Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Anthony Fankhauser
Writer(s):   Rafael Jordan
Studio:  Little Dragon Productions
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  83 min
Genre:  Action and Horror
Category of Disaster:  Animals and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A helicopter carrying a squad of commandos crashes in a remote valley. Little do they know that human-eating dinosaurs live there.
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Links to Buy/Rent:Sharknado (2013)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Anthony C. Ferrante
Writer(s):   Thunder Levin
Studio:  The Asylum, Southward Films, Syfy
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Comedy, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Planetary, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  82%
Plot Snapshot:  The one that started it all. When a freak hurricane brings thousands of hungry sharks to the streets and skies of Los Angeles, a legendary surfer tries to protect his estranged wife and his friends. Here are links to Parts 2, 3, 4, and 5
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, Estranged family members, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Anthony C. Ferrante
Writer(s):   Thunder Levin
Studio:  The Asylum, Syfy
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  95 min
Genre:  Comedy, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Planetary, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  61%
Plot Snapshot:  A Category 7 hurricane (?) brings the sharks to New York City, where they take the place by, well, storm. Here are links to Parts 1, 3, 4, and 5
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, Iconic landmark destroyed, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Anthony C. Ferrante
Writer(s):   Thunder Levin
Studio:  The Asylum, Syfy
Year Released:  2015        Running Time:  93 min
Genre:  Comedy, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Planetary, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  36%
Plot Snapshot:  Our heroes go on summer vacation, which means bad news for Orlando and Washington DC. Can they stop the sharks a third time? What are you, new? Links to Parts 1, 2, 4, and 5
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, Iconic landmark destroyed, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Anthony C. Ferrante
Writer(s):   Thunder Levin
Studio:  The Asylum, Syfy
Year Released:  2016        Running Time:  95 min
Genre:  Comedy, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Planetary, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  25%
Plot Snapshot:  Sharks in Vegas--isn't that redundant? Links to Parts 1, 2, 3, and 5
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, Iconic landmark destroyed, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Anthony C. Ferrante
Writer(s):   Thunder Levin
Studio:  The Asylum, Syfy
Year Released:  2017        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Planetary, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  38%
Plot Snapshot:  Now that the shark-storms have trashed the U.S., they've got their sights set on the rest of the world. Can Our Heroes stop them? Links to Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Survive the Savage Sea (1992)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Kevin James Dobson
Writer(s):   Dougal Robertson Fred Haines Scott Swanton
Studio:  Von Zerneck Sertner Films, Warner Bros. Television
Year Released:  1992        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Boat/ship, Creatures, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1972 sinking of the schooner Lucette by a pod of killer whales. A family is set adrift in a tiny dinghy with only 3 days of supplies, while no one realizes that they're missing.
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The Swarm (1978)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Irwin Allen
Writer(s):   Arthur Herzog III Stirling Silliphant
Studio:  Warner Bros.
Year Released:  1978        Running Time:  116 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, Horror, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Animals and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  13%
Plot Snapshot:  An entomologist assembles a crack team of scientists, doctors, and military personnel to fight a swarm of African killer bees wreaking havoc in Texas.
TDA Checklist Items:  Side character who sacrifices him/herself and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:The Last Sharknado: It's About Time (2018)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Anthony C. Ferrante
Writer(s):   Thunder Levin Scotty Mullen
Studio:  The Asylum, SyFy
Year Released:  2018        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Comedy, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  20%
Plot Snapshot:  How can Our Heroes prevent global destruction from sharknadoes? Traveling back in time, of course!
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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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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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