Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Al Gurst
Writer(s):   Craig Daniels Al Gurst
Studio:  SEWFilms
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  128 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
IMDb: --    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of one survivor's story from 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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Aftershock (2013)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Nicolás López
Writer(s):   Eli Roth Guillermo Amoedo Nicolás López
Studio:  Sobras International Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures, Dragonfly Entertainment, Vertebra Films
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Horror
Category of Disaster:  Earthquake and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  39/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  36%
Plot Snapshot:  Being trapped in an underground nightclub might be safer than what happens up top after an earthquake. TRIGGER: rape, gore
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Links to Buy/Rent:Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
Movie Type:  Miniseries         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Mikael Salomon
Writer(s):   Loren Boothby Paul Eric Myers Chuck Scarborough David Stevens
Studio:  Hallmark Entertainment, Pacific Motion Pictures, RTL
Year Released:  1999        Running Time:  170 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Earthquake and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A devastating earthquake hits New York City. What more do you need to know, really?
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, 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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Age of Ice (2014)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Emile Edwin Smith
Writer(s):   Emile Edwin Smith
Studio:  The Asylum
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Earthquake and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Shifting Arabian tectonic plates shift, causing earthquakes and a new ice age. Right.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent: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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- Not available on Vudu
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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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Ken Finkleman
Writer(s):   Ken Finkleman
Studio:  Paramount Pictures
Year Released:  1982        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Comedy and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Runaway technology, Space travel, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  42%
Plot Snapshot:  Ted Striker must save the day again when a computer malfunction locks his space shuttle on a course into the sun
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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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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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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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- Trailer: The Captain (Zhongguo jizhang) (2019)
- Airplane! Turns 40: The Article
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:Alien Armageddon (2011)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Neil Johnson
Writer(s):   Neil Johnson
Studio:  Morphius Film, Starlight Entertainment
Year Released:  2011        Running Time:  95 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  After aliens infiltrate and destroy almost all the major cities, a woman joins the resistance and searches for her daughter
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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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:All Is Lost (2013)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   J.C. Chandor
Writer(s):   J.C. Chandor
Studio:  Before The Door Pictures, FilmNation Entertainment, Sudden Storm Productions
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  106 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  87/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  94%
Plot Snapshot:  After colliding with a shipping container, a solo sailor fights to survive
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Links to Buy/Rent:Andromeda Strain, The (1971)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  G
Director(s):   Robert Wise
Writer(s):   Michael Crichton Nelson Gidding
Studio:  Universal Pictures
Year Released:  1971        Running Time:  131 min
Genre:  Sci-Fi and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  67%
Plot Snapshot:  A satellite crashes down near a New Mexico town, bringing an alien virus that wipes out the town. A team of scientists race to investigate it before escapes to the rest of the country.
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Aniara (1960)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Arne Arnbom
Writer(s):   Erik Lindegren Harry Martinson
Studio:  Sveriges Radio
Year Released:  1960        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Musical and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor, Planetary, Space travel, and Transportation
Ratings:
IMDb: --    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A refugee spaceship bound from Earth to Mars is knocked off course by an asteroid
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Aniara (2018)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Pella Kagerman Hugo Lilja
Writer(s):   Harry Martinson Pella Kagerman Hugo Lilja
Studio:  Meta Film Stockholm
Year Released:  2018        Running Time:  106 min
Genre:  Drama and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor, Planetary, Space travel, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  61/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  69%
Plot Snapshot:  Remake of the 1960 TV movie. A refugee spaceship traveling from Earth to Mars is knocked off course by an asteroid, causing the consumption-obsessed passengers to consider their place in the universe.
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Anything to Survive (1990)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Zale Dalen
Writer(s):   Elmo Wortman Jonathan Rintels
Studio:  ATL Productions, B.C. Films, Saban/Scherick Productions
Year Released:  1990        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Planetary, Storm, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on a true story. A man and his children become stranded on a remote island while sailing home to Alaska, losing their boat in the storm. The authorities believe they're dead, but guess what?
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Apocalypse Pompeii (2014)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ben Demaree
Writer(s):   Steve Bevilacqua Jacob Cooney Bill Hanstock
Studio:  Nimar Studios
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  87 min
Genre:  Action and Adventure
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Volcano
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A special-ops commando works with his former teammates to save his family when Vesuvius erupts again
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Iconic landmark destroyed
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Links to Buy/Rent:The Apocalypse (2007)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Justin Jones
Writer(s):   Carlos De Los Rios David Michael Latt
Studio:  The Asylum, Faith Films
Year Released:  2007        Running Time:  94 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and Fantasy
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor, Planetary, Storm, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A mother and father try to keep their faith as they search for their missing child before an asteroid hits Earth.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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Apollo 13 (1995)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Ron Howard
Writer(s):   Jim Lovell Jeffrey Kluger William Broyles Jr. Al Reinert
Studio:  Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Year Released:  1995        Running Time:  140 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Space travel, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  77/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  95%
Plot Snapshot:  Story of the ill-fated 1970 space mission, in which an explosion early into the mission makes survival uncertain
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Links to Buy/Rent:Arctic Apocalypse (2019)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Eric Paul Erickson Jon Kondelik
Writer(s):   Bill Hanstock Robert Hensley Eric Paul Erickson
Studio:  SyFy, The Asylum
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  88 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Climate change and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When glacial melting plunges the Northern Hemisphere into a new ice age, a family searches for a safe haven elsewhere
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Armageddon (1998)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Michael Bay
Writer(s):   Jonathan Hensleigh J.J. Abrams
Studio:  Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Valhalla Motion Pictures
Year Released:  1998        Running Time:  151 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  42/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  39%
Plot Snapshot:  A motley crew of oil drillers must go into space and blast an asteroid apart to save the earth
TDA Checklist Items:  Classic song, Estranged family members, Iconic landmark destroyed, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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- Confirmation that Armageddon and Deep Impact Got It Wrong
- Trailer: Greenland (2020)
- News: Michael Bay Is Michael Baying the Covid-19 Pandemic: What Could Go Wrong?
- Patrick Wilson, Charlie Plummer Join Lunar Disaster Movie Cast
- New Twister Movie in the Works
Ashfall (2019)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Byung-seo Kim Hae-jun Lee
Writer(s):   Byung-seo Kim Hae-jun Lee
Studio:  Dexter Studios
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  130 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Volcano
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  71%
Plot Snapshot:  A North Korean agent works with others to prevent a massive volcanic eruption
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- South Korean Disaster Movie Ashfall to Open Far East Film Festival
- Park Seo-joon, Park Bo-young Join Cast of Concrete Utopia
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