Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Patricia Riggen
Writer(s):   Mikko Alanne Craig Borten Michael Thomas Jose Rivera Hector Tobar
Studio:  Alcon Entertainment, Phoenix Pictures, Dynamo, Fabula, Half Circle
Year Released:  2015        Running Time:  127 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Mining
Ratings:
    Metascore:  55/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  45%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the true story of 33 Chilean gold/silver miners who were trapped underground for 69 days after a collapse
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Links to Buy/Rent:500 MPH Storm (2013)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Daniel Lusko
Writer(s):   Kuang Lee Hank Woon Jr.
Studio:  Indy Entertainment, The Asylum
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Hurricane, Manmade, Planetary, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When an energy project goes wrong and unleashes a series of hurricanes across the U.S., a high-school science teacher and his family must flee for safety before the storms combine into a "supercane"
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9/11 (2017)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Martin Guigui
Writer(s):   Patrick James Carson Steven James Golebiowski
Studio:  Black Bear Studios, The Film House, Sprockefeller Pictures
Year Released:  2017        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Terrorism
Ratings:
    Metascore:  20/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  11%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the play Elevator. A group of people is trapped in an elevator in the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Iconic landmark destroyed, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Ablaze (2001)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Jim Wynorski
Writer(s):   Steve Latshaw
Studio:  Phoenician Entertainment, Firestorm Pictures
Year Released:  2001        Running Time:  97 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Fire, and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Arson at an oil refinery jeopardizes both a nearby hospital and the city in general, further straining the overworked firefighters
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Ablaze (2019)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Joshua Frizzell
Writer(s):   John Banas
Studio:  Screentime
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Fire and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1947 fire in Ballantyne's department store in Christchurch, in which 41 people died
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After the Titanic (2012)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Al Gurst
Writer(s):   Craig Daniels Al Gurst
Studio:  SEWFilms
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  128 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
IMDb: --    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of one survivor's story from the 1912 sinking of RMS Titanic
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
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Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Ken Finkleman
Writer(s):   Ken Finkleman
Studio:  Paramount Pictures
Year Released:  1982        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Comedy and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Runaway technology, Space travel, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  42%
Plot Snapshot:  Ted Striker must save the day again when a computer malfunction locks his space shuttle on a course into the sun
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Airport (1970)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  G
Director(s):   George Seaton Henry Hathaway
Writer(s):   Arthur Hailey George Seaton
Studio:  Universal Pictures, Ross Hunter Productions
Year Released:  1970        Running Time:  137 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  80%
Plot Snapshot:  After a bomb detonates on a plane, the flight crew and ground personnel have to figure out how to land the plane safely
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Side character who sacrifices him/herself, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Apollo 13 (1995)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Ron Howard
Writer(s):   Jim Lovell Jeffrey Kluger William Broyles Jr. Al Reinert
Studio:  Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Year Released:  1995        Running Time:  140 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Space travel, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  77/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  95%
Plot Snapshot:  Story of the ill-fated 1970 space mission, in which an explosion early into the mission makes survival uncertain
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Links to Buy/Rent:Atlantic (1929)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ewald André Dupont
Writer(s):   Victor Kendall Ernest Raymond
Studio:  British International Pictures (BIP)
Year Released:  1929        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the stage play. Fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story; also released in French and German.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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Atlantik (1929)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ewald André Dupont
Writer(s):   Ernest Raymond Ewald André Dupont Victor Kendall
Studio:  British International Pictures (BIP)
Year Released:  1929        Running Time:  114 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the stage play. Fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story; also released in English and French.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
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Atlantis (1930)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ewald André Dupont Jean Kemm
Writer(s):   Victor Kendall Pierre Maudru Ernest Raymond
Studio:  British International Pictures (BIP)
Year Released:  1930        Running Time:  114 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the stage play. Fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story; also released in English and German.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
- Not available on Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
Atomic Twister (2002)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Bill Corcoran
Writer(s):   Ron McGee
Studio:  Once Upon a Time Films, TBS Superstation
Year Released:  2002        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Nuclear, Planetary, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  People in a small town scramble to respons when a tornado hits the local nuclear power plant.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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Awake (2021)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Mark Raso
Writer(s):   Gregory Poirier Joseph Raso Mark Raso
Studio:  Entertainment One, Netflix
Year Released:  2021        Running Time:  96 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  '--/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  38%
Plot Snapshot:  A global catastrophe knocks out all electronics and people's ability to sleep. Bad combo, man.
