Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Robert Aldrich
Writer(s):   Lukas Heller Trevor Dudley Smith
Studio:  
Year Released:  1965        Running Time:  142 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  After a plane crashes in the Sahara, an engineer creates a light aircraft for escape
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Links to Buy/Rent:Flight to Holocaust (1977)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer(s):   Robert Heverly Anthony Lawrence A.C. Lyles
Studio:  Aycee Productions, First Artists
Year Released:  1977        Running Time:  100 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A small plane crashes into the side of a skyscraper, and first responders must race to rescue the passengers before the plane plummets.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Freefall: Flight 174 (1995)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jorge Montesi
Writer(s):   William Hoffer Marilyn Hoffer Lionel Chetwynd
Studio:  Hill/Fields Entertainment, Pacific Motion Pictures
Year Released:  1995        Running Time:  93 min
Genre:  Drama, History, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the story of the 1982 Canada World Airways flight, which ran out of fuel shortly after reaching cruising altitude.
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The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Steven Hilliard Stern
Writer(s):   Robert M. Young John G. Fuller
Studio:  Paramount Television
Year Released:  1975        Running Time:  100 min
Genre:  Drama, History, Mystery, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1972 crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 401, which crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing 101 of the 176 souls aboard. As parts salvaged from the airplane were reused in other planes, ghosts of the killed crew started to appear. See also The Crash of Flight 401 (1978).
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Gravity (2013)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Alfonso Cuarón
Writer(s):   Jonás Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón
Studio:  Warner Bros., Esperanto Filmoj, Heyday Films
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Space travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  96/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  96%
Plot Snapshot:  An accident leaves two astronauts in space. Inspired by Marooned (1969).
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Links to Buy/Rent:Gray Lady Down (1978)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   David Greene
Writer(s):   David Lavallee James Whittaker Howard Sackler Frank P. Rosenberg
Studio:  The Mirisch Corporation, Universal Pictures
Year Released:  1978        Running Time:  111 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  60%
Plot Snapshot:  A U.S. nuclear submarine collides with a cargo ship off the East Coast and is stuck teetering on the edge of an abyss. Can the Navy rescue them before time runs out?
TDA Checklist Items:  Side character who sacrifices him/herself and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:H-8 (1958)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Nikola Tanhofer
Writer(s):   Zvonimir Berkovic Tomislav Butorac Nikola Tanhofer
Studio:  Jadran Film
Year Released:  1958        Running Time:  105 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Auto/truck and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A recklesss driver causes the collision of a bus and a truck on a rainy road
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The High and the Mighty (1954)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   William A. Wellman
Writer(s):   Ernest K. Gann
Studio:  Warner Bros., Wayne-Fellows Productions
Year Released:  1954        Running Time:  147 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  25%
Plot Snapshot:  A blown engine jeopardizes a plane flying from Honolulu to San Francisco, affecting all of the passengers and crew in different ways
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Links to Buy/Rent:The Hindenburg (1975)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Robert Wise
Writer(s):   Richard Levinson William Link Michael M. Mooney Nelson Gidding
Studio:  The Filmakers Group, Universal Pictures
Year Released:  1975        Running Time:  125 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, History, and Mystery
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  40%
Plot Snapshot:  Fictionalized account of the 1937 air disaster, tacking on sabotage plot to explain the fire
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Links to Buy/Rent:Hindenburg: The Last Flight (2011)
Movie Type:  Miniseries         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Philipp Kadelbach
Writer(s):   Johannes W. Betz Philip LaZebnik Martin Pristl
Studio:  RTL, TeamWorx Television & Film
Year Released:  2011        Running Time:  180 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, History, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1937 airship disaster, with a conspiracy assumed as the cause.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Ron Howard
Writer(s):   Charles Leavitt Rick Jaffa Amanda Silver Nathaniel Philbrick
Studio:  Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Cott Productions, Enelmar Productions, A.I.E., Roth Films, Spring Creek Productions, Imagine Entertainment, K. JAM Media
Year Released:  2015        Running Time:  122 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and History
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Boat/ship, Creatures, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  47/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  42%
Plot Snapshot:  Retelling of the sinking of the Essex by a giant whale, the inspiration for Moby-Dick, and its aftermath as the sailors attempt to survive
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Jinji pojiang (Crash Landing) (2000)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jianya Zhang
Writer(s):   Jian Hao
Studio:  Shanghai Film Studios
Year Released:  2000        Running Time:  114 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  NA/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  NA%
Plot Snapshot:  Things go Drastically Wrong on an airplane flight
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Juggernaut (1974)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Richard Lester
Writer(s):   Alan Plater Richard Alan Simmons
Studio:  David V. Picker Productions, Two Roads Productions
Year Released:  1974        Running Time:  109 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  An extortionist demands a huge ransom or (s)he'll blow up an ocean liner
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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Kathryn Bigelow
Writer(s):   Louis Nowra Christopher Kyle
Studio:  First Light Production, IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 2. Produktions KG, Intermedia Films
Year Released:  2002        Running Time:  138 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, History, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Manmade, Nuclear, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  58/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  61%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of events aboard the Soviet submarine K-19 in July 1961, when a nuclear coolant leak ended up killing 22 crew members
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Links to Buy/Rent:Killer on Board (1977)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Philip Leacock
Writer(s):   Sandor Stern
Studio:  Lorimar Productions
Year Released:  1977        Running Time:  95 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Medical, Transportation, and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A deadly virus breaks out on a cruise ship. No, it's not Norovirus.
