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1. Contagion (2011)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Thriller
Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a pandemic as the CDC works to find a cure.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow
Votes: 315,823 | Gross: $75.66M
2. The Knick (2014–2015)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, History
A look at the professional and personal lives of the staff at New York's Knickerbocker Hospital during the early part of the twentieth century.
Stars: Clive Owen, André Holland, Jeremy Bobb, Juliet Rylance
Votes: 52,526
3. The Division (I)
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Announced
In the near future, a pandemic virus is spread via paper money on Black Friday, decimating New York. A group of civilians, trained to operate in catastrophic times, are activated in an attempt to save who and what remains.
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Chastain, McKinley Stamper
4. The Normal Heart (2014 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 132 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the early 1980s, the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York led to an emergence of homosexual activists. With support from the medical community, they try to raise awareness about the disease.
Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Jonathan Groff, Frank De Julio, William DeMeritt
Votes: 37,776
5. Ebola Syndrome (1996)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A Chinese restaurant worker wanted for murder in Hong Kong contracts Ebola in South Africa, becomes immune to it, and unknowingly spreads the virus there, then comes back to Hong Kong and continues to infect people with it.
Director: Herman Yau | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Yeung-Ming Wan, Fui-On Shing, Tsui-Ling Wong
Votes: 4,895
6. Failan (2001)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A marriage of convenience between a petty gangster and an illegal immigrant he has never met has unforeseen consequences for them both.
Director: Hae-sung Song | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Cecilia Cheung, Son Byung-ho, Kong Hyeong-jin
Votes: 6,215
7. Time Travelers (1976 TV Movie)
78 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
During an outbreak of a contagious disease in 1976, two scientists are sent back in time to 1871, when a Chicago doctor apparently had the cure for it.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Sam Groom, Tom Hallick, Francine York, Booth Colman
Votes: 529
8. Totally Under Control (2020)
TV-14 | 123 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.
Directors: Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, Suzanne Hillinger | Stars: Alex Azar, Charlie Baker, Scott Becker, Taison Bell
Votes: 3,365
9. The Damned (1947)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In the last days of World War II, a group of Nazis and their sympathizers try to escape from reckoning using a submarine.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Marcel Dalio, Henri Vidal, Florence Marly, Fosco Giachetti
Votes: 1,133
10. White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Monte Blue, Raquel Torres, Robert Anderson, Renee Bush
Votes: 962
11. The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)
103 min | Drama, Romance
Life in a small Mexican village where joy and misery, hope and pain, passion and guilt, love and decay, life and death are mixed in the peasants life and two French citizens who end up stranded in there, during a typhoid epidemic.
Directors: Yves Allégret, Rafael E. Portas | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, Carlos López Moctezuma
Votes: 905
12. The Directive (2019)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Hannah Pimentel, Nicholas Winand, Kyle Abraham, Hashim Gari
Votes: 1,315
13. Kuduz / Çocuklar Çiçektir (1983)
77 min | Drama
It depicts rabies horror emerging in a small town during World War II. Hashim, village headman, brings a dog as a gift which turns out to be rabid, biting village children. Entire village mobilizes for the urgent vaccination of children.
Director: Yasar Seriner | Stars: Tarik Akan, Necla Nazir, Hayati Hamzaoglu, Suna Selen
Votes: 266
14. So Much for So Little (1949)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Animation
An illustration of the role public health agencies play in citizens' lives.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Frank Graham
Votes: 475
15. Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
78 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
"The White Sickness", a leprosy-like disease, ravages the world during a war.
Director: Hugo Haas | Stars: Hugo Haas, Bedrich Karen, Zdenek Stepánek, Václav Vydra
Votes: 381
16. Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death (1939)
113 min | Biography, Drama, History
The young country doctor Dr. Robert Koch is desperate seeking a cure for a tuberculosis epidemic costing many children in his district life.
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Viktoria von Ballasko, Raimund Schelcher
Votes: 95
17. Faktor 8 - Der Tag ist gekommen (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A flight coming from Thailand to Germany is infected by a mysterious virus.
