Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Noel Nosseck
Writer(s):   John Logan
Studio:  Hallmark Entertainment, Von Zerneck Sertner Films
Year Released:  1996        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A storm chaser and an accountant fight tornadoes and their attraction to each other.
TDA Checklist Items:  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
Tout baigne! (1999)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Eric Civanyan
Writer(s):   Roland Marchisio
Studio:  Alter Films, Canal+, TF1 Films Production
Year Released:  1999        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Comedy
Category of Disaster:  Flood/tsunami and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Adaptation of the stage play. A motley crew of characters must work together to stay calm and cope with an increasing flood situation without alarming a pregnant woman.
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 on Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
The Tower (Ta-weo) (2012)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Kim Ji-hoon
Writer(s):   Kim Sang-don Kim Ji-hoon Yeong-ah Yoo Wendee Lee
Studio:  CJ Entertainment
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  121 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Fire and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  20%
Plot Snapshot:  Fire breaks out during a Christmas Eve party at a luxury high-rise apartment building. See also: The Korean Towering Inferno (that's a compliment).
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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The Towering Inferno (1974)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   John Guillermin
Writer(s):   Richard Martin Stern Thomas N. Scortia Frank M. Robinson Stirling Silliphant
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Warner Bros., Irwin Allen Productions, United Films
Year Released:  1974        Running Time:  165 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Fire and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  71%
Plot Snapshot:  A massive fire isn't the way to celebrate the opening of your office building...
TDA Checklist Items:  Classic song, 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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Trágico terremoto en México (1987)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Francisco Guerrero
Writer(s):   Reyes Bercini
Studio:  Productora Metropolitana SA
Year Released:  1987        Running Time:  96 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, History, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Earthquake and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the 1985 earthquake that struck Mexico City. A man seeks his pregnant partner, who was taken to the hospital in labor just before a devastating earthquake hits.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
Related content:
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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- Not available on Vudu
Train of Events (1949)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Sidney Cole Charles Crichton Basil Dearden
Writer(s):   T.E.B. Clarke Ronald Millar Angus MacPhail Basil Dearden
Studio:  Ealing Studios
Year Released:  1949        Running Time:  88 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Train/tram and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  The story of a train crash is told from four different viewpoints
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Side character who sacrifices him/herself, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
- Not available at Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
Train to Busan (Busanhaeng) (2016)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Yeon Sang-ho
Writer(s):   Park Joo-suk Yeon Sang-ho
Studio:  Next Entertainment World, RedPeter Film, Movic Comics
Year Released:  2016        Running Time:  118 min
Genre:  Action, Horror, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Zombies
Ratings:
    Metascore:  72/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  94%
Plot Snapshot:  A group of passengers must fight their way through a nationwide zombie outbreak, while being trapped on a high-speed train, to get to safety
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Links to Buy/Rent:The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Mel Stuart
Writer(s):   Mel Brez Ethel Brez
Studio:  Alan Landsburg Productions, Don Kirshner Productions
Year Released:  1979        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Fire and Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, which killed 146 employees, mostly young women.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
- Not available at Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
The Trigger Effect (1996)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   David Koepp
Writer(s):   James Burke
Studio:  Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Year Released:  1996        Running Time:  94 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  75%
Plot Snapshot:  A persistent blackout brings out the worst in people, apparently.
TDA Checklist Items:  
Related content:
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Links to Buy/Rent:Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story (1993)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Marvin J. Chomsky
Writer(s):   Casey Kelly
Studio:  NBC Productions
Year Released:  1993        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Hurricane and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of events caused by Hurricane Andrew hitting Florida in 1982, focusing on a meteorologist and his estranged son.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good), and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
Related content:
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
- Not available on Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
Trollsyn (1994)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ola Solum
Writer(s):   Anja Breien
Studio:  Northern Lights
Year Released:  1994        Running Time:  93 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Plague
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A little girl is the only survivor of the plague that hits her small Norwegian village in medieval times. She fights to survive by using her wits and her supernatural powers.
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
- Not available on Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
The Truth Below (2011)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Scott Glosserman
Writer(s):   Wendy Diane Miller
Studio:  Nomadic Pictures
Year Released:  2011        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When four friends are caught in their car in an avalanche, with little hope of rescue, they find out who they really are.
