Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Wolfgang Petersen
Writer(s):   Sebastian Junger William D. Wittliff
Studio:  Warner Bros., Baltimore Spring Creek Productions, Radiant Productions
Year Released:  2000        Running Time:  130 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Planetary, Storm, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  59/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  47%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the 1991 case of the Andrea Gail. A fishing boat on its last run of the season is caught in the middle when a dying hurricane meets a cold front off Massachusetts, resulting in 100-foot waves.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Seattle Superstorm (2012)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jason Bourque
Writer(s):   David Ray Jeff Renfroe
Studio:  MarVista Entertainment, Two 4 The Money Media, Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  95 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Earthquake, Planetary, Storm, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A quarreling family must work together to save Seattle when a UFO shot down by the military starts causing severe storms, earthquakes, etc.
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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Seven in Darkness (1969)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Michael Caffey
Writer(s):   John W. Bloch Leonard Bishop
Studio:  Paramount Television
Year Released:  1969        Running Time:  74 min
Genre:  Adventure and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Planetary, Storm, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  This first ABC Movie of the Week tells of a passenger plane on its way to Seattle, when a storm causes it to crash. The twist is that only the blind passengers survive, and they must make their way through the wilderness to safety.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
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Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story (1994)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Christian Duguay
Writer(s):   Jonathan Rintels
Studio:  Jaffe/Braunstein Films, Pacific Motion Pictures, Spectacor Films
Year Released:  1994        Running Time:  92 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of 1992 ordeal of a married couple and their infant, who became stranded by a snowstorm in the Sierra Nevadas.
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Snowmageddon (2011)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Sheldon Wilson
Writer(s):   Rudy Thauberger
Studio:  Cinetel Films, Snow Globe Productions
Year Released:  2011        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  The gift of a snowglobe sets into motion a series of natural disasters for an Alaskan town
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Solar Crisis (1990)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Alan Smithee Richard C. Sarafian
Writer(s):   Takeshi Kawata Joe Gannon Crispan Bolt
Studio:  Asahi Breweries, Gakken Co. Ltd., Japan America Picture Company
Year Released:  1990        Running Time:  112 min
Genre:  Sci-Fi and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A solar crisis is threatening to fry the Earth, which brings out the best (attempted diversion by astronauts) and worst (attempted land takeover by corporate interests) of the human race
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer
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Links to Buy/Rent:Stonados (2013)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jason Bourque
Writer(s):   Rafael Jordan
Studio:  MarVista Entertainment, Two 4 The Money Media
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  88 min
Genre:  Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Planetary, Storm, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Ex-storm-chaser gets the band back together to fight a new type of storm. Hey, at least Boston is the city being thrreatened--that's something new.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Iconic landmark destroyed, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Storm (1999)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Harris Done
Writer(s):   Phillip J. Roth Patrick Phillips Harris Done Diane Fine
Studio:  Unified Film Organization (UFO)
Year Released:  1999        Running Time:  104 min
Genre:  Action and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Hurricane, Manmade, Planetary, Runaway technology, and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  You thought Geostorm was the first movie to weaponize the weather? Think again...
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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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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Stormageddon (2015)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Nick Lyon
Writer(s):   Neil Elman
Studio:  Cinetel Films
Year Released:  2015        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Earthquake, Manmade, Planetary, Runaway technology, and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When Skynet meets the Weather Channel...
TDA Checklist Items:  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:- Not available on Amazon
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Titanic II (2010)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Shane Van Dyke
Writer(s):   Shane Van Dyke
Studio:  The Asylum
Year Released:  2010        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Planetary, Storm, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  On the 100th anniversary of the original disaster, the luxury liner Titanic II runs into, you guessed it, an iceberg (that a tsunami throws into its path?)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Tsunambee (The Wrath Cometh) (2015)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Thomas Martwick Milko Davis
Writer(s):   Milko Davis
Studio:  Churchill Film Group
Year Released:  2015        Running Time:  102 min
Genre:  Action and Horror
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Flood/tsunami, Planetary, and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Giant killer bees and a flood. What else do you need to know?
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Weather Wars (Storm War) (2011)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Todor Chapkanov
Writer(s):   Paul A. Birkett
Studio:  Active Entertainment
Year Released:  2011        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Planetary, Storm, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Two brothers suspect their discredited scientist-father to be behind a series of weather disasters affecting Washington DC
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Iconic landmark destroyed
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Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse (2014)
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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