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Last Flight to Abuja (2012)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Obi Emelonye
Writer(s):   Tunde Babalola Amaka Obi-Emelonye Obi Emelonye
Studio:  Nollywood Film Factory
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  81 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the 2006 crash of ADC Flight 53 in October 2006. A midair crisis forces a commercial flight into a disastrous emergency landing.
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The Last Survivors (1975)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Lee H. Katzin
Writer(s):   Douglas Day Stewart
Studio:  Bob Banner Associates, Columbia Pictures Television
Year Released:  1975        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A young ship's officer must decide who lives and dies on an overcrowded lifeboat, before a typhoon hits them.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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The Last Voyage (1960)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Andrew L. Stone
Writer(s):   Andrew L. Stone
Studio:  Andrew L. Stone Productions
Year Released:  1960        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Boilers explode on an old luxury liner, trapping family members in their stateroom
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Links to Buy/Rent:Ledokol (The Icebreaker) (2016)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Nikolay Khomeriki
Writer(s):   Aleksey Onishchenko
Studio:  Cinema Foundation, NTV, Profit
Year Released:  2016        Running Time:  124 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1985 stranding of the Mikhail Gromov in the ice of Antarctica, with 53 souls aboard.
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The Legend of the Titanic (La leggenda del Titanic) (1999)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Orlando Corradi Kim J. Ok
Writer(s):   Clelia Castaldo Loris Peota Ted Rusoff Orlando Corradi
Studio:  Hollywood Gang Productions, International TV Broadcasting (ITB), Mondo TV
Year Released:  1999        Running Time:  84 min
Genre:  Animation, Drama, Fantasy, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Another animated fantasy version of the RMS Titanic sinking. This one includes evil sharks and heroic whales. What IS it with this story?
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Lifeboat (1944)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Alfred Hitchcock
Writer(s):   John Steinbeck Jo Swerling
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Year Released:  1944        Running Time:  97 min
Genre:  Drama and War
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Bomb/explosion, Manmade, Transportation, and War
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  91%
Plot Snapshot:  A U-boat and a passenger ship battle during World War II, and the motley crew of survivors from the ship gather in one of its lifeboats. But when they pick up a survivor from the U-boat, the plot gets cranking.
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Lost Flight (1970)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Leonard Horn
Writer(s):   Dean Riesner
Studio:  Universal Television
Year Released:  1970        Running Time:  104 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  The airplane crash is only the beginning of these peoples' troubles--they soon find themselves in a "Lord of the Flies" scenario. Bonus Billy Dee Williams sighting!
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Lost! (1986)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Peter Rowe
Writer(s):   Thomas Thompson Peter Rowe
Studio:  Victor Solnicki Productions
Year Released:  1986        Running Time:  95 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on a true story. After a severe storm, a married couple and their missionary brother are left stranded on their capsized boat in the middle of the Pacific. Problem is, nobody knows they're missing, so nobody's looking.
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Madam Satan (1930)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Cecil B. DeMille
Writer(s):   Jeanie Macpherson Gladys Unger Elsie Janis
Studio:  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Year Released:  1930        Running Time:  116 min
Genre:  Comedy and Musical
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A socialite sets out to win her unfaithful husband back from a chorus girl, by posing a seductress at a masquerade set on a zeppelin. What could go wrong?
TDA Checklist Items:  Classic song, Estranged family members, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Marooned (Space Travelers) (1969)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  G
Director(s):   John Sturges
Writer(s):   Mayo Simon Martin Caidin
Studio:  Columbia Pictures Corporation, Frankovich Productions
Year Released:  1969        Running Time:  134 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  100%
Plot Snapshot:  NASA base commander tries to get three stranded astronauts home before their oxygen runs out and a hurricane hits the landing site. Inspiration for Gravity (2013).
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