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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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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- Not available on Vudu
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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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not yet on Amazon
- Not yet on Barnes and Noble
- Not yet on Vudu
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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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
- Not available at Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   John Shepphird
Writer(s):   Jeffrey Schenck Peter Sullivan Michael Ciminera Richard Gnolfo
Studio:  ARO Entertainment, Curmudgeon Films, Hybrid
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  87 min
Genre:  Action, Comedy, and Horror
Category of Disaster:  Animals and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  I really can't improve on the title.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Jet Stream (2013)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jeffery Scott Lando
Writer(s):   Jeffery Scott Lando
Studio:  Bulgarian Unified Film Organization, Odyssey Media, UFO International Productions
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  88 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A meteorologist must race to save the Earth before 500 mph winds descend to destroy all in its path
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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Jinji pojiang (Crash Landing) (2000)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jianya Zhang
Writer(s):   Jian Hao
Studio:  Shanghai Film Studios
Year Released:  2000        Running Time:  114 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  NA/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  NA%
Plot Snapshot:  Things go Drastically Wrong on an airplane flight
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Juggernaut (1974)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Richard Lester
Writer(s):   Alan Plater Richard Alan Simmons
Studio:  David V. Picker Productions, Two Roads Productions
Year Released:  1974        Running Time:  109 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  An extortionist demands a huge ransom or (s)he'll blow up an ocean liner
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Jurassic Park (1993)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Steven Spielberg
Writer(s):   Michael Crichton David Koepp
Studio:  Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Year Released:  1993        Running Time:  127 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  68/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  93%
Plot Snapshot:  A dinosaur-based theme park--what could go wrong?
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, 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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Jurassic Park III (2001)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Joe Johnston
Writer(s):   Michael Crichton Peter Buchman Alexander Payne Jim Taylor
Studio:  Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Year Released:  2001        Running Time:  92 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Manmade, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  42/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  50%
Plot Snapshot:  A married couple bring back paleontologist Alan Grant to Site B (Dinosaur Island) under false pretenses.
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Jurassic World (2015)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Colin Trevorrow
Writer(s):   Rick Jaffa Amanda Silver Colin Trevorrow Derek Connolly Michael Crichton
Studio:  Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Legendary Entertainment
Year Released:  2015        Running Time:  124 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Manmade, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  59/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  71%
Plot Snapshot:  A new version of Jurassic Park creates a hybrid superdino, which naturally goes on a killing spree. A "dino whisperer" and the park manager must work together to get the guests to safety.
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Jurassic World: Dominion (2021)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Colin Trevorrow
Writer(s):   Emily Carmichael Derek Connolly Michael Crichton Colin Trevorrow
Studio:  Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Year Released:  2022        Running Time:  0 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Manmade, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
IMDB: TBD    Metascore:  TBD/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  TBD%
Plot Snapshot:  Plot under wraps for now
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   J.A. Bayona
Writer(s):   Derek Connolly Michael Crichton
Studio:  Amblin Entertainment, Apaches Entertainment, Legendary Entertainment
Year Released:  2018        Running Time:  128 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Planetary, and Volcano
Ratings:
    Metascore:  51/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  50%
Plot Snapshot:  The dinosaurs left on Isla Nublar are threatened by an imminent volcanic eruption, but will the rescue just take them from the frying pan into the fire?
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, Estranged family members, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Kathryn Bigelow
Writer(s):   Louis Nowra Christopher Kyle
Studio:  First Light Production, IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 2. Produktions KG, Intermedia Films
Year Released:  2002        Running Time:  138 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, History, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Manmade, Nuclear, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  58/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  61%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of events aboard the Soviet submarine K-19 in July 1961, when a nuclear coolant leak ended up killing 22 crew members
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Links to Buy/Rent:Kaala Patthar (1979)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Yash Chopra
Writer(s):   Javed Akhtar Salim Khan
Studio:  Yash Raj Films
Year Released:  1979        Running Time:  176 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Mining
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the 1975 Chasnala mining disaster, which killed 375 people. A disgraced Navy captain goes to work in a coal mine to punish himself. He gets a chance at redemption when the mine owner's greed and neglect result in a life-threatening flood within the mine.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer 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
Kedarnath (2018)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Abhishek Kapoor
Writer(s):   Kanika Dhillon Abhishek Kapoor
Studio:  Guy in the Sky Pictures, RSVPMovies
Year Released:  2018        Running Time:  116 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, History, and Romance
Category of Disaster:  Flood/tsunami and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  57%
Plot Snapshot:  A love story set during the flash floods that wrecked the temple town of Kedarnath, India in June 2013
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Kill Switch (2017)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Tim Smit
Writer(s):   Charlie Kindinger Omid Nooshin
Studio:  CTM Productions BV, FilmNation Entertainment, RainMaker Films
Year Released:  2017        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  31/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  13%
Plot Snapshot:  An energy company's experiment in trying to create an unlimited energy source goes wrong, as I feel most of us would have seen coming.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Killer on Board (1977)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Philip Leacock
Writer(s):   Sandor Stern
Studio:  Lorimar Productions
Year Released:  1977        Running Time:  95 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Medical, Transportation, and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A deadly virus breaks out on a cruise ship. No, it's not Norovirus.
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