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  1. Oct 11, 2024 · Vote up the best films that depict epidemics of airborne illnesses or other infectious diseases that threaten humanity. 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. Survivors barricade ...

    • Contagion (2011) Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne. Drama, Thriller (1h 46m) 6.8 on IMDb — 85% on RT.
    • The Andromeda Strain (1971) Directed by Robert Wise. Starring James Olson, Arthur Hill, David Wayne. Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller (2h 11m) 7.2 on IMDb — 67% on RT.
    • Train to Busan (2016) Directed by Yeon Sang-ho. Starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok. Action, Horror, Thriller (1h 58m) 7.6 on IMDb — 94% on RT. Back to South Korea, we got one of the greatest zombie blockbusters ever made with Train to Busan.
    • Outbreak (1995) Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman. Action, Drama, Thriller (2h 7m) 6.6 on IMDb — 59% on RT.
  2. Director Steven Soderbergh Stars Matt Damon Kate Winslet Jude Law. 3. Carriers. 2009 1h 24m PG-13. 6.0 (50K) Rate. As a lethal virus spreads globally, four friends seek a reputed plague-free haven. But while avoiding the infected, the travelers turn on one another.

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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.
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    • 21 #alive
    • 20 Containment
    • 19 World War Z
    • 18 Rec
    • 17 Death in Venice
    • 16 Black Death
    • 15 Flu
    • 14 Blindness
    • 13 Bird Box

    Viralis a sci-fi horror drama written by Christopher Landon and Barbara Marshall and co-directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. The story is set in suburban California as a middle-class family moves in. A couple with two kids begins life anew when suddenly a student falls ill, showing symptoms such as endless hunger and coughing blood. Two sist...

    It's challenging to state if the release of #Alivewas well-timed or not. This movie, written and directed by Cho Il-hyung, was released in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic as the world was facing lockdowns everywhere. Starring Yoo Ah-in and Park Shin-hye, the story is focused on a young man named Joon-woo who suddenly finds himself locked ...

    Containmentis a thriller written by David Lemon and directed by Neil Mcenery-West, starring Lee Ross, Sheila Reid, and Louise Brealey. The story is set in a council block in Weston, Southampton, in the United Kingdom. It all begins with Mark suddenly waking up in his apartment only to realize all exits have been blocked by men in Hazmat suits. With...

    You better learn how to run quickly if you want to survive this fast-paced horror film. Featuring one of the scariest and speediest zombies in movie history, World War Z follows a UN worker, played by Brad Pitt, who is racing to find the origins and cure of a global zombie pandemic. The film was based on the 2006 Max Brooks novel of the same name a...

    Some of the best atmospheric horror is created overseas. REC is a horror movie filmed in Spainand was later remade for the American market as Quarantine, which is not bad but lacks all the nuance that makes the original such a great story. The found-footage horror movie is directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, with a script by Jaume Balagueró...

    Some films tell a unique story while using a desperate scenario as background. Death in Veniceis an extremely creepy film about a man falling in love with a boy whose feminine traits are inexplicably enticing. The story takes place in Venice during a Cholera outbreak. The movie is written and directed by Luchino Visconti, with the assistance of Nic...

    Not many films touch upon the Black Death, but this film tells the tragic story of the Bubonic plague, a disease that ravaged Europe, killing nearly 25 million people in five years. This period piece is a fantasy drama directed by Christopher Smith and written by Dario Poloni. The solid cast is full of beloved actors, such as Sean Bean, Eddie Redma...

    Before COVID caused worldwide fear, we faced a similar pandemic before. The avian influenza outbreak started in 1997 in Hong Kong and peaked for most of the early 2000s. Flurecreates a fictional scenario where the disease is much worse than it actually was. The movie is written and directed by Kim Sung-su with the assistance of Lee Young-jong and f...

    In Blindness, we find the cast trapped in an unnamed city when sudden-onset blindness sweeps through the place. The central storyline takes place in a hospital, as more patients gather in the location, turning it into a concentration camp. A blind man with a gun forces everyone to do his bidding while the unaffected try their best to survive. The m...

    Bird Box is a 2018 post-apocalyptic thriller film by director Susanne Bier, based on the 2014 Josh Malerman movie of the same name. The film stars Sandra Bullock in the lead role and follows her as she and her two young children as they embark on a dangerous journey to find refuge after an unknown phenomenon destroys society by influencing nearly e...

  3. Jun 27, 2024 · The Killer that Stalked New York (1950) This 1950 movie addresses the controversy surrounding vaccines. This early black-and-white classic from American director Earl McEvoy offers an interesting fictional story the smallpox epidemic in New York City. It stars Evelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, and William Bishop.

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  5. 2. And the Band Played On. 1993 2h 21m PG-13. 7.8 (11K) Rate. TV Movie. The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it. Director Roger Spottiswoode Stars Matthew Modine Alan Alda Patrick Bauchau. 3.

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