Director: Rainer Matsutani | Stars: Muriel Baumeister, Oliver Mommsen, Emilia Schüle, André Hennicke
Votes: 311
18. Cercados (2020)
116 min | Documentary
A documentary about the press coverage during the Coronavirus pandemic in Brazil.
Director: Caio Cavechini | Stars: William Bonner, Jair Bolsonaro, Renata Vasconcellos, Nelson Teich
Votes: 67
19. Thomas & Friends: Whale of a Tale and Other Sodor Adventures (2015 Video)
Not Rated | 58 min | Animation, Family
Thomas and Friends have tall tales to tell. A rumor about Toby spreads, as Henry thinks he's got chickenpox. Thomas blames a made up engine, while Toad spots a stranded whale. Featuring the... See full summary »
Directors: John Gilluley, Don Spencer | Stars: Mark Moraghan, Ben Forster, David Bedella, Jules de Jongh
Votes: 17
20. The Loyalty of Sylvia (1912)
14 min | Drama, Romance, Short
"I cheerfully accept the guardianship of your daughter Sylvia, during your trip abroad. You say she is rather mischievous and self-willed, but I am sure we will get along famously together.... See full summary »
Stars: Maurice Costello, Florence Turner, James Morrison, Kate Price
Votes: 17
22. Prévention de la tuberculose dans l'espèce bovine par le B.C.G. (1929)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jean Benoît-Lévy
23. Let Me Go (I) (2015)
8 min | Short, Biography, Drama
In the early 1980's AIDS epidemic, Christian Nerron is dying from the disease and wants his boyfriend, Philip Daniels, to leave him.
Director: Nathaniel Turner | Stars: Matthew Olsen, Jimmy Dipaola
24.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode:
Rita Hayworth, Jim Bailey, Glen Campbell
(1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family
Highlights include: guest Rita Hayworth, as herself, being pestered by two celebrity seekers (Carol, Vicki); guest Jim Bailey impersonates the likes of Phyllis Diller, Barbra Streisand and ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner
Votes: 96
25.
Riverboat (1959–1961)
Episode:
The Faithless
(1959)
60 min | Adventure, Western
An escaped prisoner being returned to jail is chained to the Enterprise's mast by his guard. The convict has medical training, but refuses to aid a child who been stricken with a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Darren McGavin, Burt Reynolds, Richard Carlson, Bethel Leslie
Votes: 14
26.
Poldark (1975–1977)
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(1975)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, History, Romance
Young Geoffrey Charles is stricken with a serious illness; when Francis also becomes ill, Demelza assists Elizabeth in caring for him.
Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Robin Ellis, Angharad Rees, Jonathan Newth, Norma Streader
Votes: 33
27.
Poldark (1975–1977)
Episode:
Episode #1.8
(1975)
TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, History, Romance
Mark Daniel learns of Keren's affair with Dwight Enys; Ross helps Mark avoid capture by the authorities.
Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Robin Ellis, Angharad Rees, Donald Douglas, Gillian Bailey
Votes: 35
28.
Black Lightning (2018–2021)
Episode:
The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream
(2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
When Lynn learns that Jefferson brokered a deal with Agent Odell without consulting her first, it begins to put a strain on their relationship; Anissa and Grace have an emotional encounter.
Director: Benny Boom | Stars: Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Nafessa Williams, Christine Adams
Votes: 458
29.
Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–2020)
Episode:
Stepmonsters/Better Know Your Mavis
(2019)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Comedy, Family
Pedro and Wendy's parents return from their honeymoon and Mavis convinces them to get to know their stepparents. Mavis relies on her friends while she is sick.
Director: Robin Budd | Stars: Bryn McAuley, Evany Rosen, Gage Munroe, Joseph Motiki
Votes: 10
30.
The Last Enemy (2008)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2008)
TV-PG | 56 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Stephen continues his search for Yasim as two groups track his movements, T.I.A. marketing intensifies at Parliament, and an unexpected illegal debarks at the port.
Director: Iain B. MacDonald | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Anamaria Marinca, Max Beesley, Robert Carlyle
Votes: 116
31.
Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers (1990– )
Episode:
Episode #3.2
(1992)
TV-PG | Documentary
Newfoundland Whale net alarms; Return Of A Killer - Tuberculosis; Art of Science: Computer Graphics Showcase; Tooth or Consequences: Howler Monkeys; Wheelchair Racers; The Cutting Veg: Food Preservation Research
Star: Woodie Flowers
32.
Outlander (2014– )
Episode:
The World Turned Upside Down
(2022)
TV-MA | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A dysentery epidemic spreads on the Ridge, and Claire falls deathly ill. She is almost recovered when the Christies arrive and drop a bombshell. As nefarious rumors spread like wildfire on the Ridge, tragedy strikes.
Director: Justin Molotnikov | Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin
Votes: 1,727
33.
SciShow (2012– )
Episode:
We Skipped Flu Season. That's Bad
(2021)
5 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
The flu virus is constantly mutating. So every year vaccine producers strive to tailor that year's vaccine to the predominant emerging strains. But in 2020 far fewer people caught the flu ... See full summary »
Star: Rose Bear Don't Walk
34.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode:
Ross Martin and Martha Raye
(1970)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner
Votes: 30
35.
DreamWorks Dragons (2012–2014)
Episode:
The Eel Effect
(2014)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Toothless catches a flu that spreads throughout Berk.
Director: Adam Henry | Stars: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller
Votes: 158
36.
Bitten (2014–2016)
Episode:
Dark Arts
(2015)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Aleister returns to Stonehaven as Clay where he convinces Jeremy to let the Coven complete her initiation ritual on the property. Meanwhile, Clay finds himself trapped in his unconscious, wrestling with Aleister and his own mind.
Director: Rick Bota | Stars: Laura Vandervoort, Greyston Holt, Greg Bryk, Steve Lund
Votes: 199
37.
Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode:
Kill the Boy
(2015)
TV-MA | 57 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Daenerys arrests the heads of Meereen's great families. Jon makes a difficult decision. Theon is forced to face Sansa. Stannis rides south. Tyrion and Jorah enter the ruins of Old Valyria.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 30,640
38.
Les quatre vents (1959–1960)
Episode:
Portrait d'un vétérinaire
(1960)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jean-Claude Bergeret | Star: Maurice Friouzeau
39.
Chicago Fire (2012– )
Episode:
I Am the Apocalypse
(2015)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Drama
Members of Firehouse 51 transport victims of a gas leak to nearby Chicago Med; an armed patient claiming to be carrying a deadly airborne disease forces Chicago Med into lockdown.
Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund, Kara Killmer
Votes: 673
40.
The Dog Rescuers (2013– )
Episode:
Episode #3.5
(2015)
TV-PG | Reality-TV
Directors: Rohan Latchman, Matt Ralph, Mike Agnew, Dominic Longmuir | Stars: Alan Davies, Colin Ballance, Becky Bedson, Herchy Boal
41.
When We Rise (2017)
Episode:
Parts IV and V
(2017)
TV-14 | 85 min | Drama
Part IV. 1992. The gay male and lesbian movements are merging closer and closer to being one cohesive and supportive family. The AIDS epidemic has devastated the gay male community, with ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Rachel Griffiths, Mary-Louise Parker, Guy Pearce, Michael Kenneth Williams
Votes: 326
42.
Kurzgesagt: In a Nutshell (2013– )
Episode:
Measles Explained - Vaccinate or Not?
(2015)
TV-G | 6 min | Documentary, Animation
Everybody is talking about Measles - but what does the virus actually do in the body?
Star: Steve Taylor
Votes: 21
43.
MacGyver (2016–2021)
Episode:
Specimen 234 + PAPR + Outbreak
(2018)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a vial containing a deadly virus is stolen from the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Mac and the team race to recover it before the thief unleashes a global pandemic.
Director: Michael Martinez | Stars: Lucas Till, George Eads, Tristin Mays, Justin Hires
Votes: 534
44.
The Good Doctor (2017–2024)
Episode:
Quarantine
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama
Dr. Murphy and Dr. Lim treat two patients who collapse at the airport and whose symptoms point to an airborne infection causing the hospital to go under quarantine.
Director: Mike Listo | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Nicholas Gonzalez, Antonia Thomas, Tamlyn Tomita
Votes: 2,179