Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Ronald Neame
Writer(s):   Stanley Mann Edmund H. North
Studio:  American International Pictures (AIP), Meteor Joint Venture, Palladium Productions
Year Released:  1979        Running Time:  108 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  5%
Plot Snapshot:  A meteor shower is heading toward Earth, forcing the US and the USSR to work together to kill the threat
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Meteor Storm (2010)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Tibor Takács
Writer(s):   Peter Mohan Rafael Jordan
Studio:  Syfy, Unity Pictures Group, MarVista Entertainment
Year Released:  2010        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A rogue comet throws meteorites at San Francisco. Repeatedly.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Meteorites! (1998)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Chris Thompson Chris Thomson
Writer(s):   Bart Baker
Studio:  USA Network, Wilshire Court Productions
Year Released:  1998        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Action, Crime, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A remarkably specific meteor shower threatens, what else, a small American town (even though it was filmed in Australia).
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Moonfall (2022)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Roland Emmerich
Writer(s):   Roland Emmerich Harald Kloser Spenser Cohen
Studio:  Centropolis Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Year Released:  2022        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  38/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  41%
Plot Snapshot:  A motley crew races to save the Earth after an asteroid knocks the Moon into a collision course with us
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Seveneves (2022)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  
Director(s):   Ron Howard
Writer(s):   William Broyles, Jr. Neal Stephenson
Studio:  Imagine Entertainment, Skydance Media
Year Released:  2022        Running Time:  0 min
Genre:  Drama and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
IMDB: TBD    Metascore:  TBD/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  TBD%
Plot Snapshot:  When the Moon suddenly explodes, doom is spelled for Earth. Only a select few will survive...
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Tycus (1999)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   John Putch
Writer(s):   Kevin Goetz Michael Goetz
Studio:  Phoenician Entertainment, Tycus Productions
Year Released:  1999        Running Time:  97 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Humanity scrambles to build underground cities when they learn a killer asteroid is on the way
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Irwin Allen
Writer(s):   Irwin Allen Charles Bennett
Studio:  Irwin Allen Productions
Year Released:  1961        Running Time:  105 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  105%
Plot Snapshot:  When the Van Allen radiation belt catches fire, threatening Earth, a nuclear submarine might be our last, best hope. If it can evade other subs, giant octopi, etc.
TDA Checklist Items:  Classic song and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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When Worlds Collide (1951)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Rudolph Maté
Writer(s):   Sydney Boehm Edwin Balmer Philip Wylie
Studio:  Paramount Pictures
Year Released:  1951        Running Time:  83 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  77%
Plot Snapshot:  A previously-unknown star is on a collision course for Earth--right. Will Our Heroes be able to escape in their giant spaceship before all hell (and everything else) breaks loose?
TDA Checklist Items:  Side character who sacrifices him/herself, Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good), and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   W.D. Hogan
Writer(s):   David Sanderson
Studio:  Cinetel Films, Zodiac Pictures
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor, Earthquake, Planetary, and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When a mysterious planet crosses the sun, global catastrophes are unleashed. A rogue scientist is the key to deciphering the symbols and humanity's only chance at survival.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good), and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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