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The Twister: Caught in the Storm

2025 · Movie · R · 89 min

6.9(93)unSUB Rating

Documentary

This documentary revisits the devastating 2011 tornado that tore through Joplin, Missouri, using firsthand accounts and raw footage from locals and security cameras. It focuses on what it felt like in the moment and how ordinary people endured the chaos, fear, and aftermath of a sudden natural disaster.

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Details
Years
2025
Release date
2025-03-18
Language
English
Rated
R
Runtime
89 min
Max quality
UHD
TMDB rating (input)
6.7/10 (93 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an emotional, survivor-focused disaster documentary built from real footage rather than expert breakdowns; Not for you if you want lots of science, maps, or a broader investigation like The Most Hated Man on the Internet.

Pros: gripping firsthand testimonies; raw real footage; human, empathetic focus | Cons: limited broader context; uneven pacing; not a deep dive

Themes

  • twister
  • missouri
  • reflective
  • anxious
  • 2010s
  • cautionary
  • depressing
  • empathetic
  • foreboding

Cast & crew

  • MW

    Mac Wright

    as Self

  • KP

    Kaylee Parker

    as Self

  • CC

    Chad Crilley

    as Self

  • DH

    Doug Heady

    as Self - Meteorologist

  • CC

    Cecil Cornish

    as Self

  • AT

    Andrew Keegan Tinney

    as Self

  • SW

    Steven Weersing

    as Self

  • Barack Obama

    Barack Obama

    as Self (archive footage)

Directed by Alexandra Lacey