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: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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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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Ice Road, The (2021)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Jonathan Hensleigh
Writer(s):   Jonathan Hensleigh
Studio:  Code Entertainment, Envision Media Arts
Year Released:  2021        Running Time:  109 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Mining, Planetary, and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  43/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  46%
Plot Snapshot:  After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, a big-rig ice road driver fights thawing ice and a massive storm in an impossible rescue mission
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Links to Buy/Rent:Kaala Patthar (1979)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Yash Chopra
Writer(s):   Javed Akhtar Salim Khan
Studio:  Yash Raj Films
Year Released:  1979        Running Time:  176 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Mining
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the 1975 Chasnala mining disaster, which killed 375 people. A disgraced Navy captain goes to work in a coal mine to punish himself. He gets a chance at redemption when the mine owner's greed and neglect result in a life-threatening flood within the mine.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Little Church Around the Corner (1923)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   William Seiter
Writer(s):   Charles E. Blaney Olga Printzlau Marion Russell
Studio:  Warner Bros.
Year Released:  1923        Running Time:  70 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Mining
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A wealthy mine owner pays for a miner's son to become a minister, who then becomes torn between his love for the owner's daughter and the dangerous conditions in the mine. You can guess what happens next.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Mine 9 (2019)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Eddie Mensore
Writer(s):   Eddie Mensore
Studio:  Emphatic Films, Autumn Bailey Entertainment
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  83 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Mining
Ratings:
    Metascore:  66/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  93%
Plot Snapshot:  A methane explosion traps nine Appalachian miners 2 miles down, with 1 hour of oxygen left
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Underground (2020)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Sophie Dupuis
Writer(s):   Sophie Dupuis
Studio:  Bravo Charlie
Year Released:  2020        Running Time:  97 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Mining
Ratings:
    Metascore:  '--/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  '--%
Plot Snapshot:  A disgraced miner helps to save his friends after an underground explosion at the mine.
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Vosem dney nadezhdy (Eight Days of Hope) (1984)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Aleksandr Muratov
Writer(s):   Eduard Volodarskiy
Studio:  Lenfilm Studio
Year Released:  1984        Running Time:  75 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Mining
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A daring rescue is staged when two miners are stuck in a collapsed tunnel.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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