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Netflix
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Barefoot Gen (Hadashi no Gen) (1983)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Mori Masaki
Writer(s):   Keiji Nakazawa
Studio:  Madhouse, Gen Productions
Year Released:  1983        Running Time:  83 min
Genre:  Animation, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Manmade, Nuclear, and War
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  71%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the manga, it's the story of a family living in Hiroshima at the end of World War II. Told through the eyes of the 6-year-old son.
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Bermuda Triangle North Sea (2011)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Nick Lyon
Writer(s):   Nikolaus Kraemer Derek Meister Simon X. Rost
Studio:  Dreamtool Entertainment
Year Released:  2011        Running Time:  127 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Climate change, Earthquake, Manmade, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Pumping excess carbon emissions under the North Sea might not be the brightest idea...
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available at Amazon
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Bhopal Express (1999)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Mahesh Mathai
Writer(s):   Piyush Pandey Prasoon Pandey
Studio:  Alive Entertainment, Highlight Films, Kintop Pictures
Year Released:  1999        Running Time:  100 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Retelling of the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak in Bhopal, India, which killed more than 8000 people and injured another half a million, through the eyes of a newlywed couple and their friends
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Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain (2014)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ravi Kumar
Writer(s):   David Brooks Ravi Kumar
Studio:  Rising Star Entertainment, Wardour Media Group, Sahara One Motion
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  96 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  50/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  64%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1984 disaster in Bhopal, India, in which nearly 15,000 people were killed and hundreds of thousands were injured due to a toxic gas leak at a negligent Union Carbide facility.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good), and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Links to Buy/Rent:Biohazard: The Alien Force (1994)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Steve Latshaw
Writer(s):   Patrick Moran Steve Latshaw
Studio:  American Independent Productions
Year Released:  1994        Running Time:  88 min
Genre:  Horror and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures, Manmade, Monsters, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A company has created a mutant from human DNA (say it isn't so!). The host mother naturally escapes from the lab, and the new "baby" begins killing all its "fathers," while attempting to mate with its "mothers" (ick). Should the lab keep it under wraps while it hunt the mutant, or blow it wide open?
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good), and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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The Black Hole (2006)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Tibor Takács
Writer(s):   Kenneth M. Badish Boaz Davidson David Goodin
Studio:  Nu Image / Millennium Films, Active Entertainment, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III
Year Released:  2006        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Sci-Fi and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Aliens, Creatures, Manmade, Planetary, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  An accident with a particle collider creates two problems in St. Louis: a black hole, and a creature that feeds off energy. That won't stop the government from trying to nuke it, will it?
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good), and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Bocaue Pagoda Tragedy (1995)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Maria Saret
Writer(s):   Amado Lacuesta Salvador Royales
Studio:  Seiko Films
Year Released:  1995        Running Time:  0 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
--    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1993 sinking of a floating pagoda, the centerpiece of the Bocaue River Festival in the Philippines, which killed more than 200 people
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The Brave Don't Cry (1952)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Philip Leacock
Writer(s):   Montagu Slater Lindsay Galloway
Studio:  Group 3
Year Released:  1952        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Mining
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on a true story. A mine in Scotland caves in, trapping everyone. Then the main shaft floods...
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Bravest, The (Lie huo ying xiong) (2019)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Tony Chan
Writer(s):   Chao Wang
Studio:  Bona Film Group, Columbia Films, Alibaba Pictures
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  118 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Fire and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 2015 explosions and fires that rocked the Chinese port city of Tianjin in August 2015, which killed 173 people
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Charles Brabin
Writer(s):   Marian Ainslee Ruth Cummings Alice D.G. Miller Thornton Wilder
Studio:  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Year Released:  1929        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Bridge collapse and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Story told in flashbacks of the victims of a rope bridge collapse in the Peruvian Andes. Remade in 1944.
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Rowland V. Lee
Writer(s):   Thornton Wilder Howard Estabrook Herman Weissman
Studio:  Benedict Bogeaus Production
Year Released:  1944        Running Time:  107 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Bridge collapse and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  First remake of the 1929 original film version of the Thorton Wilder novel. Told in flashbacks, it's the story of a rope bridge collapse in the Andes, and the priest who seeks answers as to why they died.
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