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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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
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- Not available on Vudu
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:Variola Vera (1982)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Goran Markovic
Writer(s):   Milan Nikolic Goran Markovic
Studio:  Art Film 80, Croatia Film
Year Released:  1982        Running Time:  110 min
Genre:  Drama, History, and Horror
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1972 smallpox outbreak in Yugoslavia, which began when a pilgrim bought it home from Mecca and ended only after martial law, mandatory universal vaccination, and forced quarantines were put into effect.
TDA Checklist Items:  
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
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- Not available on Vudu
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)
Related content:
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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Vnimaniye, tsunami! (1969)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich
Writer(s):   Igor Starkov
Studio:  Odessa Film Studios
Year Released:  1969        Running Time:  82 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Flood/tsunami and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Sailors in the Pacific witness a tsunami destroying an island, and try to warn people on the mainland that it's now headed toward them...
TDA Checklist Items:  
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
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- Not available on Vudu
Volcano (1997)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Mick Jackson
Writer(s):   Billy Ray Jerome Armstrong
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions, Moritz Original, Fox 2000 Pictures
Year Released:  1997        Running Time:  104 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Volcano
Ratings:
    Metascore:  55/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  45%
Plot Snapshot:  Turns out there's a volcano under the La Brea tar pits in LA....
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, Estranged family members, Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, 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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Volcano (2009)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Uwe Janson
Writer(s):   Alexander M. Rümelin
Studio:  Zen Productions, teamWorx Television & Film
Year Released:  2009        Running Time:  180 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Volcano
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A dormant volcano erupts under a lake in the Eifel mountains in Germany, panicking the residents.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
Related content:
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
- Not available on Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain (1997)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Graeme Campbell
Writer(s):   Merrill H. Karpf Donna Ebbs Scott Weinstein Craig Spector Steve Womack
Studio:  Davis Entertainment, Pacific Motion Pictures
Year Released:  1997        Running Time:  96 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Volcano
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  People never listen when a geologist tells them that a volcano is getting ready to blow. What's up with that? If it were me, I'd be on the next plane.
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:- Amazon
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- Not available on Vudu
Vosem dney nadezhdy (Eight Days of Hope) (1984)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Aleksandr Muratov
Writer(s):   Eduard Volodarskiy
Studio:  Lenfilm Studio
Year Released:  1984        Running Time:  75 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Mining
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A daring rescue is staged when two miners are stuck in a collapsed tunnel.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
Related content:
No related content.
Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
- Not available on Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
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
Related content:
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
- Not available at Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Irwin Allen
Writer(s):   Irwin Allen Charles Bennett
Studio:  Irwin Allen Productions
Year Released:  1961        Running Time:  105 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  105%
Plot Snapshot:  When the Van Allen radiation belt catches fire, threatening Earth, a nuclear submarine might be our last, best hope. If it can evade other subs, giant octopi, etc.
TDA Checklist Items:  Classic song 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
Wakusei daisenso (The War in Space) (1977)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jun Fukuda
Writer(s):   Hideichi Nagahara Ryûzô Nakanishi
Studio:  Toho Company, Toho Pictures
Year Released:  1977        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and War
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  After aliens attack Earth, a team takes their cutting-edge space battleship to Venus to destroy the aliens' base
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed 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
The Wandering Earth (2019)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Frant Gwo
Writer(s):   Gong Geer Junce Ye Yan Dongxu Yang Zhixue Cixin Liu Frant Gwo
Studio:  Beijing Jingxi Culture & Tourism Company, China Film Company Limited, United Entertainment Partners
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  125 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  57/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  75%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the short story by Cixin Liu. On the way to propelling Earth out of the Solar System to a new sun(?), the planet swings a liiiiiiiitle too close to Jupiter's gravitational pull. How can our heroes avoid a collision?
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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- Amazon
- Not available at Barnes and Noble
- Not available at Vudu
The War Game (1965)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Peter Watkins
Writer(s):   Peter Watkins
Studio:  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Year Released:  1966        Running Time:  48 min
Genre:  Documentary, Drama, and War
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Nuclear, and War
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  92%
Plot Snapshot:  Although winning an Oscar for Best Documentary, this is the fictional account of a nuke hitting a random British city.
