Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Daniel Lusko
Writer(s):   Kuang Lee Hank Woon Jr.
Studio:  Indy Entertainment, The Asylum
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Hurricane, Manmade, Planetary, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When an energy project goes wrong and unleashes a series of hurricanes across the U.S., a high-school science teacher and his family must flee for safety before the storms combine into a "supercane"
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Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Ken Finkleman
Writer(s):   Ken Finkleman
Studio:  Paramount Pictures
Year Released:  1982        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Comedy and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Runaway technology, Space travel, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  42%
Plot Snapshot:  Ted Striker must save the day again when a computer malfunction locks his space shuttle on a course into the sun
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Biohazard: The Alien Force (1994)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Steve Latshaw
Writer(s):   Patrick Moran Steve Latshaw
Studio:  American Independent Productions
Year Released:  1994        Running Time:  88 min
Genre:  Horror and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures, Manmade, Monsters, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A company has created a mutant from human DNA (say it isn't so!). The host mother naturally escapes from the lab, and the new "baby" begins killing all its "fathers," while attempting to mate with its "mothers" (ick). Should the lab keep it under wraps while it hunt the mutant, or blow it wide open?
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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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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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Phil Lord Christopher Miller
Writer(s):   Judi Barrett Ron Barrett Rob Greenberg Phil Lord Christopher Miller
Studio:  Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation
Year Released:  2009        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Adventure, Animation, and Comedy
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  66/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  86%
Plot Snapshot:  A failed scientist invents a machine that makes food fall from the sky. What could possibly go wrong?
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Links to Buy/Rent:Colossal (2016)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Nacho Vigalondo
Writer(s):   Nacho Vigalondo
Studio:  Toy Fight Productions, Brightlight Pictures, Sayaka Producciones Audiovisuales
Year Released:  2016        Running Time:  109 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures, Manmade, Monsters, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  70/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  80%
Plot Snapshot:  A recovering alcoholic slowly realizes that she is somehow linked with the destructive actions of a Godzilla-like creature in Seoul, South Korea.
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Deep Space (1988)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Fred Olen Ray
Writer(s):   Fred Olen Ray T.L. Lankford
Studio:  Trans World Entertainment
Year Released:  1988        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Horror and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures, Manmade, Monsters, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A monster created by the U.S. government (what, again?) crashes to Earth and starts the body count. It's up to a couple of local detectives to stop the creature. Plus, a bagpipe seduction scene--not making this up.
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Descent (2005)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Terry Cunningham
Writer(s):   Michael Konyves
Studio:  Cinetel Films, Premiere Bobine
Year Released:  2005        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Bomb/explosion, Earthquake, Manmade, Planetary, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  When earthquakes and crevices start appearing around the globe, it's up to a crack scientific team to dive into the Earth and fix things before it's too late. But there might be a government conspiracy fighting against them...
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Side character who sacrifices him/herself, and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Dire Wolf (Dino Wolf) (2009)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Fred Olen Ray
Writer(s):   Dan Golden Patrick Moran
Studio:  Baby Steps Entertainment
Year Released:  2009        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Horror and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures, Manmade, Monsters, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Yet another government-created monster is on the loose in--what else--a rural community. The sheriff, the game warden (?), and a couple of Feds are on the job.
