Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Tom Harper
Writer(s):   Jack Thorne Tom Harper
Studio:  Amazon Studios, Mandeville Films
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  100 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and History
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  60/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  71%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1862 touch-and-go ascent in a hot-air balloon that broke records for altitude
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Air Crew (Ekipazh) (1980)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Aleksandr Mitta
Writer(s):   Yuli Dunsky Valeri Frid
Studio:  Mosfilm
Year Released:  1980        Running Time:  144 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A flight crew manages to land their airplane in a city damaged by an earthquake, but it might never take off again...
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Air Panic (2002)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Bob Misiorowski
Writer(s):   Jace Anderson Boaz Davidson Adam Gierasch
Studio:  Nu Image / Millennium Films
Year Released:  2002        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  It's an FAA systems analyst to the rescue when a deranged computer hacker is crashing passenger planes
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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Airplane vs. Volcano (2014)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   James Kondelik Jon Kondelik
Writer(s):   James Kondelik Jon Kondelik
Studio:  The Asylum
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Planetary, Transportation, and Volcano
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Passengers on an airliner need to work together to get their plane out of a ring of volcanos. Sure, why not?
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Airplane! (1980)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Jim Abrahams David Zucker Jerry Zucker
Writer(s):   Hall Bartlett John C. Champion Arthur Hailey Jim Abrahams David Zucker Jerry Zucker
Studio:  Paramount Pictures
Year Released:  1980        Running Time:  88 min
Genre:  Comedy
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Parody, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  78/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  97%
Plot Snapshot:  A pilot with PTSD is forced to take over when the captain and passengers get food poisoning. And don't call me Shirley.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Iconic landmark destroyed
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Airport '77 (1977)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Jerry Jameson
Writer(s):   Arthur Hailey Michael Scheff David Spector H.A.L. Craig Charles Kuenstle
Studio:  Universal Pictures
Year Released:  1977        Running Time:  114 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  50%
Plot Snapshot:  A jet full of precious art is hijacked, runs into fog, and crashes in the Bermuda Triangle, where it becomes submerged
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Links to Buy/Rent:Airport (1970)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  G
Director(s):   George Seaton Henry Hathaway
Writer(s):   Arthur Hailey George Seaton
Studio:  Universal Pictures, Ross Hunter Productions
Year Released:  1970        Running Time:  137 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  80%
Plot Snapshot:  After a bomb detonates on a plane, the flight crew and ground personnel have to figure out how to land the plane safely
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Side character who sacrifices him/herself, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Airport 1975 (1974)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Jack Smight
Writer(s):   Arthur Hailey Don Ingalls
Studio:  Universal Pictures
Year Released:  1974        Running Time:  107 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  29%
Plot Snapshot:  A female flight attendant must try to land a 747 after it collides with a small plane, knocking out the captain and co-captain
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Links to Buy/Rent:Alive (1993)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Frank Marshall
Writer(s):   Piers Paul Read John Patrick Shanley
Studio:  Film Andes S.A., The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Paramount Pictures
Year Released:  1993        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  70%
Plot Snapshot:  Story of the real-life Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes, and their fight to survive
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Links to Buy/Rent:Back from Eternity (1956)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   John Farrow
Writer(s):   Jonathan Latimer Richard Carroll
Studio:  John Farrow Productions
Year Released:  1956        Running Time:  97 min
Genre:  Adventure and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Cannibalism complicates things after a plane crashes in the South American jungle
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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Bisangsuneon (Emergency Declaration) (2021)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jae-rim Han
Writer(s):   Jae-rim Han
Studio:  C-JeS Entertainment
Year Released:  2021        Running Time:  147 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  '--/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  TBD%
Plot Snapshot:  After a terror incident occurs mid-flight, a passenger jet declares an emergency
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The Captain (Zhongguo jizhang) (2019)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Writer(s):   Yonggan Yu
Studio:  Bona Film Group, Alibaba Pictures, Huaxia Film Distribution
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  111 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  75%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 2018 incident during Sichuan Airlines flight 8633, when the cockpit's windscreen shattered at 32,000 feet above Tibet
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Collision Course (2013)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Fred Olen Ray
Writer(s):   Jason Bourque Fred Olen Ray
Studio:  MarVista Entertainment
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  After a solar flare knocks out the electronics, the pilot, and the copilot, a widow due to a previous plane crash works with the flight crew to land their plane safety
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The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   David Lowell Rich
Writer(s):   Arthur Hailey Jennings Lang Eric Roth
Studio:  Universal Pictures
Year Released:  1979        Running Time:  113 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  14%
Plot Snapshot:  The last (and most ridiculous) of the Aiport movies sees a plane enroute to the Moscow Olympics being fired upon by a passenger's boyfriend. Starring all of your favorite 1970s B-list actors, plus the ever-reliable George Kennedy (RIP, Joe Patroni).
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Links to Buy/Rent:The Crash of Flight 401 (1978)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Barry Shear
Writer(s):   Rob Elder Sarah Elder Donald S. Sanford Steve Brown
Studio:  Charles Fries Productions
Year Released:  1978        Running Time:  95 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Manmade, 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, and the ensuing investigation. In all, 101 of the 176 souls aboard were killed. See also The Ghost of Flight 401.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Philip Saville
Writer(s):   E. Arthur Kean
Studio:  Citadel Entertainment, Consolidated Entertainment, Schaefer/Karpf Productions
Year Released:  1990        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Drama and Mystery
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A widow refuses to believe her pilot husband was responsible for the fatal crash of a passenger jet.
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The Crowded Sky (1960)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Joseph Pevney
Writer(s):   Charles Schnee Hank Searls
Studio:  Warner Bros.
Year Released:  1960        Running Time:  105 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Word problem: If a Navy jet with a defective radio/navigation equipment is heading east at 400 mph, and a full passenger jet is traveling west at 300 mph, whom should they get to write the theme song?
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ralph Nelson
Writer(s):   Harold Medford
Studio:  Arcola Pictures
Year Released:  1964        Running Time:  106 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Mystery
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Drama about whether pilot error truly brought down a jet full of people
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Fearless (1993)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Peter Weir
Writer(s):   Rafael Yglesias
Studio:  Spring Creek Productions, Warner Bros.
Year Released:  1993        Running Time:  122 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  86%
Plot Snapshot:  After surviving a major plane crash, a man feels invulnerable
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Links to Buy/Rent:Final Descent (1997)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Mike Robe
Writer(s):   Robert P. Davis Roger Young
Studio:  Columbia TriStar Television, Mandalay Television
Year Released:  1997        Running Time:  100 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  After a midair collision, a pilot battles both a romantic rival and his own crippled airplane to bring his passengers to safety
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Flight (2021)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Suraj Joshi
Writer(s):   Babita Ashiwal Mohit Chadha Suraj Joshi
Studio:  Crazy Boyz Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment, UFO Movies India
Year Released:  2021        Running Time:  116 min
Genre:  Action and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  '--/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  '--%
Plot Snapshot:  A businessman wakes up to find that he's alone on the plane. Hope he can fly it!
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Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Robert Michael Lewis
Writer(s):   John McGreevey
Studio:  Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions
Year Released:  1984        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1982 crash of Air Florida Flight 90 into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington DC, which killed all but 5 of the 79 passengers and crew aboard, plus another 4 people on the bridge.
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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Flight of the Phoenix, The (1965)
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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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
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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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