Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   John Danischewsky
Writer(s):   John Danischewsky
Studio:  Godolphin Films of London
Year Released:  1969        Running Time:  76 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Bargain basement family story of children helping a boy with a broken leg into a cabin before the avalanche hits. But you've gotta love a movie that has an actor named "Moustache" in it!
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Links to Buy/Rent:Avalanche (1978)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Corey Allen
Writer(s):   Frances Doel Corey Allen Gavin Lambert
Studio:  New World Pictures
Year Released:  1978        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When you build your ski resort at the bottom of a mountain known for avalanches
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, 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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Avalanche Alley (2001)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Paul Ziller
Writer(s):   Elizabeth Sanchez Paul Ziller
Studio:  Artsy Fartsy Pictures
Year Released:  2001        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Daredevil skiers accidentally start a chain of dangerous avalanches, nearly destroying a resort owned by a former Olympic skier. Can he stop more damage to his business or his guests?
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Avalanche Sharks (2014)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Scott Wheeler
Writer(s):   Keith Shaw
Studio:  Odyssey Media, Pulser Productions, Rogue State
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  82 min
Genre:  Action, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Avalanche, Creatures, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Spring break is being held at a US ski field, for some reason, when guests and staff are attacked by snow sharks summoned by vengeful Native American sharmans long ago. Right.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:The Challenge (1938)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Milton Rosmer Vincent Korda Luis Trenker
Writer(s):   Emeric Pressburger Patrick Kirwan Milton Rosmer
Studio:  Denham Films, London Film Productions
Year Released:  1938        Running Time:  76 min
Genre:  Adventure, History, and Romance
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the true story of the conquest of The Matterhorn by rival climbing parties in 1865.
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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:Ice Quake (2010)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Paul Ziller
Writer(s):   David Ray
Studio:  Cinetel Films, Quake Productions
Year Released:  2010        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche, Earthquake, Iceberg, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  An earthquake in Alaska has opened up a massive crack in the Earth's crust, causing ice geysers(!), avalanches, and venting flammable methane into the area. I think we all know where this is going.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Robert Markowitz
Writer(s):   Robert J. Avrech
Studio:  Columbia TriStar Television, Sofronski Productions, Stillking Films
Year Released:  1997        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1996 climbing disaster on Mount Everest, in which two competing expeditions were required to band together to survive.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Nature Unleashed: Avalanche (2004)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Mark Roper
Writer(s):   John Sheppard
Studio:  Millennium Films, Euroimage EOOD, GFT Entertainment
Year Released:  2004        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Brothers who run snowmobile-tours business try to help when an avalanche buries a small town in the Ural Mountains.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Storm and Sorrow (1990)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Richard A. Colla
Writer(s):   Leigh Chapman
Studio:  Accent Entertainment Corporation, Hearst Entertainment Productions, Shadowplay Films
Year Released:  1990        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche, Planetary, and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the story of Molly Higgins, who in 1974 joined a team climbing a 24,000-foot Russian mountain and encountered both natural disasters and conflicts with team members.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Storm over Mont Blanc (Stürme über dem Mont Blanc) (1932)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Arnold Fanck
Writer(s):   Arnold Fanck
Studio:  Aafa-Film AG
Year Released:  1932        Running Time:  93 min
Genre:  Adventure and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Leni Riefenstahl works to save her beloved, an isolated scientist at the top of a mountain, when he is caught in a terrible storm.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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The Truth Below (2011)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Scott Glosserman
Writer(s):   Wendy Diane Miller
Studio:  Nomadic Pictures
Year Released:  2011        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When four friends are caught in their car in an avalanche, with little hope of rescue, they find out who they really are.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Tunnel, The (Tunnelen) (2019)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Pål Øie
Writer(s):   Kjersti Helen Rasmussen
Studio:  Nordisk Film Production AS
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  105 min
Genre:  History and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche, Fire, Manmade, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  '--/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  65%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on actual events. It's every man for himself when a tanker truck catches fire in a Norwegian tunnel, with a blizzard raging outside.
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The White Hell of Pitz Palu (Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü) (1929)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Arnold Fanck Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Writer(s):   Ladislaus Vajda
Studio:  Sokal-Film GmbH, H.T.-Film
Year Released:  1929        Running Time:  75 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A doctor wanders the Alps after losing his wife in an avalanche. Will history repeat itself when he comes upon a couple on holiday, and he takes a shine to the wife? Remade in 1950.
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The White Hell of Pitz Palu (Föhn) (1950)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Rolf Hansen
Writer(s):   Arnold Fanck Erna Fentsch
Studio:  Rolf Hansen Film, Sokal-Film GmbH
Year Released:  1950        Running Time:  107 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Remake of the 1929 original. A vacationing couple are drawn into a doctor's grief over losing his wife in an avalanche, with deadly results.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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