Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jerry Jameson
Writer(s):   William Douglas Lansford Antonio Calderón
Studio:  MGM Television
Year Released:  1975        Running Time:  100 min
Genre:  Drama, History, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Terrorism
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the events of August 1, 1966, when University of Texas student Charles Whitman killed his wife and mother, then headed to the tower on the Austin campus and fatally shot another 14 people and wounded 31 before he was brought down by police and civilians.
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Deep Core (2000)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Rodney McDonald
Writer(s):   Phillip J. Roth Jim Christopher
Studio:  Unified Film Organization (UFO)
Year Released:  2000        Running Time:  80 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Core meltdown, Manmade, Mining, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A mining operation goes just a little too far into the Earth's core. Oooops.
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Deep Space (1988)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Fred Olen Ray
Writer(s):   Fred Olen Ray T.L. Lankford
Studio:  Trans World Entertainment
Year Released:  1988        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Horror and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures, Manmade, Monsters, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A monster created by the U.S. government (what, again?) crashes to Earth and starts the body count. It's up to a couple of local detectives to stop the creature. Plus, a bagpipe seduction scene--not making this up.
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Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Peter Berg
Writer(s):   Matthew Michael Carnahan Matthew Sand David Barstow David Rohde Stephanie Saul
Studio:  Summit Entertainment, Participant Media, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Closest to the Hole Productions, Leverage Entertainment, TIK Film
Year Released:  2016        Running Time:  107 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, History, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Fire, and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  68/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  84%
Plot Snapshot:  The true story of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploding, causing the worst oil spill in US history
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Der Untergang der Pamir (The Sinking of the Pamir) (2006)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Kaspar Heidelbach
Writer(s):   Fritz Müller-Scherz
Studio:  Polyphon Film-und Fernsehgesellschaft
Year Released:  2006        Running Time:  180 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Hurricane, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Loose dramatization of the 1957 sinking of the German freighter Pamir during Hurricane Carrie, which killed 80 of the 86 crew aboard.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Descent (2005)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Terry Cunningham
Writer(s):   Michael Konyves
Studio:  Cinetel Films, Premiere Bobine
Year Released:  2005        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Earthquake, Manmade, Planetary, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When earthquakes and crevices start appearing around the globe, it's up to a crack scientific team to dive into the Earth and fix things before it's too late. But there might be a government conspiracy fighting against them...
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Side character who sacrifices him/herself, and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Die Explosion: U-Bahn-Ticket in den Tod (Deadline) (2002)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Marc Hertel
Writer(s):   Günter Knarr Philipp Weinges
Studio:  teamWorx Television & Film
Year Released:  2002        Running Time:  92 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Manmade, Terrorism, Train/tram, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A bombing causes a subway tunnel to collapse, trapping hundreds of passengers. As water seeps into the tunnel and oxygen is running out, they realize that the bomber is still in there with them...
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Die letzte Nacht der Titanic (1955)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Volker von Collande
Writer(s):   Günther Benno Bobrik Hartmut Grund Leslie Reade
Studio:  Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD), NWDR
Year Released:  1955        Running Time:  0 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1912 sinking of RMS Titanic in the North Atlantic.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Dire Wolf (Dino Wolf) (2009)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Fred Olen Ray
Writer(s):   Dan Golden Patrick Moran
Studio:  Baby Steps Entertainment
Year Released:  2009        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Horror and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures, Manmade, Monsters, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Yet another government-created monster is on the loose in--what else--a rural community. The sheriff, the game warden (?), and a couple of Feds are on the job.
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Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Richard Sarafian
Writer(s):   David Ambrose
Studio:  Filmways Television, Moonlight Productions
Year Released:  1979        Running Time:  97 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Train/tram, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A grieving man sets two trains on a collision course to force the railroad company to admit to previous negligence.
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Distant Thunder (1973)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Satyajit Ray
Writer(s):   Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Studio:  Balaka Movies
Year Released:  1973        Running Time:  101 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Famine and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Set during the Bengal Famine of 1942-3, a Brahmin husband and wife learn the concept of social responsibility
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Dogs of Hell (1983)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Worth Keeter
Writer(s):   Thom McIntyre
Studio:  E.O. Corporation
Year Released:  1983        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Horror and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Manmade, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  The U.S. government has bred a pack of Rottweilers to kill humans, for some reason. Naturally, they escape the lab and begin to attack a small mountain resort town.
