Movies about epidemics and viruses

Movies about epidemics and viruses
List of the best movies about epidemics and virus infection, selected by visitors to our site.: Cargo, 28 Days Later, I Am Legend, World War Z, Contagion, 93 Days, Children of Men, Cabin Fever, Daybreakers, Outbreak.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, drama
CountryAustralia
Duration02:19
CharactersZombie
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, Travel, Viruses
PlaceAustralia
TimePost apocalypse
StyleExciting, Tense, Depressive, Disturbing

After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:53
CharactersZombie, Monsters, Scientists, Military
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, End of the world, Death, Viruses
PlaceEngland, London, Ghost towns
TimeFuture, Post apocalypse
StyleHeavy, Depressive, Numbers in the title, Disturbing

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:36
CharactersZombie, Vampire, Monsters, Doctors, Heroes
PlotLove, Survival, Disasters, Apocalypse, End of the world
PlaceUSA, New York
TimeFuture, Post apocalypse
StyleExciting, Atmospheric, Disturbing

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:56
CharactersZombie, Family, Scientists, Soldier
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, End of the world, Death, Supernatural
PlaceUSA
TimeFuture
StyleAction, Tense, Epic, Serious, Disturbing

Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
Duration01:46
CharactersScientists, Terminally ill, Businessmen, Virologists
PlotSurvival, Disasters, Investigation, End of the world, Viruses
StyleAction, Tense, Depressive, Serious, Disturbing

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

Markimdb: 6
Genredrama
CountryNigeria
PlotViruses

Bimbo Akintola, Danny Glover and TIFF Rising Star Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama star in director Steve Gukas’ riveting real-life thriller about courageous health-care workers in Lagos battling the Ebola outbreak of 2014.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Japan
Duration01:44
CharactersPregnant, Hippies
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, End of the world, Death, Saving the World
TimeFuture
StyleDystopian, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Heavy, Depressive

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrehorror
CountryUSA
Duration01:33
PlotViruses

A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
CountryAustralia, USA
Duration01:34
CharactersVampire, Immortals, Scientists
PlotSurvival, Supernatural, Experiments, Viruses
TimeFuture
StyleAction, Disturbing

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:08
CharactersMonkeys, Heroes
PlotViruses
PlaceThe White House, Helicopters
StyleExciting, Tense, Serious, Disturbing

A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, adventure
CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
Duration01:38
CharactersZombie, Astronauts, Astronauts
PlotSurvival, Fight, Death, Viruses, Expeditions
PlaceSpace, Spaceships, Mars
TimeFuture
StyleAction, Atmospheric, Tense, Depressive, Serious

On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claims all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not without danger.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:13
CharactersZombie, Teachers, Cannibals, Scientists, Military
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, Viruses, Experiments, Fear
PlaceLaboratory
TimePost apocalypse, Future, Dark ones
StyleUnexpected ending, Smart, Tense, Womens in main roles, Disturbing

In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, action, thriller
CountrySouth Korea
Duration02:02
CharactersFirefighters
PlotSurvival, Viruses
PlaceAsia, Korea
StyleAction, Tense, Depressive, Serious, Disturbing

A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrefantastic, action, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
CharactersTeens, Pupils
PlotSurvival, End of the world, Viruses
PlaceSchool
TimePost apocalypse
StyleBy books

No sooner has 15-year-old Lee Keegan been expelled from his private school than an apocalyptic event wipes out most of the world's population. With his father dead and mother trapped abroad, Lee is given one instruction: go back to school. But safety and security at St. Mark's School for Boys is in short supply. Its high walls can't stop the local parish council from forming a militia and imposing marshal law, while inside the dorms the end of the world is having a dangerous effect on his best friend and his unrequited crush on the school nurse isn't helping him concentrate on staying alive.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:24
PlotSurvival, Viruses
TimePost apocalypse

Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe and no one can be trusted. Four young attractive people race through the back roads of the American West to the pounding beat of a vacation soundtrack. Their aim is to retreat to secluded utopian beach in the Gulf of Mexico, where they could peacefully wait out the pandemic and survive the apocalyptic disease. Their plans take a grim turn when their car breaks down on an isolated road starting a chain of events that will seal the fate of each of them in an inexorable and horrifying voyage of hell through a western landscape populated by only the hideous dead or the twisted living.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:45
CharactersZombie, Lesbians, Friends
PlotSurvival, Travel, Viruses, Fear
PlaceForest
StylePsychological problems, Tense, Disturbing

A wild animal attacks six medical students on a weekend hike in the woods. One by one, they become infected with a “feral disease,” turning them into rabid, bloodthirsty creatures, and the vacation becomes a nightmare as they fight to survive each other.

