Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Jim Wynorski
Writer(s):   Steve Latshaw
Studio:  Phoenician Entertainment
Year Released:  2002        Running Time:  96 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Flood/tsunami, Hurricane, and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Players seeking treasure on a new reality game show are threatened by humans AND a killer hurricane
TDA Checklist Items:  Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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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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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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Genocide (Konchû daisensô) (1968)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Kazui Nihonmatsu
Writer(s):   Kingen Amada Susumu Takaku
Studio:  Shôchiku Eiga
Year Released:  1969        Running Time:  104 min
Genre:  Action, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Military personnel transporting a hydrogen bomb try to determine how and why swarms of killer bugs took down their plane
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Geo-Disaster (2017)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Thunder Levin
Writer(s):   Thunder Levin
Studio:  The Asylum
Year Released:  2017        Running Time:  87 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Earthquake, Planetary, Tornado, and Volcano
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Volcano + tornado + earthquake spells the end for beleaguered Los Angeles. One family tries to outrun the tornado in a Humvee. 'Nuff said.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent: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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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (San daikaijû: Chikyû saidai no kessen) (1964)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ishirô Honda
Writer(s):   Shin’ichi Sekizawa
Studio:  Toho Company
Year Released:  1964        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Fantasy
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  It takes the combined efforts of Godzilla, Mothra, and Rodan to fight a 3-headed dragon monster brought to Earth by a meteor crash
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The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Steven Hilliard Stern
Writer(s):   Robert M. Young John G. Fuller
Studio:  Paramount Television
Year Released:  1975        Running Time:  100 min
Genre:  Drama, History, Mystery, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1972 crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 401, which crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing 101 of the 176 souls aboard. As parts salvaged from the airplane were reused in other planes, ghosts of the killed crew started to appear. See also The Crash of Flight 401 (1978).
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The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ray Kellogg
Writer(s):   Jay Simms Ray Kellogg
Studio:  Hollywood Pictures Corporation (II)
Year Released:  1959        Running Time:  76 min
Genre:  Action, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  22%
Plot Snapshot:  A giant gila monster is terrorizing a Texas town. A hot-rodder (??) goes after him in an attempt to destroy him. Remade as Gila! (2012)
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Links to Buy/Rent:Gila! (2012)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jim Wynorski
Writer(s):   William Dever Steve Mitchell Jim Nielsen Paul Sinor
Studio:  Movie Monsters
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Remake of the 1959 original. When a giant gila monster is on a rampage in a Western town, it's up to a hot-rod racer (??) to save the day
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Glass Trap (2005)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Fred Olen Ray
Writer(s):   Lisa Morton Brett Thompson
Studio:  First Look Pictures
Year Released:  2005        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Action, Horror, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Animals and Creatures
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Mutant radioactive ants, meet skyscraper. Skyscraper, meet mutant radioactive ants. Aaaaaand, go!
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Godzilla (Gojira) (1954)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ishirô Honda
Writer(s):   Takeo Murata Ishirô Honda Shigeru Kayama
Studio:  Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.
Year Released:  1954        Running Time:  96 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  78/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  American nuclear tests create a monster lizard that threatens first Japan, then the world, in the original movie version of the story
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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Godzilla (1998)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Roland Emmerich
Writer(s):   Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich Ted Elliott Terry Rossio
Studio:  Centropolis Film Productions, Fried Films, Independent Pictures (II)
Year Released:  1998        Running Time:  139 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  31/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  16%
Plot Snapshot:  Giant lizard created by French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific aims for New York City, where an earthworm scientist is already working with the military to fight it
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Godzilla (2014)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Gareth Edwards
Writer(s):   Max Borenstein Dave Callaham Frank Darabont David S. Goyer Ishirô Honda Takeo Murata Shigeru Kayama
Studio:  Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, Disruption Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Toho Company
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  123 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  62/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  74%
Plot Snapshot:  Can the King of the Monsters save humanity from nuclear-born creatures bent on destruction?
TDA Checklist Items:  Animal in peril, Estranged family members, 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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- Monster Fight Date Switched Again
- News Roundup for Jan. 18
- Trailer: Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Adam Wingard
Writer(s):   Terry Rossio Michael Dougherty Zach Shields Eric Pearson Max Borenstein
Studio:  Legendary Entertainment
Year Released:  2021        Running Time:  113 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
IMDb: 6.4    Metascore:  59/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  76%
Plot Snapshot:  Come on, you know the drill--which monster is the biggest, baddest of them all?
