Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Eric Heisserer
Writer(s):   Eric Heisserer
Studio:  The Safran Company, PalmStar Media, Hours Capital
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  97 min
Genre:  Drama, History, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Flood/tsunami, Hurricane, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  55/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  60%
Plot Snapshot:  After Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, a man works to keep his newborn daughter alive in a ravaged hospital.
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Links to Buy/Rent:How I Live Now (2013)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Kevin Macdonald
Writer(s):   Meg Rosoff Jeremy Brock Penelope Skinner Tony Grisoni Jack Thorne
Studio:  BFI Film Fund, Cowboy Films, Film4
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  101 min
Genre:  Drama, Romance, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Manmade, Nuclear, and War
Ratings:
    Metascore:  57/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  67%
Plot Snapshot:  A nuclear explosion in London affects an American teen who's been sent to live with her cousins in the English countryside. Triggers: incest, probable rape
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Links to Buy/Rent:How It Ends (2018)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   David M. Rosenthal
Writer(s):   Brooks McLaren
Studio:  Paul Schiff Productions, Sierra / Affinity
Year Released:  2018        Running Time:  113 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Earthquake, Manmade, Planetary, and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  32/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  22%
Plot Snapshot:  With his father-in-law, a man searches for his missing pregnant fiancee after a mysterious apocalyptic event hits Earth.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Hurricane (1974)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jerry Jameson
Writer(s):   Jack Turley William C. Anderson
Studio:  Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC), Montagne Productions
Year Released:  1974        Running Time:  74 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Flood/tsunami, Hurricane, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  An all-star cast fights to survive a monster hurricane and resulting tidal wave. Uses actual footage from Hurricane Camille.
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Hurricane (1979)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Jan Troell
Writer(s):   James Norman Hall Charles Nordhoff Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Studio:  Dino De Laurentiis Company, Famous Films
Year Released:  1979        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Adventure and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Hurricane and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  38%
Plot Snapshot:  Remake of the 1937 John Ford film. A massive storm threatens forbidden lovers and their families on a tropical island.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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The Hurricane Heist (2018)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Rob Cohen
Writer(s):   Carlos Davis Jeff Dixon Anthony Fingleton Scott Windhauser
Studio:  Foresight Unlimited, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology
Year Released:  2018        Running Time:  102 min
Genre:  Action, Crime, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Hurricane and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  24/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  33%
Plot Snapshot:  Original title: Category 5. As a major hurricane bears down on a US Mint facility, thieves attempt a massive heist. Delayed from 2017, so you know it's going to be good. Or, you know, not.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, 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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The Hurricane (1937)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   John Ford Stuart Heisler
Writer(s):   Dudley Nichols Oliver H.P. Garrett Charles Nordhoff James Norman Hall Ben Hecht W.P. Lipscomb
Studio:  The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Year Released:  1937        Running Time:  110 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Drama, and Romance
Category of Disaster:  Hurricane and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A hurricane threatens to destroy the happiness of lovers finally reunited. Remade in 1979 by Dino De Laurentiis.
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I Think We're Alone Now (2018)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Reed Morano
Writer(s):   Mike Makowsky
Studio:  Automatik Entertainment, Estuary Films, Exhibit
Year Released:  2018        Running Time:  93 min
Genre:  Drama and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  51/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  81%
Plot Snapshot:  A loner must deal with the arrival of another survivor of an apocalypse.
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Links to Buy/Rent:Ice Quake (2010)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Paul Ziller
Writer(s):   David Ray
Studio:  Cinetel Films, Quake Productions
Year Released:  2010        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche, Earthquake, Iceberg, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  An earthquake in Alaska has opened up a massive crack in the Earth's crust, causing ice geysers(!), avalanches, and venting flammable methane into the area. I think we all know where this is going.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Ice Road, The (2021)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Jonathan Hensleigh
Writer(s):   Jonathan Hensleigh
Studio:  Code Entertainment, Envision Media Arts
Year Released:  2021        Running Time:  109 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Mining, Planetary, and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  43/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  46%
Plot Snapshot:  After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, a big-rig ice road driver fights thawing ice and a massive storm in an impossible rescue mission
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Links to Buy/Rent:Ice Spiders (2007)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Tibor Takács
Writer(s):   Eric Miller
Studio:  Sci Fi Pictures, Christopher Filmcapital, Regent Entertainment
Year Released:  2007        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Manmade, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Training for a team of Olympic skier candidates is complicated by the news that a mutant breed of giant killer spiders has escaped from a nearby lab. Of course.