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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- Not available on Vudu
War of the Worlds (2005)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Steven Spielberg
Writer(s):   Josh Friedman David Koepp H.G. Wells
Studio:  Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Amblin Entertainment
Year Released:  2005        Running Time:  116 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  73/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  74%
Plot Snapshot:  Adaptation of the novel. Aliens invade Earth, and one family struggles to evade capture and survive.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Iconic landmark destroyed, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
Related content:
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Links to Buy/Rent:War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   C. Thomas Howell
Writer(s):   Steve Bevilacqua Eric Forsberg David Michael Latt
Studio:  Anthill Productions
Year Released:  2008        Running Time:  87 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Two years after the initial Martian attack on Earth, they're baaaaaaaaaaack.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed 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
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Byron Haskin
Writer(s):   Barré Lyndon H.G. Wells
Studio:  Paramount Pictures
Year Released:  1953        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  85%
Plot Snapshot:  Adaptation of the novel. Aliens target a small California town for extinction, using robot probes and disintegrator rays. Won an Oscar for special effects.
TDA Checklist Items:  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
The War of the Worlds (2005)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Timothy Hines
Writer(s):   H.G. Wells Susan Goforth Timothy Hines
Studio:  Pendragon Pictures
Year Released:  2005        Running Time:  179 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Faithful adaptation of the novel, in which Martians invade Earth starting in the English countryside.
TDA Checklist Items:  
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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- Not available on Vudu
War of the Worlds: The True Story (2012)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Timothy Hines
Writer(s):   H.G. Wells
Studio:  Pendragon Pictures
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  102 min
Genre:  Action, Documentary, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Interesting adaptation of the novel that takes the form of interviews with the sole survivor of the Martian attacks in 1900.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
Related content:
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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The Wave (Bølgen) (2015)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Roar Uthaug
Writer(s):   John Kåre Raake Harald Rosenløw-Eeg
Studio:  Fantefilm, Film i Väst
Year Released:  2015        Running Time:  105 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Flood/tsunami and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  68/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  RARE instance of competence porn--this is the thinking's man disaster movie
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, Estranged family members, and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
Related content:
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- Fantefilm to Shoot Oil-Rig Disaster Movie
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- The Tunnel Finds US Distributor
- Norway Sells Another Disaster Movie
- Trailer: The Burning Sea (Nordsjøen) 2021)
Weather Wars (Storm War) (2011)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Todor Chapkanov
Writer(s):   Paul A. Birkett
Studio:  Active Entertainment
Year Released:  2011        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Planetary, Storm, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Two brothers suspect their discredited scientist-father to be behind a series of weather disasters affecting Washington DC
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Iconic landmark destroyed
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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- Not available on Vudu
When the Wind Blows (1986)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Jimmy T. Murakami
Writer(s):   Raymond Briggs
Studio:  Meltdown Productions, British Screen Productions, Film Four International
Year Released:  1986        Running Time:  80 min
Genre:  Animation and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Nuclear
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  80%
Plot Snapshot:  When nuclear war breaks out, an elderly couple believe that the UK government will see them through, just as they did in World War II.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
Related content:
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
- Not available at Barnes and Noble
- Not available on Vudu
When Time Ran Out (1980)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   James Goldstone
Writer(s):   Gordon Thomas Max Morgan Witts Carl Foreman Stirling Silliphant
Studio:  International Cinema, Warner Bros.
Year Released:  1980        Running Time:  121 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Volcano
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  0%
Plot Snapshot:  An active volcano threatens a luxury resort in the South Pacific. When the owner refuses to listen to warnings, Paul Newman leads several movie stars out of harm's way.
TDA Checklist Items:  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
Related content:
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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- Not available on Vudu
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Rudolph Maté
Writer(s):   Sydney Boehm Edwin Balmer Philip Wylie
Studio:  Paramount Pictures
Year Released:  1951        Running Time:  83 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  77%
Plot Snapshot:  A previously-unknown star is on a collision course for Earth--right. Will Our Heroes be able to escape in their giant spaceship before all hell (and everything else) breaks loose?
TDA Checklist Items:  Side character who sacrifices him/herself, 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:Where Have All the People Gone? (1974)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer(s):   Lewis John Carlino Sandor Stern
Studio:  The Jozak Company, Alpine Productions Inc., Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC)
Year Released:  1974        Running Time:  74 min
Genre:  Drama and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Climate change, Ozone layer, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Solar explosions wipe out most of Earth's population, leaving the few survivors to struggle for survival.
TDA Checklist Items:  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
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