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Doomsday Book (2012)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Kim Jee-woon Yim Pil-sung
Writer(s):   Lee Hwan-hee Park Sung-hwan Yang Jong-kyu Kim Jee-woon Yim Pil-sung
Studio:  Gio Entertainment
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  115 min
Genre:  Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor, Manmade, Medical, Planetary, Runaway technology, and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  80%
Plot Snapshot:  Anthology of three apocalyptic stories: a virus, a robot, and a meteor
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Links to Buy/Rent:End Day (2005)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Gareth Edwards
Writer(s):   Gareth Edwards
Studio:  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Pro 7
Year Released:  2005        Running Time:  45 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor, Flood/tsunami, Manmade, Medical, Planetary, Runaway technology, Virus, and Volcano
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Five actual scientists comment on five scenarios for the end of the world--particle accelerator malfunction that causes a black hole to form, Yellowstone supervolcano eruption that causes "volcanic winter," volcano/tsunami in the Atlantic, meteor that hits Berlin, passenger traveling from Asia who dies at Heathrow of an unknown virus--using the framing device of a scientist who is travelling to New York City to present at a conference.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Everest (2015)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Baltasar Kormákur
Writer(s):   William Nicholson Simon Beaufoy
Studio:  Working Title Films, RVK Studios, Walden Media
Year Released:  2015        Running Time:  121 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche, Manmade, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  64/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  73%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on a true story. Two commercial expeditions battle for survival when a monster blizzard strikes Mount Everest.
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Links to Buy/Rent:EXIT (2019)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Lee Sang-guen
Writer(s):   Lee Sang-guen
Studio:  CJ Entertainment
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  100 min
Genre:  Action and Comedy
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Terrorism
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  100%
Plot Snapshot:  K-Pop invades the movies, as two attractive young people try to survive in a city attacked by a lethal gas. It helps that they're both good at rock-climbing(?).
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Final Descent (1997)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Mike Robe
Writer(s):   Robert P. Davis Roger Young
Studio:  Columbia TriStar Television, Mandalay Television
Year Released:  1997        Running Time:  100 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  After a midair collision, a pilot battles both a romantic rival and his own crippled airplane to bring his passengers to safety
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Fire (Ogon) (2020)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  
Director(s):   Aleksey Nuzhnyy
Writer(s):   Nikolay Kulikov Konstantin Mayer Aleksey Nuzhnyy
Studio:  Central Partnership Productions, Channel One Russia, Russian Cinema Fund
Year Released:  2020        Running Time:   min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Fire and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  '--/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  '--%
Plot Snapshot:  Firefighters in action try to save the day
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Fire Twister (2015)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   George Erschbamer
Writer(s):   Larry Bain
Studio:  Cinetel Films, Odyssey Media, The Cartel
Year Released:  2015        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Fire, Manmade, Planetary, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When an explosion of experimental fuel causes a tornado of fire to start sweeping through Los Angeles, an ex-firefighter and some ecologists are left to fight it
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer
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Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Robert Day
Writer(s):   Jeffrey Bloom
Studio:  Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment International, Republic Pictures (II)
Year Released:  1991        Running Time:  94 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, History, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Fire and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1988 fire at the First Interstate Tower in Los Angeles--at the time, the tallest building in the city. The water in the building is shut off to continue work on the unfinished sprinkler system, when fire breaks out (of course).
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Fire! (1997)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Earl Bellamy
Writer(s):   Norman Katkov Arthur Weiss
Studio:  Irwin Allen Productions, Warner Bros. Television
Year Released:  1977        Running Time:  100 min
Genre:  Action, Crime, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Fire and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Irwin Allen's *other* fire movie. A (wrongly accused) convict sets a forest fire to cover his escape from a road gang, jeopardizing the nearby town.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Firequake (2014)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Geoff P. Browne
Writer(s):   Denise Poole
Studio:  Bulgarian Unified Film Organization, Odyssey Media, Syfy
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Earthquake, Manmade, Planetary, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  The creator of a new, clean-coal energy source must save the world when governments start shortcutting the required safety measures.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Links to Buy/Rent:Firestorm (1998)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Dean Semler
Writer(s):   Chris Soth
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Year Released:  1998        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Action, Crime, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Fire and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  12%
Plot Snapshot:  Lawyer sets a forest fire to cover the escape of his client from prison, and the client sets another nearby to cover his retrieval of $37 million he stashed in the woods
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Links to Buy/Rent:Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Michael Tuchner
Writer(s):   John McGreevey
Studio:  ABC Video Enterprises, Cannell Entertainment, Capital Cities
Year Released:  1993        Running Time:  104 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Fire and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1991 fires in Oakland/Berkeley, California, which started when a small grass fire wasn't put out properly. By the time the fires were over, 25 people were dead, another 150 were injured, property damage was north of $150 billion, and 1500 acres had been destroyed.
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Five Women in the End (2020)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Kd Amond
Writer(s):   Bailey Hyneman
Studio:  Grand Divisions Production Company, Some Pulp Productions
Year Released:  2020        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Comedy and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Terrorism
Ratings:
--    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Five women are isolated in a Nashville condo after a biochemical attack damages the city
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