Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Il Cho
Writer(s):   Matt Naylor Il Cho
Studio:  Zip Cinema, Perspective Pictures
Year Released:  2020        Running Time:  98 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Horror
Category of Disaster:  Creatures, Medical, Virus, and Zombies
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  88%
Plot Snapshot:  An unknown virus causes city residents to become zombies, except for one person in isolation
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Andromeda Strain, The (1971)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  G
Director(s):   Robert Wise
Writer(s):   Michael Crichton Nelson Gidding
Studio:  Universal Pictures
Year Released:  1971        Running Time:  131 min
Genre:  Sci-Fi and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  67%
Plot Snapshot:  A satellite crashes down near a New Mexico town, bringing an alien virus that wipes out the town. A team of scientists race to investigate it before escapes to the rest of the country.
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The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   George P. Cosmatos
Writer(s):   Robert Katz George P. Cosmatos Tom Mankiewicz
Studio:  Associated General Films, International Cine Productions, Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
Year Released:  1976        Running Time:  129 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Medical, Train/tram, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  29%
Plot Snapshot:  Outbreak on a train. Passengers on a train are quarantined after a terrorist exposes them to the plague. Meanwhile, military officials plan to destroy the train once it reaches a structurally unsound bridge.
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Contagion (2011)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Steven Soderbergh
Writer(s):   Scott Z. Burns
Studio:  Warner Bros., Participant Media, Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ, Double Feature Films, Digital Image Associates, Regency Enterprises
Year Released:  2011        Running Time:  106 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Medical, and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  70/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  84%
Plot Snapshot:  CDC attempts to track down the source of a mysterious flu sweeping the globe
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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The Crazies (1973)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   George A. Romero
Writer(s):   Paul McCollough George A. Romero
Studio:  Pittsburgh Films
Year Released:  1973        Running Time:  103 min
Genre:  Action, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  56%
Plot Snapshot:  A government-created virus/weapon gets loose in a small Pennsylvania town, which we all should 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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Links to Buy/Rent:Day of Resurrection (Fukkatsu no hi ) (Virus) (1980)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Kinji Fukasaku
Writer(s):   Kôji Takada Kinji Fukasaku Gregory Knapp Sakyo Komatsu
Studio:  Haruki Kadokawa Films, Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
Year Released:  1980        Running Time:  108 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and Horror
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Military-engineered virus is released during a plane crash, killing almost everyone except some scientists in Antarctica
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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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Factor 8 (2009)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Rainer Matsutani
Writer(s):   Benedikt Roeskau
Studio:  Wiedemann & Berg Television
Year Released:  2009        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A mysterious virus breaks out on a plane headed from Thailand to Germany
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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:Gamgi (Flu) (2013)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Sung-su Kim
Writer(s):   Young-jong Lee Sung-soo Kim Jae-ho Jung
Studio:  iLoveCinema, iFilm Co.
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  122 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  40/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  36%
Plot Snapshot:  Illegal smuggling of immigrants brings a lethal airborne virus to a suburb of Seoul
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The Happening (2008)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   M. Night Shyamalan
Writer(s):   M. Night Shyamalan
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, UTV Motion Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment
Year Released:  2008        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Drama, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Plague
Ratings:
    Metascore:  34/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  18%
Plot Snapshot:  A mysterious plague begins in New York City and spreads quickly, leaving a science teacher, his wife, and a girl scrambling to avoid its effects
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Links to Buy/Rent:Killer on Board (1977)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Philip Leacock
Writer(s):   Sandor Stern
Studio:  Lorimar Productions
Year Released:  1977        Running Time:  95 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Medical, Transportation, and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A deadly virus breaks out on a cruise ship. No, it's not Norovirus.
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The Last Man(s) on Earth (2012)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Aaron Hultgren
Writer(s):   Aaron Hultgren
Studio:  Last Mans Productions
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  86 min
Genre:  Comedy, Fantasy, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Creatures, Manmade, Medical, Nuclear, Virus, War, and Zombies
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the Web series. YouTube survival experts are put to the test when doomsday starts to approach.
