The best movies about epidemics and pandemics
The top 3 according to 422 votes from people: Contagion (2011) · Outbreak (1995) · 12 Monkeys (1995). (Updated Jul 6, 2021.)
From Contagion and Outbreak to 28 Days Later and Train to Busan: the virus and outbreak films that come up most in the lists of Nueva Tribuna and SensaCine.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 15
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1
Contagion (2011)
Steven Soderbergh: a respiratory virus circles the globe in days.
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2
Outbreak (1995)
Wolfgang Petersen: an Ebola-like virus reaches a California town.
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3
12 Monkeys (1995)
Terry Gilliam: a prisoner travels back to stop a virus that wiped out most of humanity.
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4
28 Days Later (2002)
Danny Boyle: a courier wakes up in an empty London after the rage virus.
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5
Train to Busan (2016)
Yeon Sang-ho: a zombie outbreak on a high-speed train.
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6
I Am Legend (2007)
Will Smith, the last survivor in New York after a virus meant to cure cancer.
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7
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Robert Wise: scientists locked in with a microorganism from space.
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8
93 Days (2016)
Nigeria stops Ebola in Lagos in 2014.
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9
World War Z (2013)
Brad Pitt hunts for the source of a zombie pandemic across the globe.
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10
[REC] (2007)
Balagueró and Plaza: a reporter trapped in a quarantined Barcelona building.
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11
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Zack Snyder: survivors holed up in a shopping mall.
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12
Cargo (2017)
Martin Freeman looks for someone to care for his daughter in an infected Australia.
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13
Blindness (2008)
Fernando Meirelles adapts Saramago: an epidemic of white blindness.
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14
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Vincent Price alone against the victims of a plague.
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15
28 Weeks Later (2007)
The sequel: London repopulated and the virus coming back.
Candidates
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16
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Matthew McConaughey and AIDS in the 1980s.
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17
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Ingmar Bergman: a knight plays chess with Death during the plague.
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Comments (1)
Contagio vista en 2020 daba más miedo que cualquier peli de terror