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VIRUS, OUTBREAKS AND PANDEMIC MOVIES

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  • Jamie Bell, Cillian Murphy, and Thandiwe Newton in Retreat (2011)

    1. Retreat

    20111h 30mR
    5.8 (13K)
    Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a Man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.
    DirectorCarl TibbettsStarsThandiwe NewtonCillian MurphyJamie Bell
  • Anthony Sellers in The Crazies (2010)

    2. The Crazies

    20101h 41mR56Metascore
    6.5 (133K)
    After a strange and insecure plane crash, an unusual toxic virus enters a quaint farming town. A young couple are quarantined, but they fight for survival along with help from a couple of people.
    DirectorBreck EisnerStarsRadha MitchellTimothy OlyphantDanielle Panabaker
  • Terri Hanauer in Rabid (1977)

    3. Rabid

    19771h 31mR56Metascore
    6.3 (23K)
    A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsMarilyn ChambersFrank MooreTerri Hanauer
  • Shivers (1975)

    4. Shivers

    19751h 27mR58Metascore
    6.3 (25K)
    The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are infected by parasites that turn them into mindless nymphomaniac fiends.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsPaul HamptonJoe SilverLynn Lowry
  • Quarantine (2008)

    5. Quarantine

    20081h 29mR53Metascore
    6.0 (81K)
    A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC, after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
    DirectorJohn Erick DowdleStarsJennifer CarpenterSteve HarrisColumbus Short
  • Rose Byrne in 28 Weeks Later (2007)

    6. 28 Weeks Later

    20071h 40mR78Metascore
    6.9 (310K)
    Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.
    DirectorJuan Carlos FresnadilloStarsJeremy RennerRose ByrneRobert Carlyle
  • Lane Carroll and Will MacMillan in The Crazies (1973)

    7. The Crazies

    19731h 43mR63Metascore
    6.1 (16K)
    The military attempts to contain a manmade combat virus that causes death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsLane CarrollWill MacMillanHarold Wayne Jones
  • Laura Vandervoort in Rabid (2019)

    8. Rabid

    20191h 47mNot Rated43Metascore
    5.2 (7.1K)
    The quiet Rose works in women's fashion clothing, hoping to be a designer. A traffic accident damages her face. She gets experimental stem cell treatment, leaving her stronger and prettier than ever - but there's a side effect.
    DirectorsJen SoskaSylvia SoskaStarsLaura VandervoortBenjamin HollingsworthTed Atherton
  • The Silent City (2006)

    9. The Silent City

    20067mShort
    6.5 (1.3K)
    Three soldiers try to reach a city far away in a post-apocalyptic world while facing opposition on their way.
    DirectorRuairi RobinsonStarsDon WycherleyGarvan McGrathCillian Murphy
  • Piper Perabo in Carriers (2009)

    10. Carriers

    20091h 24mPG-13
    5.9 (52K)
    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.
    DirectorsDavid PastorÀlex PastorStarsChris PinePiper PeraboLou Taylor Pucci
  • Jude Law, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, and Marion Cotillard in Contagion (2011)

    11. Contagion

    20111h 46mPG-1370Metascore
    6.8 (324K)
    Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a pandemic as the CDC works to find a cure.
    DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsMatt DamonKate WinsletJude Law
  • Bill Paxton, Laurence Fishburne, and Kevin Zegers in The Colony (2013)

    12. The Colony

    20131h 35mNot Rated28Metascore
    5.3 (48K)
    Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
    DirectorJeff RenfroeStarsKevin ZegersLaurence FishburneBill Paxton
  • Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell, Cory Hardrict, Dominic Monaghan, and Shannyn Sossamon in The Day (2011)

    13. The Day

    20111h 27mR41Metascore
    5.2 (14K)
    A group of five people working to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic future discover what they think is a safe, abandoned farmhouse, but they soon find themselves fighting to stay alive as a gang of bloodthirsty predators attack.
    DirectorDoug AarniokoskiStarsShawn AshmoreBrianna BarnesAshley Bell
  • Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell, Cory Hardrict, Dominic Monaghan, and Shannyn Sossamon in The Day (2011)

