $552 million worldwide on a $125 million budget. Now, you can experience the terror again with its arrival on a new streaming service.

You can now watch Jake Gyllenhaal’s disaster movie, The Day After Tomorrow, on Hulu. It became available on April 1st for viewers in the United States. If you’re outside the US, you can find it on Disney+.

In the disaster film The Day After Tomorrow, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Sam Hall, the son of a famous scientist, Jack Hall. When a sudden and extreme storm throws the world into turmoil, Jack rushes back to New York City to save Sam, who is struggling to survive the worsening conditions. The world faces catastrophic events like tsunamis and the beginning of a new ice age. The film follows Jack’s desperate attempt to reach his son before time runs out. The cast also includes Emmy Rossum, known from Shameless, along with Sela Ward, Ian Holm, and Arjay Smith.

We Were All Obsessed With Disaster Movies in the 2000s

It’s interesting how rare big-budget disaster movies are now. When was the last time a major movie focused on a world-ending event, showing it through the eyes of ordinary people instead of superheroes? 2022’s Moonfall comes to mind, but it wasn’t well-received. Things were different in the 2000s – we used to love those kinds of films!

The Day After Tomorrow was part of a wave of disaster movies that became popular in the early 2000s. This trend started with sci-fi disaster films in the 1990s, heavily influenced by Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day in 1996, but the new decade really ramped things up. Films like 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, and The Day the Earth Stood Still were just the beginning. The decade also gave us lesser-known gems like The Road, plus blockbusters such as Tom Cruise’s War of the Worlds, the unique found footage horror Cloverfield, adaptations of Stephen King’s The Mist, and the disappointing take on I Am Legend – and that’s not even close to a complete list.

Critics Hated ‘The Day After Tomorrow’

Critics weren’t kind to the movie The Day After Tomorrow, even though it made a lot of money at the box office. It currently has a low 45% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with audiences also split down the middle (50%). According to Rotten Tomatoes, the film’s writing is awkward, but it’s visually impressive special effects still look good today.

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2026-04-08 02:07