Who would have known that our bosses would encourage us to work from home, that we will fill our pantries with canned goods, or that we would end up finding over toilet paper in the supermarkets? Unfortunately, these things are actually happening and movies that have their central focus on pandemics have record audiences. Moreover when some of them talk about our common reality. Please find below the top ten pandemic movies to satisfy your curiosity over possible scenarios.
Contagion (2001)
The movie is ultra-realistic given the actual conditions and the distribution is quite remarkable: Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Jude Law, and Marion Cotillard.
Imdb Trailer here
Imdb score: 6.5
28 Weeks Later: The Infected (2007)
Maybe not necessarily your favorite short movie as it was considered terrifying and sinister and not sporting a happy end.
Imdb trailer: The movie is 7 minutes long.
Imdb score: 6.4
Last Man on Earth (1964)
Having as inspiration the book “I Am Legend”, the movie is the first of the 3 adaptations after the book and probably the best one.
Imdb score: 6.9
Outbreak (1995)
As always an animal is the key factor in the pandemic outbreak this movie is picturing. But instead of bats, the monkeys are the key carriers. This pandemic movie will surely ring a bell once watching it.
Imdb trailer here
Imdb score: 6.6
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
A dystopian fantasy will take you to the year 2035 after a massive pandemic killed most of the population and forced the remaining to live underground.
Indb trailer here
Imdb score: 8.0
The Crazies (1973/ Remake in 2010)
Biological weapons infecting water and ending in killing people is a topic that at first, in 1973 did not have a huge public impact. But nowadays the subject is interesting enough that the movie got a remake.
Imdb trailer here for the remake
Imdb score: 6.1
It comes at night (2017)
After a pandemic, a family living in the woods have some visitors and decide to share their resources. The ending is not the happiest but hey maybe you like dramas.
Imdb trailer here
Imdb Score: 6.2
The Host (2006)
From the same director as the award-winning Korean movie Parasite, the Host is the first attempt to show to the public that our destruction is often the result of our own acts.
Imdb trailer here
Imdb score: 7.1
Day of the Dead (1985)
If your imagination ever worked out a scenario where zombies will outnumber the people then this movie is for you.
Imdb trailer here
Imdb score: 7.2
Zombieland (2009)
A public favorite around here, the zombie apocalypse seems to be more and more reachable. At least in Hollywood. At least the overall feeling is way lighter and more fun and the movie including even a couple of romantic moments.
Imdb trailer here
Imdb score:7.6