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Plague: Directed by Nick Kozakis, Kosta Ouzas. With Don Bridges, Cris Cochrane, Tegan Crowley, Liza Dennis. A small group of survivors in post-apocalyptic Australia seek shelter from an infection that has spread like a plague among the human populace.
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- Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Nick Kozakis, Kosta Ouzas
- 2015-05-12
Plague is a 2014 Australian horror film directed by Kostas Ouzas and Nick Kozakis, written by Ouzas, and starring Tegan Crowley, Scott Marcus, and Steven Kennedy. After a zombie apocalypse, Evie (Crowley) and her husband John (Marcus) struggle to survive on their own.
- I Am Legend. Will Smith, Alice Braga, Dash Mihok. 4,595 votes. In this post-apocalyptic thriller, humanity is all but wiped out by a devastating pandemic that turns the infected into feral, nocturnal creatures.
- Dawn of the Dead. Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber. 1,834 votes. 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.
- 28 Days Later. Cillian Murphy, Noah Huntley, Naomie Harris. 4,635 votes. This groundbreaking film turns the traditional zombie narrative on its head, portraying the infected as terrifyingly fast and aggressive.
- Outbreak. Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman. 4,570 votes. This tense medical thriller centers around the desperate race to control a deadly, Ebola-like virus that threatens a small California town.
- 10 The Omega Man, 1971
- 9 Blindness, 2008
- 8 Outbreak, 1995
- 7 I Am Legend
- 6 The Andromeda Strain
- 5 Contagion, 2011
- 4 28 Days Later, 2003
- 3 Train to Busan, 2016
- 2 12 Monkeys
- 1 Death in Venice, 1971
Charlton Heston is the last man on earth, pretty much. One of the few survivors of a global pandemic, caused by biological warfare. A lone research scientist (Heston) injects himself with a vaccine of his own design, which seems to work. However, the solitude of being the only survivor starts to drive Heston a bit mad, and he spends most of his tim...
Mark Ruffalo is a doctor who treats a man that has gone suddenly blind. The following day, Ruffalo, too, goes blind, and he realises that the blindness must have been caused by some kind of contagion. The virus spreads, causing a whole city to become sightless overnight. Except for Ruffalo’s wife, played by Julianne Moore, who retains her sight. In...
Outbreak, released in 1995, concerned an outbreak of an Ebola-like virus in Zaire, and it was an immediate success. Partly this was due to the performance of its all-star cast, and partly because, at the time of its release, Ebola was breaking out in, of all places, Zaire. The virus is spread through a series of unfortunate, not to say unlikely, ev...
How do you cure cancer? Easy. Give it the measles. Barmy? Possibly. For some reason, not adequately explored, someone must have skipped the usual drug trial protocols, because, next thing you know, the measles has wiped out most of the world’s population. Oops. Not to worry. Will Smith, is a former soldier turned virologist. Which means that when t...
The Andromeda Strain was based on a novel by Michael Crichton, who was a doctor before he was a writer, so presumably knew a thing or two about viruses. When a satellite returns to earth, it brings with it a micro-organism that causes blood to clot in the veins. Those people who don’t die instantly, are driven to kill themselves. Obviously, NASA ha...
This one is a little bit scary. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Contagion is a movie about how viruses spread. It is about how difficult they are to contain, and how devastating the consequences can be when they’re not contained. The film has been praised by scientists for its accurate portrayal of the difficulties of dealing with pandemics. Its all...
When Cillian Murphy awakes from a coma after 4 weeks, the world is a different place. He walks the streets of a deserted London, wondering what on earth happened has happened, and looking for signs of life. It turns out that an animal rights group has accidentally released a chimpanzee with a highly contagious virus which causes extreme rage and lo...
If you want a virus outbreak film that doesn’t take itself too seriously, you could go for Train to Busan. A South Korean action/horror film, it broke records in Korea for audience size. Imagine you are on a busy train. A woman boards at the last minute, looking pretty ill. The train has barely pulled out of the station before the woman mutates int...
What do you do if a deadly virus has wiped out most of humanity? Obviously, you build a time-machine and send Bruce Willis back from a dystopian future to sort it out. 12 Monkeys is directed by Terry Gilliam, so you know it’s also going to be a little bit strange. Brad Pitt is certainly strange. As are the other inmates of the lunatic asylum to whi...
Death In Venice stands apart from the others on this list as being not just entertainment, but art. Scene after scene we are met with some of the most beautifully filmed images of one of the world’s most beautiful places: Venice. The film follows Gustav von Aschenbach who is taking time to recuperate from a nervous breakdown in Venice, which—ironic...
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. Director Francis Lawrence Stars Will Smith Alice Braga Charlie Tahan
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After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
May 13, 2023 · When a plague sets in, very few are safe from its contagious spread. But there's always a glimmer of hope, mostly stemming from the brave scientists who sacrifice their own lives to save others. From gripping dramas to dreadful horrors, here are my picks for the best disease movies about pandemics that threaten the world.
