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! (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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- Not available on Vudu
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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Links to Buy/Rent:Morning Departure (Operation Disaster) (1950)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Roy Ward Baker
Writer(s):   W.E. Fairchild Kenneth Woollard
Studio:  Jay Lewis Productions
Year Released:  1950        Running Time:  102 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A forgotten mine causes a British submarine to sink in the Channel. Can the captain get everyone out before they run out of oxygen?
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A Night to Remember (1958)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Roy Ward Baker
Writer(s):   Walter Lord Eric Ambler
Studio:  The Rank Organization
Year Released:  1958        Running Time:  123 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  100%
Plot Snapshot:  Retelling of the sinking of the Titanic from the viewpoint of 2nd Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller, the highest-ranking officer to survive
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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- Not available on Vudu
No Greater Love (1995)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Richard T. Heffron
Writer(s):   Carmen Culver Danielle Steel
Studio:  The Cramer Company, NBC Productions
Year Released:  1995        Running Time:  105 min
Genre:  Drama, History, and Romance
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Melodrama based on the 1912 sinking of RMS Titanic, focusing on one survivor's efforts to raise her siblings after terrible losses.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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The Perfect Storm (2000)
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:Poseidon (2006)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Wolfgang Petersen
Writer(s):   Mark Protosevich Paul Gallico
Studio:  Warner Bros., Virtual Studios, Radiant Productions
Year Released:  2006        Running Time:  98 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Flood/tsunami, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  50/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  33%
Plot Snapshot:  A rogue wave overturns a luxury liner, trapping people inside. Then the boat begins to sink...
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Links to Buy/Rent:The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Ronald Neame Irwin Allen
Writer(s):   Paul Gallico Stirling Silliphant Wendell Mayes
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Kent Productions
Year Released:  1972        Running Time:  117 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Flood/tsunami, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  79%
Plot Snapshot:  It's one of the classics for many reasons: well-drawn characters, good story, real emotion
TDA Checklist Items:  Classic song, Estranged family members, Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Side character who sacrifices him/herself, Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good), and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Rescue, The (2020)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Dante Lam
Writer(s):   Wong Sze Man Tan Yuli Yaqing Zhi
Studio:  China Modern Film and Television Development, Film Fireworks
Year Released:  2020        Running Time:  139 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  90%
Plot Snapshot:  Members of the Chinese Coast Guard are forced to overcome their personal differences to resolve various crises
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Saving the Titanic (2012)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Maurice Sweeney
Writer(s):   Colin Herber-Percy Lyall B. Watson
Studio:  Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Tile Films
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  104 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 sinking of RMS Titanic, focusing on the engineers who built her and tried to keep the power running to help as many people as possible survive.
TDA Checklist Items:  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:- Amazon
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- Not available on Vudu
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003)
Movie Type:  Miniseries         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Bruce Pittman
Writer(s):   Keith Ross Leckie
Studio:  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Power, Powercorp
Year Released:  2003        Running Time:  175 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1917 collision between a Canadian freighter carrying explosives and a Belgian reef ship in Halifax harbor. The resulting explosion destroyed square miles of the city, killed almost 2000 people and injured another 9000, and was felt 100 miles away.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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Survive the Savage Sea (1992)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Kevin James Dobson
Writer(s):   Dougal Robertson Fred Haines Scott Swanton
Studio:  Von Zerneck Sertner Films, Warner Bros. Television
Year Released:  1992        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Boat/ship, Creatures, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1972 sinking of the schooner Lucette by a pod of killer whales. A family is set adrift in a tiny dinghy with only 3 days of supplies, while no one realizes that they're missing.
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
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The Poseidon Explosion (Explozia) (1973)
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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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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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
- Not available on Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
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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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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- Not available on Vudu
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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- Not available on Vudu
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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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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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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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
- Not available at Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
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