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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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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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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