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Outbreak (1995)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Wolfgang Petersen
Writer(s):   Laurence Dworet Robert Roy Pool
Studio:  Warner Bros., Arnold Kopelson Productions, Punch Productions
Year Released:  1995        Running Time:  127 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  64/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  60%
Plot Snapshot:  Army doctors race to find a cure for a deadly African virus sweeping through a small town
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, Estranged family members, 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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Pandemic (2007)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Armand Mastroianni
Writer(s):   Bryce Zabel Jackie Zabel
Studio:  Hallmark Entertainment, Larry Levinson Productions, Robert Halmi
Year Released:  2007        Running Time:  169 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Bird flu arrives in Los Angeles on a passenger plane, and it's spreading despite a (possibly illegal) quarantine.
TDA Checklist Items:  Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Panic in Echo Park (1977)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer(s):   Dalene Young
Studio:  Edgar J. Scherick Associates
Year Released:  1977        Running Time:  72 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Manmade and Medical
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A young doctor must Fight the Power when an epidemic breaks out for his inner-city hospital.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Perfect Sense (2011)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   David Mackenzie
Writer(s):   Kim Fupz Aakeson
Studio:  BBC Films, Zentropa Entertainments, Scottish Screen
Year Released:  2011        Running Time:  92 min
Genre:  Drama, Romance, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  55/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  54%
Plot Snapshot:  An epidemic is sweeping the globe, in which people lose one of their senses. A scientist battling the epidemic falls in love with a chef, but does it even matter?
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Plague (1979)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Ed Hunt
Writer(s):   Barry Pearson Ed Hunt
Studio:  Harmony Ridge Holdings Ltd.
Year Released:  1979        Running Time:  88 min
Genre:  Drama, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Plague
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Lab assistant conducts an unauthorized experiment, creating a bacteria that kills her, her city, her country, etc., etc.
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The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jean Negulesco
Writer(s):   Louis Bromfield Merle Miller
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox
Year Released:  1955        Running Time:  104 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and Romance
Category of Disaster:  Flood/tsunami, Medical, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Remake of the 1939 version. A love triangle is torn apart by the seasonal monsoon rains collapsing a dam.
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Songbird (2020)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Adam Mason
Writer(s):   Simon Boyes Adam Mason
Studio:  Catchlight Films, Invisible Narratives, STX Films
Year Released:  2020        Running Time:  84 min
Genre:  Comedy, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  27/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  9%
Plot Snapshot:  A government conspiracy affects citizens still affected by the Covid-19 pandemic
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SST: Death Flight (1977)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   David Lowell Rich
Writer(s):   Robert L. Joseph Meyer Dolinsky Guerdon Trueblood William Roberts
Studio:  ABC Circle Films
Year Released:  1977        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Manmade, Medical, Transportation, and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  The maiden flight of America's first supersonic transport is complicated by sabotage and a deadly flu virus that's sweeping among the TV-star passengers.
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Thirst (1998)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Bill Norton
Writer(s):   John Mandel Paul A. Kaufman
Studio:  Citadel Entertainment, The Kaufman Company
Year Released:  1998        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Medical
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A chemical engineer battles corruption and other obstacles when bacterial contamination of a city's water supply causes people to die of thirst.
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Trollsyn (1994)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ola Solum
Writer(s):   Anja Breien
Studio:  Northern Lights
Year Released:  1994        Running Time:  93 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Plague
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A little girl is the only survivor of the plague that hits her small Norwegian village in medieval times. She fights to survive by using her wits and her supernatural powers.
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Variola Vera (1982)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Goran Markovic
Writer(s):   Milan Nikolic Goran Markovic
Studio:  Art Film 80, Croatia Film
Year Released:  1982        Running Time:  110 min
Genre:  Drama, History, and Horror
Category of Disaster:  Medical and Virus
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1972 smallpox outbreak in Yugoslavia, which began when a pilgrim bought it home from Mecca and ended only after martial law, mandatory universal vaccination, and forced quarantines were put into effect.
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