Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   J Blakeson
Writer(s):   Susannah Grant Akiva Goldsman Jeff Pinkner Rick Yancey
Studio:  Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, Material Pictures, GK Films
Year Released:  2016        Running Time:  112 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  33/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  16%
Plot Snapshot:  A teenager tries to protect her brother as aliens continue to attack the Earth
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Links to Buy/Rent:Alien Armageddon (2011)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Neil Johnson
Writer(s):   Neil Johnson
Studio:  Morphius Film, Starlight Entertainment
Year Released:  2011        Running Time:  95 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  After aliens infiltrate and destroy almost all the major cities, a woman joins the resistance and searches for her daughter
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Battle in Outer Space (Uchû daisensô) (1959)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ishirô Honda
Writer(s):   Shin’ichi Sekizawa Jôjirô Okami
Studio:  Toho Company
Year Released:  1959        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Aliens invade the Earth with the aim of destroying the planet, making the major powers have to work together to defeat them
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Biohazard (1985)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Fred Olen Ray
Writer(s):   Fred Olen Ray T.L. Lankford Miriam L. Preissel
Studio:  Viking Films
Year Released:  1985        Running Time:  84 min
Genre:  Horror and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A psychic brings a rampaging alien into our universe. Bad move.
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The Black Hole (2006)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Tibor Takács
Writer(s):   Kenneth M. Badish Boaz Davidson David Goodin
Studio:  Nu Image / Millennium Films, Active Entertainment, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III
Year Released:  2006        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Sci-Fi and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Aliens, Creatures, Manmade, Planetary, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  An accident with a particle collider creates two problems in St. Louis: a black hole, and a creature that feeds off energy. That won't stop the government from trying to nuke it, will it?
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
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Brave New Jersey (2017)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Jody Lambert
Writer(s):   Michael Dowling Jody Lambert
Studio:  BondIt, The Shot Clock
Year Released:  2017        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Comedy
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  45/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  47%
Plot Snapshot:  Comedy about the reaction in a small New Jersey town during Orson Welles' 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds
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Chicken Little (2005)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  G
Director(s):   Mark Dindal
Writer(s):   Mark Kennedy Steve Bencich Ron J. Friedman Ron Anderson Robert L. Baird Daniel Gerson Sara Parriott Josann McGibbon David Reynolds Sandra Tsing Loh Mark Dindal
Studio:  Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation
Year Released:  2005        Running Time:  81 min
Genre:  Adventure, Animation, and Comedy
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  48/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  36%
Plot Snapshot:  After crying wolf too many times, a runty chicken is proven right when aliens invade. There's a sentence you don't get to type too often.
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril
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Links to Buy/Rent:The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Robert Wise
Writer(s):   Edmund H. North Harry Bates
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Year Released:  1951        Running Time:  92 min
Genre:  Drama and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens, Climate change, Creatures, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  94%
Plot Snapshot:  During the Cold War, alien Klaatu and his robot bodyguard Gort land near the White House and try to deliver a message to the world's leaders. Given how politicians are, the pair must resort to a more drastic method to get their attention, before it's too late. Klaatu barada nikto, y'all.
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Links to Buy/Rent:The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Scott Derrickson
Writer(s):   David Scarpa Edmund H. North
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 3 Arts Entertainment, Dune Entertainment III
Year Released:  2008        Running Time:  104 min
Genre:  Drama and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens, Climate change, Creatures, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  40/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  21%
Plot Snapshot:  Remake of the 1951 original. Alien Klaatu and his robot bodyguard try to tell the world's leaders to make peace before it's too late, but they're not listening. So Klaatu stops the world from spinning. Hey, drastic times...
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Den blomstertid nu kommer (The Unthinkable) (2018)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Victor Danell
Writer(s):   Christoffer Nordenrot Victor Danell
Studio:  Crazy Pictures
Year Released:  2018        Running Time:  129 min
Genre:  Action, Romance, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  100%
Plot Snapshot:  After Sweden is attacked by a mysterious force, a man fights to reclaim the love of his life
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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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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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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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Mars Attacks! (1996)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Tim Burton
Writer(s):   Len Brown Woody Gelman Wally Wood Bob Powell Norman Saunders Jonathan Gems
Studio:  Tim Burton Productions, Warner Bros.
Year Released:  1996        Running Time:  106 min
Genre:  Comedy and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  52/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  52%
Plot Snapshot:  Seemingly peaceful aliens invade the Earth, but things take a turn when they destroy Congress. Hilarity ensues.
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Links to Buy/Rent:Occupation (2018)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Luke Sparke
Writer(s):   Felix Williamson
Studio:  SparkeFilms History Design
Year Released:  2018        Running Time:  119 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  45/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  40%
Plot Snapshot:  After a massive alien invasion, a small bunch of Australian civilians represent the Earth's last hope
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Prityazhenie (Attraction) (2017)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Fedor Bondarchuk
Writer(s):   Oleg Malovichko Andrey Zolotarev
Studio:  Art Pictures Studio, Vodorod 2011, Vodorod
Year Released:  2017        Running Time:  130 min
Genre:  Romance and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Russian fighter jets shoot down a damaged alien spacecraft, killing hundreds of Muscovites and setting up a love triangle(?) between one of the aliens, a teenaged girl, and her boyfriend
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Iconic landmark destroyed, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Save Yourselves! (2020)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Alex Huston Fischer Eleanor Wilson
Writer(s):   Alex Huston Fischer Eleanor Wilson
Studio:  Keshet Studios, Last Rodeo Studios, Washington Square Films
Year Released:  2020        Running Time:  93 min
Genre:  Comedy and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  66/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  88%
Plot Snapshot:  A young urban couple unplugs at a remote cabin, which causes a problem when aliens start to show up
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Skyline (2010)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Colin Strause Greg Strause
Writer(s):   Liam O’Donnell Joshua Cordes
Studio:  Rogue Pictures, Hydraulx, Transmission Pictures
Year Released:  2010        Running Time:  92 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Aliens and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  26/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  16%
Plot Snapshot:  Aliens invade Los Angeles
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Links to Buy/Rent:Tornado Warning (2012)
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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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):   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)
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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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