Stories of infection and epidemics are breaking all view records over the past year. And it is not surprising, looking at the events around. Do you want to tickle your nerves again or, conversely, to distract yourself from real problems? Then keep a selection of the best films about viruses!
1. Curse (1987)
Let's start with an old horror classic from director David Keith. A mysterious meteorite with an unknown liquid falls on the farm. While the owner of the site is trying to sell it, people, animals and even plants begin to get sick with an incomprehensible infection.
2.28 days later (2002)
A group of aggressive environmentalists break into a laboratory where a dangerous virus has been investigated. An infected monkey escapes from there and becomes a distributor. Cast - Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher Eccleston and others.
3. Last love on Earth (2010)
The romantic drama with Ewan McGregor and Eva Green unfolds against the backdrop of a mysterious epidemic. Due to an unknown illness, people lose their feelings one by one.
4. Strain "Andromeda" (1971)
And back to the classics again! This time to science fiction by Robert Wise. A military satellite, filled with microorganisms from space to create biological weapons, falls on a town in Arizona.
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5. Phenomenon (2008)
Due to a strange virus, a wave of terrible suicides begins. Teacher Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg) with his wife (Zooey Deschanel) and loved ones plan to flee the city, but on the way they learn that his friend's wife is in the infected region.
6. Infection (2011)
WHO is trying to stop an epidemic that is spreading very quickly and killing people. Cast - Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Gwyneth Peltrow and Marion Cotillard.
7. Media (2009)
A deadly virus kills most of the world's population. Brothers Brian (Chris Pine) and Danny (Lou Taylor Pucci) and their friends believe they can hide from the threat on the so-called Turtle Beach.
8. Patient Zero (2016)
British horror film directed by Stefan Rucovicki tells the story of a company planning to celebrate a wedding in the Caribbean. But while scuba diving, the bride touches a strange fish infected in a secret island laboratory.
9. Blindness (2008)
The inhabitants of the city are sick with an unknown infection, due to which people lose their eyesight almost instantly. The doctor (Mark Ruffalo) and his wife (Julianne Moore) have to sort out the situation.
10. Epidemic (1995)
Tropical fever, appears in the jungle of Zaire. To prevent its spread, the soldiers destroy the camp with the infected mercenaries. But the situation repeats itself again almost 30 years later. Starring Dustin Hoffman and Morgan Freeman.
11. Virus (2013)
Near Seoul, Korean police find a container with dead people. The only survivor became the cause of the spread of a terrible virus throughout the city.
12. Fever (2002)
Five friends decide to relax in a house in the woods, but everything does not go according to plan from the first minutes. One is bitten by an unknown child, the second accidentally shoots a person while hunting, and the third has rotting spots on the skin. What's happening? Director Eli Roth knows the answer to this question for sure!
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13. Mad Men (2010)
An outbreak of unreasonable aggression sweeps through the inhabitants of a small, peaceful town. Sheriff David Dutton (Timothy Olyphant) finds a crashed military plane in the river.
14. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
In the best traditions of the genre, a terrible virus destroyed most of the world's population. The rest of the people are forced to hide underground. Their last hope is criminal James Cole (Bruce Willis), who must return to the past and prevent disaster.
15. Infection (2004)
The doctors at the hospital know very well how many surprises happen at night. Due to a ridiculous mistake, the patient dies unexpectedly, and the head physician decides to hide the incident. But of course, the surreal Japanese horror movie couldn't have ended so easily!
