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Sunday, March 15, 2020

Disaster Films: Viral and Deadly Disease Outbreaks

12 Monkeys
 

1. 12 Monkeys (1995)

R | 129 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
 8
 
 
74 Metascore
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.
Votes: 554,313 | Gross: $57.14M
28 Days Later...
 

2. 28 Days Later... (2002)

R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
 7.6
 
 
73 Metascore
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
Votes: 357,699 | Gross: $45.06M
28 Weeks Later
 

3. 28 Weeks Later (2007)

R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
 7
 
 
78 Metascore
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.
Votes: 248,982 | Gross: $28.64M
Blindness
 

4. Blindness (2008)

R | 121 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
 6.6
 
 
45 Metascore
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.
Votes: 67,719 | Gross: $3.07M
Outbreak
 

5. Outbreak (1995)

R | 127 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
 6.6
 
 
65 Metascore
Army doctors struggle to find a cure for a deadly virus spreading throughout a California town that was brought to America by an African monkey.
Votes: 105,818 | Gross: $67.82M
Contagion
 

6. Contagion (2011)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
 6.7
 
 
70 Metascore
Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a worldwide epidemic as the CDC works to find a cure.
Votes: 219,652 | Gross: $75.66M
Monsters
 

7. Monsters (2010)

R | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
 6.4
 
 
63 Metascore
Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.
Votes: 85,699 | Gross: $0.24M
World War Z
 

8. World War Z (2013)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
 7
 
 
63 Metascore
Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.
Votes: 573,987 | Gross: $202.36M
I Am Legend
 

9. I Am Legend (2007)

PG-13 | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
 7.2
 
 
65 Metascore
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure in this post-apocalyptic action thriller.
Votes: 656,260 | Gross: $256.39M
Quarantine
 

10. Quarantine (2008)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
 5.9
 
 
53 Metascore
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.
Votes: 67,373 | Gross: $31.69M
Carriers
 

11. Carriers (2009)

PG-13 | 84 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
 6
 
Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.
Votes: 41,120 | Gross: $0.09M
Resident Evil
 

12. Resident Evil (2002)

R | 100 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
 6.7
 
 
33 Metascore
A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.
Votes: 238,463 | Gross: $40.12M
Doomsday
 

13. Doomsday (2008)

R | 105 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
 6
 
 
51 Metascore
A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race.
Votes: 70,501 | Gross: $10.96M
REC
 

14. REC (2007)

R | 78 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
 7.4
 
 
69 Metascore
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
Votes: 158,378
Flu
 

15. Flu (2013)

Not Rated | 122 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
 6.7
 
 
40 Metascore
Chaos ensues when a lethal, airborne virus infects the population of a South Korean city less than 20 kilometers from Seoul.
Votes: 7,145
93 Days
 

16. 93 Days (2016)

TV-PG | 118 min | Drama
 6
 
What happens when the deadliest infectious disease know to man arrives in a megacity with over 21 million people .
Votes: 618
Pandorum
 

17. Pandorum (2009)

R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
 6.7
 
 
28 Metascore
Two crew members of a spaceship wake up from hypersleep to discover that all their colleagues are missing. Despite this, it appears that they are not alone.
Votes: 139,784 | Gross: $10.33M
Virus
 

18. Virus (1999)

R | 99 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
 5
 
 
19 Metascore
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
Votes: 25,481 | Gross: $14.01M
Pandemic
 

19. Pandemic (2016)

TV-MA | 91 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
 4.4
 
 
47 Metascore
Pandemic is set in the near future, where a virus of epic proportions has overtaken the planet. There are more infected than uninfected, and humanity is losing its grip on survival. Its ... See full summary »
Votes: 7,202
Pandemic
 

20. Pandemic (2007– )

169 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
 5.1
 
The bird flu virus spreads through Los Angeles as a doctor from the CDC races to find a vaccine.
Votes: 1,220
Infected
 

21. Infected (2008 TV Movie)

R | 90 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
 3.9
 
A pair of newspaper reporters receive help from an unlikely accomplice in their effort to stave off an alien invasion.
Votes: 871
Infection
 

22. Infection (2004)

R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
 6.1
 
INFECTION takes place in a dark, isolated hospital, where one doctors mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient.
Votes: 5,105
Maggie
 

23. Maggie (I) (2015)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
 5.6
 
 
52 Metascore
A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side.
Votes: 40,338 | Gross: $0.19M
The Epidemic
 

24. The Epidemic (2020)

95 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi | Filming
After a meteor crashes into the Earth's crust causing extreme devastation, an unexplained plague decimates a town's population turning people into zombies. The town's few survivors seek ... See full summary »

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