    14. The Day

    20111h 27mR41Metascore
    5.2 (14K)
    A group of five people working to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic future discover what they think is a safe, abandoned farmhouse, but they soon find themselves fighting to stay alive as a gang of bloodthirsty predators attack.
    DirectorDoug AarniokoskiStarsShawn AshmoreBrianna BarnesAshley Bell
  • REC (2007)

    15. REC

    20071h 18mR71Metascore
    7.4 (207K)
    A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
    DirectorsJaume BalagueróPaco PlazaStarsManuela VelascoFerran TerrazaJorge-Yamam Serrano
  • Lee-Anne Liebenberg and Rhona Mitra in Doomsday (2008)

    16. Doomsday

    20081h 45mR51Metascore
    5.9 (81K)
    A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race.
    DirectorNeil MarshallStarsRhona MitraBob HoskinsAlexander Siddig
  • Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness (2010)

    17. Edge of Darkness

    20101h 57mR55Metascore
    6.6 (101K)
    As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the murder of his activist daughter, he uncovers a corporate cover-up and government conspiracy that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.
    DirectorMartin CampbellStarsMel GibsonRay WinstoneDanny Huston
  • Morgan Freeman, Dustin Hoffman, and Rene Russo in Outbreak (1995)

    18. Outbreak

    19952h 7mR64Metascore
    6.6 (142K)
    A team of Army doctors struggle to find a cure for the deadly Motaba virus that was transported from Africa to North America by a white-headed Capuchin monkey and is now spreading quickly throughout a small California town.
    DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsDustin HoffmanRene RussoMorgan Freeman
  • Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, and Madeleine Stowe in 12 Monkeys (1995)

    19. 12 Monkeys

    19952h 9mR75Metascore
    8.0 (664K)
    In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsBruce WillisMadeleine StoweBrad Pitt
  • Extinction: The G.M.O. Chronicles (2011)

    20. Extinction: The G.M.O. Chronicles

    20111h 50mR
    4.5 (1.7K)
    The remaining survivors of pan-global epidemic face a race against time to find a cure before they succumb to its zombie-inducing effects. Holed up in an abandoned military base, Tom and his fellow survivors, their numbers dwindling with each successive day, desperately search for a way of stopping the outbreak and returning their lives to normal. Unfortunately for them, it soon becomes clear that the virus has mutated, turning those affected into rabid, cannibalistic creatures. Can Tom and his friends find a way to stop the seemingly inevitable, or are they doomed to a grisly fate?
    DirectorNiki DrozdowskiStarsDaniel BuderLuise BährJerry Coyle
  • Pontypool (2008)

    21. Pontypool

    20081h 33mNot Rated54Metascore
    6.5 (37K)
    A radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.
    DirectorBruce McDonaldStarsStephen McHattieLisa HouleGeorgina Reilly
  • Mekhi Phifer in Pandemic (2016)

    22. Pandemic

    20161h 31mTV-MA47Metascore
    4.4 (8.6K)
    A New York doctor travels with her team to Los Angeles to find survivors of a worldwide pandemic.
    DirectorJohn SuitsStarsRachel NicholsAlfie AllenMissi Pyle
  • Vincent Spano, Tiffani Thiessen, and French Stewart in Pandemic (2007)

    23. Pandemic

    20072 epsTV Mini Series
    5.3 (1.7K)
    When a deadly new strain of an unknown virus infects a plane on it's way to Los Angeles, CDC Dr. Kayla Martin and her team must battle political obstacles, conspiracy theorists, and an escape of the quarantined survivors.
    StarsTiffani ThiessenFrench StewartFaye Dunaway
  • Lance Henriksen, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Johnny Strong, Chris Kerson, and Chelsea Edmundson in Daylight's End (2016)

    24. Daylight's End

    20161h 45mNot Rated
    5.4 (6.6K)
    A vengeful drifter takes up with a group of survivors in an abandoned police station during an apocalypse overrun by blood-hungry creatures.
    DirectorWilliam KaufmanStarsJohnny StrongLance HenriksenLouis Mandylor
  • Panic at Rock Island (2011)

    25. Panic at Rock Island

    20111h 35mTV Movie
    4.5 (713)
    An island on spectacular Sydney Harbour. Summer sun Top international artists. Tens of thousands of music fans from across the world Idyllic... Until unimaginable disaster strikes.
    DirectorTony TilseStarsGrant BowlerZoe CramondEli Kent

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