Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jeff Burr
Writer(s):   Paul A. Birkett
Studio:  Active Entertainment, Bullet Films
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Aliens, Creatures, Planetary, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Aliens invade, disguised in green tornadoes that shoot lightning. Like you do.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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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: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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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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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: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)
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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)
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The War of the Worlds (1953)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Byron Haskin
Writer(s):   BarrĂ© 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)
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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.
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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)
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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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