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Dogs of Hell (1983)
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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Doomsday Book (2012)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Kim Jee-woon Yim Pil-sung
Writer(s):   Lee Hwan-hee Park Sung-hwan Yang Jong-kyu Kim Jee-woon Yim Pil-sung
Studio:  Gio Entertainment
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  115 min
Genre:  Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor, Manmade, Medical, Planetary, Runaway technology, and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  80%
Plot Snapshot:  Anthology of three apocalyptic stories: a virus, a robot, and a meteor
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Links to Buy/Rent:End Day (2005)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Gareth Edwards
Writer(s):   Gareth Edwards
Studio:  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Pro 7
Year Released:  2005        Running Time:  45 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor, Flood/tsunami, Manmade, Medical, Planetary, Runaway technology, Virus, and Volcano
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Five actual scientists comment on five scenarios for the end of the world--particle accelerator malfunction that causes a black hole to form, Yellowstone supervolcano eruption that causes "volcanic winter," volcano/tsunami in the Atlantic, meteor that hits Berlin, passenger traveling from Asia who dies at Heathrow of an unknown virus--using the framing device of a scientist who is travelling to New York City to present at a conference.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Firequake (2014)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Geoff P. Browne
Writer(s):   Denise Poole
Studio:  Bulgarian Unified Film Organization, Odyssey Media, Syfy
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Earthquake, Manmade, Planetary, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  The creator of a new, clean-coal energy source must save the world when governments start shortcutting the required safety measures.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Links to Buy/Rent:Gas-S-S-S! Or, It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It (1970)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Roger Corman
Writer(s):   George Armitage
Studio:  San Jacinto Productions
Year Released:  1970        Running Time:  78 min
Genre:  Comedy and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  After a gas has been released that kills anyone over age 25, a hippie on the lam teams up with a scientist for a road trip to New Mexico. Along the way, they meet up with a bunch of cameos.
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Geostorm (2017)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Dean Devlin Danny Cannon
Writer(s):   Dean Devlin Paul Guyot
Studio:  Electric Entertainment, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Skydance Media
Year Released:  2017        Running Time:  109 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Planetary, Runaway technology, and Storm
Ratings:
    Metascore:  21/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  15%
Plot Snapshot:  When Skynet meets the Weather Station, we all lose. In many ways.
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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Heroes (Helden - Wenn Dein Land Dich braucht) (2013)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Hansjörg Thurn
Writer(s):   Derek Meister Simon X. Rost
Studio:  Dreamtool Entertainment, RTL, Epo-Film Produktionsgesellschaft, Telepool
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  143 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  CERN has used the world's largest particle accelerator to created a black hole
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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:Ice Twisters (2009)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Steven R. Monroe
Writer(s):   Paul A. Birkett Andrew C. Erin
Studio:  Cinetel Films, Ice Twisters Productions, Insight Film Studios
Year Released:  2009        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Planetary, Runaway technology, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A former-scientist-turned-science-fiction-writer (whew!) must save the world when a federal weather experiment goes horribly wrong. As they always seem to do.
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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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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Jurassic World: Dominion (2021)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Colin Trevorrow
Writer(s):   Emily Carmichael Derek Connolly Michael Crichton Colin Trevorrow
Studio:  Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Year Released:  2022        Running Time:  0 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Manmade, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
IMDB: TBD    Metascore:  TBD/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  TBD%
Plot Snapshot:  Plot under wraps for now
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Kill Switch (2017)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Tim Smit
Writer(s):   Charlie Kindinger Omid Nooshin
Studio:  CTM Productions BV, FilmNation Entertainment, RainMaker Films
Year Released:  2017        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  31/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  13%
Plot Snapshot:  An energy company's experiment in trying to create an unlimited energy source goes wrong, as I feel most of us would have seen coming.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Steven Spielberg
Writer(s):   Michael Crichton David Koepp
Studio:  Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Digital Image Associates
Year Released:  1997        Running Time:  129 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Manmade, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  59/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  53%
Plot Snapshot:  One team wants to study the liberated dinosaurs on an island; another wants to capture them and bring them back to San Diego. Which will prevail?
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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Metal Tornado (2011)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Gordon Yang
Writer(s):   Jason Bourque Andrew C. Erin Travis Stevens Gordon Yang
Studio:  Capital Productions
Year Released:  2011        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Planetary, Runaway technology, and Tornado
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  An American energy company ignores warnings about a flawed design--say it isn't so!--and lets loose an enormous magnetic vortex.
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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Rampage (2018)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Brad Peyton
Writer(s):   Ryan Condal Carlton Cuse Ryan Engle Adam Sztykiel
Studio:  ASAP Entertainment, Flynn Picture Company, New Line Cinema, Twisted Media, Wrigley Pictures
Year Released:  2018        Running Time:  107 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals, Creatures, Manmade, and Runaway technology
Ratings:
    Metascore:  45/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  52%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the video game. A primatologist fights to save the world when a failed genetic experiment turns his best primate friend into a monster.
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, 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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