Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Worth Keeter
Writer(s):   Thom McIntyre
Studio:  E.O. Corporation
Year Released:  1983        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Horror and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Manmade, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  The U.S. government has bred a pack of Rottweilers to kill humans, for some reason. Naturally, they escape the lab and begin to attack a small mountain resort town.
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Earthfall (2021)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  
Director(s):   Not yet announced
Writer(s):   Michael K. Anderson Patricia A. Beninati
Studio:  Centerboro Productions
Year Released:  2021        Running Time:  143 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
IMdB: TBD    Metascore:  TBD/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  TBD%
Plot Snapshot:  A has-been astronaut must save the Earth when aliens attack
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Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (2006)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Richard Pearce
Writer(s):   Ron McGee
Studio:  American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Year Released:  2006        Running Time:  83 min
Genre:  Drama, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Medical, and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  After killing scores of people in Hong Kong, an avian flu virus travels to America and mutates into a highly contagious version.
TDA Checklist Items:  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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Links to Buy/Rent:Genocide (Konchû daisensô) (1968)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Kazui Nihonmatsu
Writer(s):   Kingen Amada Susumu Takaku
Studio:  Shôchiku Eiga
Year Released:  1969        Running Time:  104 min
Genre:  Action, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Military personnel transporting a hydrogen bomb try to determine how and why swarms of killer bugs took down their plane
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (San daikaijû: Chikyû saidai no kessen) (1964)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ishirô Honda
Writer(s):   Shin’ichi Sekizawa
Studio:  Toho Company
Year Released:  1964        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Fantasy
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  It takes the combined efforts of Godzilla, Mothra, and Rodan to fight a 3-headed dragon monster brought to Earth by a meteor crash
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The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ray Kellogg
Writer(s):   Jay Simms Ray Kellogg
Studio:  Hollywood Pictures Corporation (II)
Year Released:  1959        Running Time:  76 min
Genre:  Action, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  22%
Plot Snapshot:  A giant gila monster is terrorizing a Texas town. A hot-rodder (??) goes after him in an attempt to destroy him. Remade as Gila! (2012)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Gila! (2012)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jim Wynorski
Writer(s):   William Dever Steve Mitchell Jim Nielsen Paul Sinor
Studio:  Movie Monsters
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Remake of the 1959 original. When a giant gila monster is on a rampage in a Western town, it's up to a hot-rod racer (??) to save the day
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Glass Trap (2005)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Fred Olen Ray
Writer(s):   Lisa Morton Brett Thompson
Studio:  First Look Pictures
Year Released:  2005        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Mutant radioactive ants, meet skyscraper. Skyscraper, meet mutant radioactive ants. Aaaaaand, go!
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Godzilla (Gojira) (1954)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ishirô Honda
Writer(s):   Takeo Murata Ishirô Honda Shigeru Kayama
Studio:  Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.
Year Released:  1954        Running Time:  96 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  78/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  American nuclear tests create a monster lizard that threatens first Japan, then the world, in the original movie version of the story
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Godzilla (1998)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Roland Emmerich
Writer(s):   Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich Ted Elliott Terry Rossio
Studio:  Centropolis Film Productions, Fried Films, Independent Pictures (II)
Year Released:  1998        Running Time:  139 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  31/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  16%
Plot Snapshot:  Giant lizard created by French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific aims for New York City, where an earthworm scientist is already working with the military to fight it
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Godzilla (2014)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Gareth Edwards
Writer(s):   Max Borenstein Dave Callaham Frank Darabont David S. Goyer Ishirô Honda Takeo Murata Shigeru Kayama
Studio:  Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, Disruption Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Toho Company
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  123 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  62/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  74%
Plot Snapshot:  Can the King of the Monsters save humanity from nuclear-born creatures bent on destruction?
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, Estranged family members, Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Iconic landmark destroyed, Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good), and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Adam Wingard
Writer(s):   Terry Rossio Michael Dougherty Zach Shields Eric Pearson Max Borenstein
Studio:  Legendary Entertainment
Year Released:  2021        Running Time:  113 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
IMDb: 6.4    Metascore:  59/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  76%
Plot Snapshot:  Come on, you know the drill--which monster is the biggest, baddest of them all?
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû sôkôgeki) (2001)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Shûsuke Kaneko
Writer(s):   Keiichi Hasegawa Shûsuke Kaneko Masahiro Yokotani
Studio:  Toho Company
Year Released:  2001        Running Time:  105 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  50%
Plot Snapshot:  After Godzilla sinks a U.S. submarine, other legendary monsters are called in to defeat him
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Michael Dougherty
Writer(s):   Max Borenstein Zach Shields Michael Dougherty
Studio:  Legendary Entertainment, Wanda Qingdao Studios, Warner Bros.
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  132 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  48/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  41%
Plot Snapshot:  Sequel to the 2014 movie. In the next chapter of the MonsterVerse, Godzilla goes up against some of the most popular monsters in pop culture history. See also: Cash Grab.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Iconic landmark destroyed, 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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Godzilla: Monster Planet (2017)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Hiroyuki Seshita Kôbun Shizuno
Writer(s):   Gen Urobuchi Sadayuki Murai Yusuke Kozaki
Studio:  Polygon Pictures, Toho Company
Year Released:  2017        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Animation and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Kaijus now rule Earth, led by The King of Monsters. After rejecting out-migration to another planet, the few remaining humans decide to take their planet back by conquering the monsters.
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Gojira no gyakushû (Godzilla Raids Again) (1955)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Motoyoshi Oda
Writer(s):   Takeo Murata Shigeaki Hidaka Shigeru Kayama Ib Melchior Ed Watson
Studio:  Toho Company
Year Released:  1955        Running Time:  78 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  After emergency landings on a deserted Pacific island, two pilots stumble into an epic battle between Godzilla and a new monster, Anguirus.
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H.G. Wells War of the Worlds (2005)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   David Michael Latt
Writer(s):   Carlos De Los Rios H.G. Wells David Michael Latt
Studio:  The Asylum
Year Released:  2005        Running Time:  93 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Adaptation of the novel. Martians invade Earth, and a man tries to travel to Washington DC to reunite with his family.
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Ice Spiders (2007)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Tibor Takács
Writer(s):   Eric Miller
Studio:  Sci Fi Pictures, Christopher Filmcapital, Regent Entertainment
Year Released:  2007        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Manmade, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Training for a team of Olympic skier candidates is complicated by the news that a mutant breed of giant killer spiders has escaped from a nearby lab. Of course.
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent: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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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: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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