Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Timo Humaloja
Writer(s):   Bo Carpelan Timo Humaloja
Studio:  Panfilmi
Year Released:  1986        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Nuclear
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A nuclear accident in Russia causes a blackout and fallout in nearby Finland, affecting a mining engineer who's underground in the dark
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The White Hell of Pitz Palu (Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü) (1929)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Arnold Fanck Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Writer(s):   Ladislaus Vajda
Studio:  Sokal-Film GmbH, H.T.-Film
Year Released:  1929        Running Time:  75 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A doctor wanders the Alps after losing his wife in an avalanche. Will history repeat itself when he comes upon a couple on holiday, and he takes a shine to the wife? Remade in 1950.
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The White Hell of Pitz Palu (Föhn) (1950)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Rolf Hansen
Writer(s):   Arnold Fanck Erna Fentsch
Studio:  Rolf Hansen Film, Sokal-Film GmbH
Year Released:  1950        Running Time:  107 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Avalanche and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Remake of the 1929 original. A vacationing couple are drawn into a doctor's grief over losing his wife in an avalanche, with deadly results.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Whom the Gods Destroy (1934)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Walter Lang
Writer(s):   Albert Payson Terhune Sidney Buchman Fred Niblo Jr.
Studio:  Columbia Pictures Corporation
Year Released:  1934        Running Time:  75 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When an ocean liner hits a derelict ship and begins to sink, a man first acts heroic and then cowardly, to his shame. Living the rest of his life in the shadows, he eventually reaches out (incognito) to help his son.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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World Trade Center (2006)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Oliver Stone
Writer(s):   Andrea Berloff
Studio:  Paramount Pictures, Double Feature Films, Intermedia Films
Year Released:  2006        Running Time:  129 min
Genre:  Drama, History, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Terrorism
Ratings:
    Metascore:  66/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  68%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Focuses on two actual police officers who helped evacuate the buildings, becoming trapped themselves.
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:The Wrath of the Gods (1914)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Reginald Barker
Writer(s):   William H. Clifford Thomas H. Ince C. Gardner Sullivan
Studio:  New York Motion Picture
Year Released:  1914        Running Time:  56 min
Genre:  Drama, Fantasy, and Romance
Category of Disaster:  Planetary and Volcano
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Buddhist gods cause a volcano to erupt when a cursed Japanese daughter converts to Christianity and marries a white American who washed up on their island
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Years of the Beast (1981)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   D. Paul Thomas
Writer(s):   Gary Bayer Leon Chambers Daniel L. Quick D. Paul Thomas
Studio:  Skyline Productions
Year Released:  1981        Running Time:  98 min
Genre:  Drama and Horror
Category of Disaster:  Religious
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Four people must find a way to survive when events from the Book of Revelation begin to unfold.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Zapretnaya zona (Forbidden Zone) (1988)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Nikolay Gubenko
Writer(s):   Nikolay Gubenko
Studio:  Mosfilm
Year Released:  1988        Running Time:  94 min
Genre:  Drama, History, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Nuclear
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  With the 1986 nuclear meltdown at the Chernobyl power plant as a backdrop, four American travelers find out that radiation can cause some very unpleasant effects at night.
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Zero Hour! (1957)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Hall Bartlett
Writer(s):   Arthur Hailey Hall Bartlett John C. Champion
Studio:  Bartlett-Champion Productions, Carmel Productions, Delta Enterprises Inc.
Year Released:  1957        Running Time:  81 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When food poisoning strikes both pilots of an airliner, a battle-scarred passenger must take over the controls. If this sounds familar, that's because it is.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse (2014)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   W.D. Hogan
Writer(s):   David Sanderson
Studio:  Cinetel Films, Zodiac Pictures
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor, Earthquake, Planetary, and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When a mysterious planet crosses the sun, global catastrophes are unleashed. A rogue scientist is the key to deciphering the symbols and humanity's only chance at survival.
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:Zombie Tidal Wave (2019)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Anthony C. Ferrante
Writer(s):   Anthony C. Ferrante Darby Parker Josh LeBlanc Ian Ziering Thunder Levin
Studio:  Stronghold Entertainment
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Action and Horror
Category of Disaster:  Creatures, Flood/tsunami, Planetary, and Zombies
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  The title pretty much says it all. Brought to you by the fine folks responsible for the Sharknado series.
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Zucker (Sugar) (1989)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Rainer Erler
Writer(s):   Rainer Erler
Studio:  Books & Films, Pentagramma, Reflex Film Ltd.
Year Released:  1989        Running Time:  109 min
Genre:  Comedy and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Increasing competition between married researchers leads to development of a bacteria that turns paper into sugar, wreaking havoc everywhere.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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