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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 8

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

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By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1990 IMDB Rating: 6.9

A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to preven...

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Dirty War

Dirty War

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 6.5

After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the ope...

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Smash-Up on Interstate 5

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1976 IMDB Rating: 6

In this made-for-TV disaster movie, the lives of a group of motorists are chronicled retrospectively after they're involved in a 39-car pile-up on California's Interstate 5 over 4th of July weekend.

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Challenger

Challenger

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1990 IMDB Rating: 5.8

A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its explosion upon takeoff. The center point of the fil...

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Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 5.7

An adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best selling book, "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster". This movie attempts to re-create the disastrous events that took place during the Mo...

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Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1983 IMDB Rating: 4.8

Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of hours, embarks on its maiden voyage. The trip goes horribly awry, however, when the aircraft is forced o...

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Category 7: The End of the World

Category 7: The End of the World

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 4.5

It's tornadoes, hurricanes, electrical storms, and mass destruction as the effects of global warming brew into a super storm that threatens to rend the earth with an unprecedented power. Beautiful sci...

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The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 4.3

A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vess...

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SST: Death Flight

SST: Death Flight

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 4.1

On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu onboard.

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