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 on Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
Tsunambee (The Wrath Cometh) (2015)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Thomas Martwick Milko Davis
Writer(s):   Milko Davis
Studio:  Churchill Film Group
Year Released:  2015        Running Time:  102 min
Genre:  Action and Horror
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Flood/tsunami, Planetary, and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Giant killer bees and a flood. What else do you need to know?
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Tsunami (2022)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  
Director(s):   Madhu Sudhanan
Writer(s):   Madhu Sudhanan
Studio:  Top Angle Productions
Year Released:  2022        Running Time:   min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Flood/tsunami and Planetary
Ratings:
IMDB: TBD    Metascore:  TBD/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  TBD%
Plot Snapshot:  A killer wave is headed for India. Can 23 million people be evacuated in 6 hours?
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not yet available on Amazon
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Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006)
Movie Type:  Miniseries         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Bharat Nalluri
Writer(s):   Abi Morgan
Studio:  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), HBO Films, Kudos Film and Television
Year Released:  2006        Running Time:  111 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Earthquake, Flood/tsunami, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and its aftermath, in which up to 280,000 people were killed in 14 countries.
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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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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Tunnel (Teo-neol) (2016)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Kim Seong-hun
Writer(s):   Kim Seong-hun
Studio:  Another Sunday, BA Entertainment, History E&M
Year Released:  2016        Running Time:  126 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  68/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  100%
Plot Snapshot:  A poorly constructed tunnel collapses on a man driving home to his family after work. As the days go by without rescue, his cellphone becomes his only link to the outside world.
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Links to Buy/Rent:Tunnel, The (Tunnelen) (2019)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Pål Øie
Writer(s):   Kjersti Helen Rasmussen
Studio:  Nordisk Film Production AS
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  105 min
Genre:  History and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche, Fire, Manmade, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  '--/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  65%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on actual events. It's every man for himself when a tanker truck catches fire in a Norwegian tunnel, with a blizzard raging outside.
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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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Twister (1996)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Jan de Bont
Writer(s):   Michael Crichton Anne-Marie Martin
Studio:  Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Year Released:  1996        Running Time:  113 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  68/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  57%
Plot Snapshot:  Estranged scientists race to deploy an early-warning system for tornadoes, without getting killed...
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, 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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Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Larry Peerce
Writer(s):   George LaFountaine Edward Hume
Studio:  Filmways Pictures, Universal Pictures
Year Released:  1976        Running Time:  115 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Terrorism
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  30%
Plot Snapshot:  It's Charlton Heston and John Cassavetes to the rescue when a sniper starts picking off people attending a championship football game
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Tycus (1999)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   John Putch
Writer(s):   Kevin Goetz Michael Goetz
Studio:  Phoenician Entertainment, Tycus Productions
Year Released:  1999        Running Time:  97 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Humanity scrambles to build underground cities when they learn a killer asteroid is on the way
TDA Checklist Items:  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
Typhoon (1940)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Louis King
Writer(s):   Steve Fisher Allen Rivkin
Studio:  Paramount Pictures
Year Released:  1940        Running Time:  70 min
Genre:  Adventure and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Hurricane and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Two cast-off sailors and their shipwrecked leading lady are threatened by angry natives, a forest fire, and a typhoon in the South Pacific
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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Un pasaje de ida (1988)
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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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
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- Not available on Vudu
Underground (2020)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Sophie Dupuis
Writer(s):   Sophie Dupuis
Studio:  Bravo Charlie
Year Released:  2020        Running Time:  97 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Mining
Ratings:
    Metascore:  '--/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  '--%
Plot Snapshot:  A disgraced miner helps to save his friends after an underground explosion at the mine.
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Underwater (2020)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   William Eubank
Writer(s):   Brian Duffield Adam Cozad
Studio:  20th Century Fox Film Corporation, Chernin Entertainment, TSG Entertainment
Year Released:  2020        Running Time:  95 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Horror
Category of Disaster:  Creatures, Earthquake, Monsters, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  48/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  47%
Plot Snapshot:  When an earthquake damages an underwater research station, the scientists must battle not only the extreme water pressure but also something that has awakened down there...
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