Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Mircea Dragan
Writer(s):   Ioan Grigorescu
Studio:  Romania Film, Studioul Cinematografic Bucuresti
Year Released:  1973        Running Time:  112 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Fire, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on actual events. A burning cargo ship is in danger of catastrophic explosion. Can a local explosives expert save the day, after being called away from his wedding?
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Titanic (1943)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Herbert Selpin Werner Klingler
Writer(s):   Walter Zerlett-Olfenius Herbert Selpin
Studio:  Tobis Filmkunst
Year Released:  1943        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Produced with participation of the Nazi government, this version of the story includes anti-British propaganda and noble German peasants
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Iconic landmark destroyed, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Titanic (1953)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jean Negulesco
Writer(s):   Charles Brackett Walter Reisch Richard L. Breen A.E. Housman
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Year Released:  1953        Running Time:  98 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, History, and Romance
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  89%
Plot Snapshot:  This version focuses on the relationship between a man and his family, and on his redemption
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Titanic (1984)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Lutz Büscher
Writer(s):   Wolfgang Mühlbauer
Studio:  Andre Libik
Year Released:  1984        Running Time:  103 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1912 sinking of RMS Titanic.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
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Titanic (1996)
Movie Type:  Miniseries         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Robert Lieberman
Writer(s):   Joyce Eliason Ross LaManna
Studio:  Konigsberg/Sanitsky Company, American Zoetrope, Crescent Entertainment
Year Released:  1996        Running Time:  173 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1912 RMS Titanic sinking on its maiden voyage, focusing on two romantic pairs.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Iconic landmark destroyed, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Titanic (1997)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   James Cameron
Writer(s):   James Cameron
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Paramount Pictures, Lightstorm Entertainment
Year Released:  1997        Running Time:  194 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Drama, History, and Romance
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  74/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  88%
Plot Snapshot:  Doomed lovers on a doomed ship
TDA Checklist Items:  Classic song, Estranged family members, 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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Titanic (2012)
Movie Type:  Miniseries         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Jon Jones
Writer(s):   Julian Fellowes
Studio:  Deep Indigo Productions, Sienna Films, Mid Atlantic Films
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  190 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  38%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1912 sinking of RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage, focusing on tensions between the classes of passengers.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Iconic landmark destroyed, Side character who sacrifices him/herself, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Titanic (2012)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Kevin Lincoln Pete Meads
Writer(s):   Kevin Lincoln
Studio:  HTV Film & Television
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  0 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1912 sinking of RMS Titanic
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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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:Titanic: The Legend Goes On... (Titanic - La leggenda continua) (2000)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Camillo Teti
Writer(s):   Bozenna Intrator Jymn Magon Camillo Teti
Studio:  Titanic Cartoons
Year Released:  2000        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Animation, Fantasy, History, and Romance
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Animated *fantasy* version of the 1912 RMS Titanic sinking, including talking animals (?) and a happy ending (???)
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Train of Events (1949)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Sidney Cole Charles Crichton Basil Dearden
Writer(s):   T.E.B. Clarke Ronald Millar Angus MacPhail Basil Dearden
Studio:  Ealing Studios
Year Released:  1949        Running Time:  88 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Train/tram and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  The story of a train crash is told from four different viewpoints
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Side character who sacrifices him/herself, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Twilight for the Gods (1958)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Joseph Pevney
Writer(s):   Ernest K. Gann
Studio:  Universal International Pictures (UI)
Year Released:  1958        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  An alcoholic captain, a fugitive from the law, and other archetypes must deal with a boat that is slowly taking on water as they cross the Pacific
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril and Side character who sacrifices him/herself
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Un pasaje de ida (1988)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Agliberto Meléndez
Writer(s):   Adelso Cass Danilo Taveras Agliberto Meléndez
Studio:  Producciones Testimonio S.A.
Year Released:  1988        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on a true story. Made by Dominicans for Dominicans, this tells the tragic 1981 story of a group trying to get to Puerto Rico by stowing away on a merchant vessel.
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
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The Unsinkable Titanic (2008)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Patrick Reams
Writer(s):   Tony Mulholland Patrick Reams
Studio:  Handel Productions, Pioneer Productions
Year Released:  2008        Running Time:  0 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic in the North Atlantic.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
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USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Mario Van Peebles
Writer(s):   Cam Cannon Richard Rionda Del Castro
Studio:  Hannibal Pictures, USS Indianapolis Production
Year Released:  2016        Running Time:  128 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, History, and Horror
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Boat/ship, Bomb/explosion, Creatures, Manmade, Transportation, and War
Ratings:
    Metascore:  30/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  9%
Plot Snapshot:  After delivering the atomic bombs that would end World War II, the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine. The survivors were in the water for 5 days before they were rescued, by which time thirst, hunger, and sharks had killed nearly 900 of them.
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Links to Buy/Rent:The Viking (1931)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Varick Frissell George Melford
Writer(s):   Garnett Weston
Studio:  J.D. Williams, Newfoundland-Labrador Film Company
Year Released:  1931        Running Time:  75 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Drama, and Romance
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  The first "Canadian" talkie, during filming of which 27 people died (still the record for fatalities during filming). A young sailor is talked into joining a sealing expedition in the Artic, and a love triangle and backstabbing ensue.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Voyage of Terror (1998)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Brian Trenchard Smith
Writer(s):   Mel Frohman
Studio:  Degeto Film, Fox Family Channel, Shavick Entertainment
Year Released:  1998        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Medical, Transportation, and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  An Ebola-type virus breaks out during an infectious disease specialist's vacation on a cruise.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Whom the Gods Destroy (1934)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Walter Lang
Writer(s):   Albert Payson Terhune Sidney Buchman Fred Niblo Jr.
Studio:  Columbia Pictures Corporation
Year Released:  1934        Running Time:  75 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When an ocean liner hits a derelict ship and begins to sink, a man first acts heroic and then cowardly, to his shame. Living the rest of his life in the shadows, he eventually reaches out (incognito) to help his son.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Zero Hour! (1957)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Hall Bartlett
Writer(s):   Arthur Hailey Hall Bartlett John C. Champion
Studio:  Bartlett-Champion Productions, Carmel Productions, Delta Enterprises Inc.
Year Released:  1957        Running Time:  81 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When food poisoning strikes both pilots of an airliner, a battle-scarred passenger must take over the controls. If this sounds familar, that's because it is.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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