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Best Pandemic and Virus Outbreak Movies Also Most Popular Epidemic, Infection Movies.
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- Outbreak (1995) One of the best known pandemic movies and arguably the most popular is Outbreak, a mid-90s action thriller about a deadly, Ebola-like virus that is spreading through parts of California and the United States.
- Contagion (2011) Made in 2011, Contagion is an exceptionally smart (and scary) disaster movie. Why? Because Contagion is something of a sociological study into what people would do (and how they would behave) if they were faced with a real-life pandemic.
- World War Z (2013) Part pandemic, part zombie apocalypse movie, World War Z is a more imaginative take on what could happen if a virus spreads through society...
- 28 Days Later (2002) Set in the city of London (and much like World War Z), 28 Days Later is a post-apocalyptic, post-pandemic zombie movie. In fact, the entire film transpires about one month after the “rage” virus spread throughout the UK.
- The Fault in Our Stars (2014) Finally, the movie that’s at the zenith of all terminal illness flicks, paired with its commercial success and adapted screenplay, TFIOS did manage to impress us all.
- The Fountain (2006) Another cult film and a Darren Aronofsky’s brainchild, ‘The Fountain’ spans across three different timelines – the past, comprising a 16th-century conquistador Tomas looking for a tree of life for his dying queen and love Isabella, the present, comprising a doctor Tom who’s tending to his ailing wife Izzi and trying to find a cure for her and the future, comprising a deep space lone traveler Tommy who’s carrying himself inside a sphere of life along with a tree Izzi.
- The Bucket List (2007) Not a die-hard Jack Nicholson fan, but this one really caught my eye. ‘ The Bucket List’ features Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as Edward and Carter, respectively, both are terminally ill with cancer, and Carter has a laundry list of tasks to accomplish before he kicks the bucket.
- Philadelphia (1993) ‘Philadelphia’ won Tom Hanks an Academy Award for his portrayal of an AIDS victim, Andrew Beckett, and became one of the movies to screen AIDS and homophobia-related issues for the first time.
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- Dallas Buyers Club (2013) Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto. Biography, Drama (1h 57m) 7.9 on IMDb — 92% on RT.
- Philadelphia (1993) Directed by Jonathan Demme. Starring Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Roberta Maxwell. Drama (2h 5m) 7.7 on IMDb — 81% on RT. Sufferers of HIV/AIDS had it bad in the 1980s, but what made things even worse was the shame that came with the diagnosis.
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Directed by Richard Brooks. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives. Drama (1h 48m) 7.9 on IMDb — 97% on RT. In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, it's not the protagonist who's plagued with cancer but his father.
- 50/50 (2011) Directed by Jonathan Levine. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick. Comedy, Drama, Romance (1h 40m) 7.6 on IMDb — 93% on RT.
- I Am Legend. Will Smith, Alice Braga, Dash Mihok. 4,595 votes. In this post-apocalyptic thriller, humanity is all but wiped out by a devastating pandemic that turns the infected into feral, nocturnal creatures.
- Dawn of the Dead. Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber. 1,834 votes. As a compelling and horrifying portrayal of a zombie apocalypse, this classic film shows society in chaos as the dead return to life and terrorize the living.
- 28 Days Later. Cillian Murphy, Noah Huntley, Naomie Harris. 4,635 votes. This groundbreaking film turns the traditional zombie narrative on its head, portraying the infected as terrifyingly fast and aggressive.
- Outbreak. Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman. 4,570 votes. This tense medical thriller centers around the desperate race to control a deadly, Ebola-like virus that threatens a small California town.
Jan 22, 2009 · Movies highlight family stories about the experience of illness, draw the viewer into the poignancy and loneliness of illness suffering, and often model how family members and health care professionals respond to illness in helpful and not so helpful ways.
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