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Factor 8 (2009)
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Original name: Faktor 8 – Der Tag ist gekommen
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A presumed virus outbreak during a flight from south Asia to Munich. Most of all, the scientific premise is utterly wrong. Retroviruses is shown as multiplying in erythrocytes, which lack a) DNA (necessary for retrovirus replication) and b) the enzymatic apparatus for multiplying any viral nucleic acids.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, tension, disaster movie
Plot:
epidemic, airplane, quarantine, disaster, moral dilemma, isolation, passenger, pandemic, virus outbreak, virus, deadly virus, isolated place, infection, biohazard, desperation, crash landing, panic, public health, ethical dilemma, parent child relationship, evacuation, european, scientist, stewardess, politician ...
Place:
germany
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Most similar movies to Factor 8
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, tense and captivating films with plots about pandemic, disaster, epidemic, virus, apocalypse, quarantine and survival mostly in Thriller, Drama and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Factor 8: Emergency Declaration (2021), Quarantine (2000), Virus (2019), 93 Days (2016), Voyage of Terror (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
airplane hijack, aviation, hijacking, passenger, airplane, crash landing, airport, terrorist, flying, terrorism, investigation, terror ...
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100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The president of the United States declares a state of emergency after a deadly virus developed as a bio-weapon is accidentally released across the globe.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
quarantine, bio weapon, pandemic, virus, terrorism, epidemic, virus outbreak, terrorist attack, disease, terrorist, deadly virus, terrorizing ...
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69%
6K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A real life account of the deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, and the courageous fight put on by several individuals which helped to contain the epidemic.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
virus, deadly virus, epidemic, infection, quarantine, pandemic, doctor, nurse, virus outbreak, danger, fate of humanity, infected ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
epidemic, real life, virus, pandemic, infection, virus outbreak, deadly virus, struggle for survival, race against time, urban setting, death threat, biopic ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
nigeria, africa, west africa
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An infectious disease researcher is on a cruise with her daughter when an ebola-type virus attacks the ship's passengers and crew.
Style:
suspense, tension, tense, grim
Plot:
quarantine, disaster, cruise ship, virus outbreak, ocean, mutiny, mother daughter relationship, biohazard, confined, panic, isolation, pandemic ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
51%
329K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, medical horror, bleak, clever ...
Plot:
virus, pandemic, epidemic, deadly virus, infected, infection, death, quarantine, plague, survival, disaster, medical ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, year 2000, distant future, future ...
Place:
hong kong, minnesota, san francisco, california, bay area ...
Similarity:
45%
367
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting of blood and multiple organ failure. Could this be a new form of influenza or is it some other ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, serious, sad
Plot:
epidemic, quarantine, disaster, plague, disease, virus, infection, research, doctor, pandemic, investigation, danger ...
Time:
near future, 2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
40%
921
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The survivor of a deadly virus is given the chance to reclaim his lost life by stopping the man responsible for the disease.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
virus, pandemic, epidemic, post apocalyptic, time travel, choice, saving a life, fate of humanity, deadly virus, scientific experiment, save the world, struggle for survival ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
40%
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352
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An outbreak of a bacteria called M-3 causes people to die in extreme pain via body spasms. A woman who is a carrier escapes from a hospital and goes on the run, spreading the plague to people she encounters, and onto food in fast food stops etc. She ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, tense, psychotronic, grim ...
Plot:
pandemic, quarantine, plague, disaster, virus, disease, infection, bacteria, epidemic, post apocalypse, mass death, panic ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, tear jerker
Plot:
nuclear power plant, disaster, nuclear holocaust, tragedy, panic, small town, survival, workplace situations, save the day, workplace, virus outbreak, nuclear fallout ...
Place:
south korea, korea, indiana, busan
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Deep in the throes of a global pandemic, up and coming TV star, Ava Boone, is forced to flee the mounting chaos in Los Angeles and return to her rural hometown. But as she struggles to acclimate to a way of life she left behind long ago, her ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Plot:
small town, chores, homecoming, danger, dark past, troubled past, quarantine, female protagonist, fear, epidemic, survival, chaos and mayhem ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Deep underwater in the Marianas Trench an accident results in a devastating Tsunami that destroys the Hawaiian Islands as it continues toward the west coast. Panic ensues all up and down the western coast of North and South America. In an attempt to ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, serious, tense ...
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, tsunami, catastrophe, panic, survival, evacuation, apocalypse, scientist, struggle for survival, water, giant wave ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
38%
16K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Infected through the respiratory system, there is a new kind of disease that kills in 36 hours once infected. The people of the city struggle to survive this. The worst epidemic ever seen is sweeping through Bundang, the suburb of Seoul. After ...
Style:
suspenseful, terrifying, serious, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
epidemic, quarantine, plague, deadly virus, virus, infected, disaster, survival, pandemic, infection, chaos, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
Similarity:
37%
243
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Rex and his men aim to kill the homeless people living in a local deserted school hoping it'll slow an ultra-deadly strand of COVID. Now, outnumbered 100 to 1, Hap must save his little sister.
Style:
tense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
virus, homelessness, distopia, quarantine, pandemic, society, coronavirus, salvation, rescue, homeless, deadly virus, sibling relationship ...