Markimdb: 3.7
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:52
CharactersDogs, Teens, Friends
PlotLove, Skirmishes, Friendship, Death, Vacation
PlaceForest, USA
StylePsychological problems, Heavy, Tense, Depressive, Disturbing

In this grisly remake of the 2002 horror hit, five college chums rent an isolated woodland cabin for a party. But their fun quickly ends when the group is exposed to a hideous flesh-eating virus, and survival becomes the name of the game.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
PlotRobbery, Relationship, Viruses, Motorcycles, Life
PlaceLondon

During a COVID-19 lockdown, sparring couple Linda and Paxton call a truce to attempt a high-risk jewellery heist at one of the world's most exclusive department stores, Harrods.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:55
CharactersZombie, Teens, Cannibals, Scientists
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, Viruses, Birthday, Self-sacrifice
PlaceSchool, Los Angeles
TimePost apocalypse
StyleHeavy, Tense, Serious

In the near future, a virus of epic proportions has overtaken the planet. There are more infected than uninfected, and humanity is losing its grip on survival. Its only hope is finding a cure and keeping the infected contained. Lauren is a doctor who, after the fall of New York, arrives in Los Angeles to lead the hunt for uncontaminated civilian survivors. But nothing can prepare her crack team for the blood-soaked mayhem they are about to witness as they head into the Californian mean streets where everything is considered a trap… From director John (THE SCRIBBLER) Suits, a boundary-crashing, game-changing science fiction thriller featuring non-stop action from a first person shooter perspective, putting the audience in the middle of every fight whilst feeling in control of every punch thrown and shot fired. Welcome to the new model of immersive action thriller for the hardcore video game generation.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
CountrySpain, France
Duration01:43
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, Viruses, Fear
PlaceMetro
TimePost apocalypse
StylePsychological problems, Action, Heavy, Serious, Disturbing

2013; A mysterious epidemic spreads across the planet. Humanity develops an irrational fear of open spaces that causes instant death. Soon, the world population is trapped inside buildings. As Barcelona descends into chaos, Marc sets off on a quest to find Julia, his missing girlfriend, without ever going outside.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:25
PlotDeath, Viruses, Internet, Fear, Environmental disasters
PlaceSmall cities
StyleAction, Heavy, Serious, For men, Disturbing

Two million fish washed ashore. One thousand blackbirds dropped from the sky. On July 4, 2009 a deadly menace swept through the quaint seaside town of Claridge, Maryland, but the harrowing story of what happened that Independence Day has never been told—until now. The authorities believed they had buried the truth about the tragedy that claimed over 700 human lives. Now, three years later, a reporter has emerged with footage revealing the cover-up and an unimaginable killer: a mysterious parasitic outbreak. Told from the perspective of those who were there and saw what happened, The Bay unfolds over 24 hours through people's iPhones, Androids, 911 calls, webcams, and whatever else could be used to document the nightmare in Claridge. What follows is a nerve-shredding tale of a small town plunged into absolute terror.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:05
CharactersAliens, Strong women, Prisoner
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, End of the world, UFO, Abduction
PlaceBunker, Closed Space
TimePost apocalypse
StyleUnexpected ending, Atmospheric, Tense, Disturbing, Womens in main roles

After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
Duration02:10
CharactersMonkeys, Scientists
PlotSurvival, Revolution, Experiments, Viruses, Expeditions
PlaceForest
TimeFuture, Post apocalypse
StyleExciting, Action, Fascinating, Makes me think, Depressive

A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryBrazil, Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy
Duration02:01
CharactersStrong women, Disabled people, Blind
PlotSurvival, Viruses
TimePost apocalypse
StylePhilosophical, Depressive, Serious, Disturbing

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, action, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration02:23
CharactersZombie, Blonde girls, Santa Claus, Friends, Tough guys
PlotLove, Survival, End of the world, Travel, Cars
PlaceForest
TimeNew Year, Post apocalypse
StyleUnexpected ending

Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.

Markimdb: 5
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, India
Duration01:26
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, End of the world, Supernatural, Viruses
PlaceNew York
StyleAction, Gloomy, Depressive, Serious, Disturbing

When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore (Mark Wahlberg) and his wife (Zooey Deschanel) flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister? John Leguizamo and Betty Buckley co-star in this thriller from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:30
CharactersZombie, Teens, Scientists, Friends, Terminally ill
PlotSurvival, Fight, Friendship, Viruses, Multi-part
PlaceCourt, Deserts, Labyrinths, Ghost towns, Laboratory
TimeFuture, Post apocalypse
StyleExciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Cyberpunk

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
Duration01:37
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, Viruses
PlaceSmall cities
StyleAction, Heavy, Serious, Disturbing

Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
CharactersCouriers
PlotLove, Survival, Basketball, Loneliness, Viruses
TimePost apocalypse
StyleTense, Serious, Disturbing

During a pandemic lockdown, Nico, a young man with rare immunity, must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful family to reunite with his love, Sara.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Canada, China
Duration02:05
CharactersNuns
PlotViruses
PlaceChina
StyleFor girls, Fascinating, Touching, Serious

A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.





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