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Ice Twisters (2009)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Steven R. Monroe
Writer(s):   Paul A. Birkett Andrew C. Erin
Studio:  Cinetel Films, Ice Twisters Productions, Insight Film Studios
Year Released:  2009        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Planetary, Runaway technology, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A former-scientist-turned-science-fiction-writer (whew!) must save the world when a federal weather experiment goes horribly wrong. As they always seem to do.
TDA Checklist Items:  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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Icetastrophe (2014)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Jonathan Winfrey
Writer(s):   David Sanderson
Studio:  Cinetel Films, Reel One Entertainment, Ice Cap Pictures Inc.
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Action and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Two halves of a meteorite cause opposite reactions when they hit--freezing AND tropical conditions. Reuniting the halves will restore peace in the galaxy. Or something.
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Impact Earth (Zone d'impact: terre) (2015)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Rex Piano
Writer(s):   E.M. McCoy Jonathan Stathakis Cory Tynan
Studio:  AltaVista Entertainment Group, Mississippi Gulf Coast Studios
Year Released:  2015        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  No one will listed to a discredited scientist who's telling the world that a killer asteroid is on the way
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good), and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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The Impossible (2012)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   J.A. Bayona
Writer(s):   Sergio G. Sánchez María Belón
Studio:  Mediaset España, Summit Entertainment, Apaches Entertainment
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  114 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Earthquake, Flood/tsunami, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  73/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  81%
Plot Snapshot:  Vacationing family is torn apart by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand. Based on a true story and incredibly realistic.
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In Old Chicago (1937)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Henry King
Writer(s):   Lamar Trotti Sonya Levien Niven Busch
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Year Released:  1937        Running Time:  95 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Musical
Category of Disaster:  Fire and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  67%
Plot Snapshot:  The O'Leary boys fight over a beautiful singer, as their mother's cow gets ready to kick over a lantern...
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, Estranged family members, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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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:Independence Day (1996)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Roland Emmerich
Writer(s):   Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Centropolis Entertainment
Year Released:  1996        Running Time:  145 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  59/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  60%
Plot Snapshot:  Aliens have come to exterminate us, disrupting Fourth of July plans everywhere
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, 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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Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Roland Emmerich
Writer(s):   Nicolas Wright James A. Woods Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich James Vanderbilt
Studio:  Centropolis Entertainment, Stereo D, TSG Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Year Released:  2016        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  32/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  31%
Plot Snapshot:  They're baaaaaaaaack, and they've learned from their previous mistakes
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Iconic landmark destroyed, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Inferno (2002)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Dusty Nelson
Writer(s):   Dusty Nelson
Studio:  Porchlight Pictures
Year Released:  2002        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Fire and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Town blows up a dam to stop a rash of recent fires
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Inferno: Skyscraper Escape (Crystal Inferno; L'enfer de cristal) (2017)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Eric Summer
Writer(s):   Regina Luvitt Phillip J. Roth
Studio:  Fontana, Free Dolphin Productions, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)
Year Released:  2017        Running Time:  93 min
Genre:  Action and Adventure
Category of Disaster:  Fire and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A divorcing couple must work together to save their children when the kids become trapped on a upper floor of a burning skyscraper. Sounds familiar.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Into the Storm (2014)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Steven Quale
Writer(s):   John Swetman
Studio:  Broken Road Productions, New Line Cinema, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  44/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  21%
Plot Snapshot:  Storm-chasers, thrill-seekers, and townfolk deal with a rash of tornadoes
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Links to Buy/Rent:Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Robert Markowitz
Writer(s):   Robert J. Avrech
Studio:  Columbia TriStar Television, Sofronski Productions, Stillking Films
Year Released:  1997        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1996 climbing disaster on Mount Everest, in which two competing expeditions were required to band together to survive.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Inversion (2022)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  
Director(s):   Mark Waters
Writer(s):   Wei Li
Studio:  The SafeZone Company
Year Released:  2022        Running Time:  0 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Planetary
Ratings:
IMDB: TBD    Metascore:  TBD/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  TBD%
Plot Snapshot:  An American con artist and a young Chinese physicist race against time to save Earth from a terrifying loss of gravity
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It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (1975)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   John Goldschmidt
Writer(s):   Bernard Kops
Studio:  Associated Television (ATV)
Year Released:  1975        Running Time:  70 min
Genre:  Drama, History, and War
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and War
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the UK's worst civilian disaster of World War II: 173 men, women, and children died and another 90+ were injured after a "domino-effect" fall occurred in the unfinished Bethnal Green Tube station, then being used as a bomb shelter
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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