Similarity:
36%
930
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A slow-paced, action thriller about a virus that strikes a New Mexico county and the local veterinarian who gets caught in the middle.
Style:
suspense, bleak, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
quarantine, danger, plague, dishonesty, disaster, save the day, epidemic, virus, rivalry, apocalypse, disease, found footage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jae-hyuk is a pharmaceutical worker for a medical supplies company. When a series of dead bodies are found floating in the Han River. The public is shocked to discovered that the deaths are related to a fatal outbreak of virus-infected mutant ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, disturbing ...
Plot:
parasite, epidemic, virus, survival, apocalypse, deadly virus, victim, drowning, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, pandemic ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Lee Myung-hyun and his disease control task force investigate a mutant virus that has a 100% fatality rate and kills the infected within three days. Not only must they find an antidote, they must also stop the epidemic from spreading and killing all ...
Style:
medical drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
epidemic, infection, quarantine, pandemic, disease, plague, investigation, deadly virus, virus, scientist, problem, biohazard ...
Place:
korea, south korea, seoul
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a deadly virus wipes out most of humanity, the survivors are forced to wait alone in self-sustaining bunkers while the viral threat runs its course. Able to communicate through a networked video interface, the survivors wait for years and ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
communication, bunker, virus, survival, disappearance, trapped, epidemic, deadly virus, struggle for survival, quarantine, pandemic, locked in a room ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen is a 2009 television drama. It deals with Dr James Niven's attempts to deal with the 1918 flu pandemic in Manchester. Its screenplay was written by Peter Harness and it starred Bill Paterson as Niven, along ...
Style:
medical drama, historical drama, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
epidemic, illness, public health, deadly virus, historical event, virus, society, humanity in peril, against humanity, fate of humanity, mortality, biopic ...
Time:
post world war one
Place:
manchester
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An expecting couple, a survival expert and four teenagers deal with a global blackout and the disintegration of society around them. In their plight for survival, they must endure the worst of human behavior.
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
blackout, survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, solar eclipse, white trash, student, fight, eclipse, human nature, fear ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, Malaysia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The passengers of a luxury airliner become stranded on a remote, mysterious island after an emergency landing. They soon realize the island holds a dark, deadly secret.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
air disaster, survival, disaster, island, remote island, stranded on an island, paranormal, catastrophe, struggle for survival, trapped, isolation, danger ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When some shrimp from Mexico, tainted with Cholera, is served to some people on a plane bound for LA. An outbreak ensues. And a doctor sets out to find the source and contain it before it turns into a epidemic. And if things weren't bad enough, ...
Plot:
epidemic, pandemic, virus, disaster, quarantine, infection, apocalypse, hospital, doctor, cholera, deadly virus, camping ...
Place:
los angeles, colombia, taipei
Similarity:
31%
425
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
-A dangerous virus is spreading in Montreal (in Canada) among a group of ostracized and vulnerable homeless people. How long will Anne-Marie Leclerc, infectious disease specialist and director of the Laboratory for Emergency Health, take before ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, enigmatic
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
epidemic, deadly virus, laboratory, hospital, infection, infected, virus, medical research, doctor, scientist, public health, society ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
montreal, canada
Similarity:
31%
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635
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Scientists try to simulate the Big Bang and the experiment gets out of control. While satellites come down and chaos arises, the stories of several people trying to survive is told.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense, captivating
Plot:
disaster, nurse, friendship, satellite, death, politician, soldier, hospital, father daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, bare chested male, automobile ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, switzerland
Similarity:
31%
36K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria, USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tension, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, flying, pilot, terrorist, empathy, violence, murder, airplane trip, save the day, capture, terrorist group, heroes ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
persia, berlin germany
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A scientist working on an energy project discovers his family have undergone strange changes in their personalities, while a series of natural disasters are happening across the globe. He realises that his work has accidentally pushed the planet ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disaster, experiment gone awry, save the world, chaos, space travel, forces of nature, danger, time travel, escapades, alternate dimension, family drama, paranoia ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
29%
53K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
scary, road movie, frightening, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
virus, survival, infection, pandemic, road trip, post apocalyptic, biohazard, post apocalypse, deadly virus, dystopia, apocalypse, blood ...
Time:
distant future, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The climate change has released an ancient rabies virus trapped in the Antarctica ice. A female scientist tries to get to the laboratory to create a cure to save the world, protected by an eccentric and two members of the special forces.
Style:
apocalyptic, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
walking dead, infection, virus, deadly virus, apocalypse, fate of humanity, humanity in peril, undead, pandemic, humanity, death threat, vestiges of humanity ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A catastrophic train derailment sends the city spiraling into chaos. But the derailment is just the beginning. A biological gas attack sees crash survivors collapsing and dying within minutes. And the sickness is rapidly spreading.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
train wreck, biohazard, pandemic, infection, problem, survival, catastrophe, freight train, struggle for survival, chaos, apocalypse, train ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hope, a researcher who studies infectious diseases, the struggle for survival in a world where a deadly virus but decimated the population .
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, intense, grim ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, virus outbreak, infection, pandemic, survival, dystopia, quarantine, biohazard, medical research, isolation, contamination, claustrophobia ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
27%
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