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Michael Dougherty
Writer(s):   Max Borenstein Zach Shields Michael Dougherty
Studio:  Legendary Entertainment, Wanda Qingdao Studios, Warner Bros.
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  132 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  48/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  41%
Plot Snapshot:  Sequel to the 2014 movie. In the next chapter of the MonsterVerse, Godzilla goes up against some of the most popular monsters in pop culture history. See also: Cash Grab.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Iconic landmark destroyed, Side character who sacrifices him/herself, Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good), and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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- Monster Fight Date Switched Again
- The Year in Disaster Movies: 2019
- News Roundup for Jan. 18
- Trailer: Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Godzilla: Monster Planet (2017)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Hiroyuki Seshita Kôbun Shizuno
Writer(s):   Gen Urobuchi Sadayuki Murai Yusuke Kozaki
Studio:  Polygon Pictures, Toho Company
Year Released:  2017        Running Time:  89 min
Genre:  Animation and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Kaijus now rule Earth, led by The King of Monsters. After rejecting out-migration to another planet, the few remaining humans decide to take their planet back by conquering the monsters.
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Gojira no gyakushû (Godzilla Raids Again) (1955)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Motoyoshi Oda
Writer(s):   Takeo Murata Shigeaki Hidaka Shigeru Kayama Ib Melchior Ed Watson
Studio:  Toho Company
Year Released:  1955        Running Time:  78 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Creatures and Monsters
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  After emergency landings on a deserted Pacific island, two pilots stumble into an epic battle between Godzilla and a new monster, Anguirus.
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Gorath (Yôsei Gorasu) (1962)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ishirô Honda
Writer(s):   Takeshi Kimura John Meredyth Lucas Jôjirô Okami
Studio:  Toho Company
Year Released:  1962        Running Time:  83 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A giant meteor is headed for Earth, so scientists set off hydrogen fusion rocket engines at the South Pole to get us out of its path. Like you do.
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Gravity (2013)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Alfonso Cuarón
Writer(s):   Jonás Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón
Studio:  Warner Bros., Esperanto Filmoj, Heyday Films
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Space travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  96/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  96%
Plot Snapshot:  An accident leaves two astronauts in space. Inspired by Marooned (1969).
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Links to Buy/Rent:Gray Lady Down (1978)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   David Greene
Writer(s):   David Lavallee James Whittaker Howard Sackler Frank P. Rosenberg
Studio:  The Mirisch Corporation, Universal Pictures
Year Released:  1978        Running Time:  111 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  60%
Plot Snapshot:  A U.S. nuclear submarine collides with a cargo ship off the East Coast and is stuck teetering on the edge of an abyss. Can the Navy rescue them before time runs out?
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 Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
Movie Type:  Miniseries         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Larry Elikann
Writer(s):   William Bast Paul Huson Michael Petryni
Studio:  Von Zerneck Sertner Films
Year Released:  1990        Running Time:  240 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Earthquake and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A seismologist tries to convince city officials that The Big One is on the way, after a series of small earthquakes hits Los Angeles
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, 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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Greenland (2020)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Ric Roman Waugh
Writer(s):   Chris Sparling
Studio:  Anton, Riverstone Pictures, Thunder Road Pictures, G-BASE, Truenorth Productions
Year Released:  2020        Running Time:  119 min
Genre:  Action, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  64/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  78%
Plot Snapshot:  A family fights to survive as a planet-killing comet approaches the Earth
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H-8 (1958)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Nikola Tanhofer
Writer(s):   Zvonimir Berkovic Tomislav Butorac Nikola Tanhofer
Studio:  Jadran Film
Year Released:  1958        Running Time:  105 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Auto/truck and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A recklesss driver causes the collision of a bus and a truck on a rainy road
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Hands Over the City (Le mani sulla città) (1963)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Francesco Rosi
Writer(s):   Raffaele La Capria Enzo Forcella Enzo Provenzale Francesco Rosi
Studio:  Galatea Film, Societé Cinématographique Lyre
Year Released:  1963        Running Time:  105 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Manmade
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A catastrophic building collapse in Naples leads to the backroom negotiations between shady land developers and civic leaders on the eve of the city council elections
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:- Amazon
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