Pandemic movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant pandemic movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, apocalyptic, suspense, serious, tense and scary films and TV shows about / with pandemic, epidemic, apocalypse, virus, survival, infection, disease, danger, disaster and post apocalypse plots mostly in Thriller, Sci-Fi and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as pandemic: Contagion (2011), Train to Busan (2016), World War Z (2013), Carriers (2009), It Comes at Night (2017), The Andromeda Strain (2008), Helix (2014), The Island (2020), Exam (2009), The Sadness (2021).

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 6.8
 315K
Contagion (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
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, bleak, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: epidemic, virus, deadly virus, pandemic, infection, infected, quarantine, survival, plague, disaster, medical, natural disaster ...
Time: 2010s, future, distant future, year 2000, year 2011 ...
Place: minnesota, hong kong, san francisco, california, bay area ...
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 7.6
 255K
Train to Busan (2016)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…
Style: suspense, apocalyptic, emotional, tense, bloody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, virus, survival, epidemic, apocalypse, pandemic, train, zombie attack, survival horror, zombie apocalypse, undead, living dead ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, y2k, 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, busan, east asia, china ...
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 7.0
 715K
World War Z (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Duration: 116 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: apocalyptic, suspenseful, scary, serious, tense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: zombie, virus, apocalypse, epidemic, zombie apocalypse, post apocalypse, deadly virus, survival, infected, end of the world, post apocalyptic, natural disaster ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, jurassic ...
Place: new jersey, new york, israel, philadelphia, seattle ...
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 6.0
 50K
Carriers (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 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, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: virus, survival, infection, pandemic, post apocalyptic, road trip, end of the world, post apocalypse, biohazard, deadly virus, apocalypse, dystopia ...
Time: distant future, 21st century
Place: texas, usa
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It Comes at Night (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Style: suspense, minimal cast, rough, apocalyptic, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: infection, pandemic, post apocalypse, interracial couple, fear, paranoia, dog, apocalypse, murder, infected, hopelessness, forest ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
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The Andromeda Strain (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
TV show
Story: A U.S. satellite crash-lands near a small town in Utah, unleashing a deadly plague that kills virtually everyone except two survivors, who may provide clues to immunizing the population. As the military attempts to quarantine the area, a team of ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, melancholic, harsh, stylized ...
Plot: virus, laboratory, pandemic, plague, bacteria, biohazard, infection, time travel, catastrophe, danger, cure, deadly virus ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, utah, shanghai, los angeles
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 6.7
 30K
Helix (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: scientist, deadly virus, virus, pandemic, zombie, survival, dna, danger, quarantine, save the day, immortality, epidemic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, georgia
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 6.8
 2K
The Island (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Denmark
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: A deadly virus hits a small community living on an island in the North Sea.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, apocalyptic
Plot: pandemic, virus, teenage girl, quarantine, teenage protagonist, island, epidemic, stranded on an island, struggle for survival, society, survival, lifestyle change ...
Time: 2020s
Place: fictional island
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 6.8
 125K
Exam (2009)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The final candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a test so simple and confusing that tension begins to unravel.
Style: psychological, surprise ending, suspense, mind bending, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: mind game, survival, plot twist, twists and turns, psychology, surveillance, confinement indoors, psychologist, ambition, intrigue, rivalry, pandemic ...
Time: year 2009, future
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 6.4
 19K
The Sadness (2021)
Genre: Horror
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: With the spread of the new virus, people all over the world are becoming numb to the virus. No one believes that the mutation of the virus and the Tibet crisis are coming. Junzhe and his girlfriend Kai Ting discuss when the epidemic will end, but ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, scary, psychological, slasher ...
Audience: date night
Plot: virus, pandemic, plague, infection, survival, rape, zombie, infected, couples, deadly virus, violent, undead ...
Time: 2020s
Place: taiwan, east asia, taipei
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 8.7
 504K
The Last of Us (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America.
Style: exciting, suspense, apocalyptic, scary, psychological ...
Plot: epidemic, post apocalypse, apocalypse, infection, survival, pandemic, survival horror, end of the world, survivor, zombie violence, violence, danger ...
Time: 2020s, future
Place: usa
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 4.4
 8K
Pandemic (2016)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: suspense, serious, disturbing, rough, apocalyptic ...
Plot: virus, pandemic, infection, found footage, teenage girl, apocalypse, survivor, survival, rescue, survival horror, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future
Place: los angeles
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 7.2
 808K
I Am Legend (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: scary, intense, atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: zombie, survival, apocalypse, loneliness, post apocalypse, virus, infected, isolation, supernatural, plague, end of the world, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future, year 2007, near future, jurassic, distant future ...
Place: new york, america, usa, brooklyn new york city, vermont ...
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 5.3
 2K
Pandemic (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
TV show
Story: The outbreak of a strange, deadly virus aboard a passenger plane sends Los Angeles into a panic in this terrifying TV movie. As the virus spreads across the city and the death toll rises, Dr. Kayla Martina (Tiffani Thiessen, FASTLANE) fights to ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: quarantine, pandemic, epidemic, plague, disaster, rescue, airport, fighting the system, danger, investigation, confined, save the day ...
Place: australia, los angeles, usa, california
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Day of Resurrection (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
Style: retro, cult classic, serious, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: pandemic, apocalypse, disaster, epidemic, virus, submarine, post apocalypse, deadly virus, biohazard, nuclear holocaust, infection, dystopian future ...
Time: year 1980, 80s, year 1988, year 1982, year 1983 ...
Place: antarctica, new york, london, tokyo, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: 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.
Style: dark, suspense, scary, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: zombie, apocalypse, pandemic, post apocalypse, infection, zombie apocalypse, end of the world, military, zombie child, children, undead, virus ...
Time: future, year 2016
Place: london
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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive ...
Style: exciting, apocalyptic, splatter, saga, disgusting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: zombie, post apocalypse, virus, pandemic, post apocalyptic, chaos, end of the world, monster, female warrior, supernatural, zombie apocalypse, one woman army ...
Time: future, year 2016, year 2017
Place: washington d.c., usa
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 6.3
 48K
Cargo (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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.
Style: apocalyptic, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: zombie, pandemic, post apocalypse, survival, infection, father daughter relationship, boat, infected, baby, aborigine, danger, protection ...
Time: near future, 2010s
Place: australia, oceania, south australia
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 7.9
 527K
Children of Men (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: 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.
Style: atmospheric, neo noir, depressing, bleak, spiritual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, dystopian future, end of the world, chaos, redemption, heroic mission, pandemic, post apocalyptic, fertility, dying ...
Time: future, year 2006, distant future, near future, 2000s ...
Place: england, london, europe, washington state, seattle ...
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 4.6
 10K
Patient Zero (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After an unprecedented global pandemic has turned the majority of humankind into violent "Infected," a man gifted with the ability to speak the Infected's new language leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic, rough ...
Plot: pandemic, infected, zombie, infection, virus, end of the world, patient, bunker, epidemic, professor, survival, rescue ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2016
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 6.7
 26K
Zoo (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Set amidst a wave of violent animal attacks sweeping across the planet, a young renegade scientist is thrust into a race to unlock the mystery behind this pandemic before time runs out for animals and humans alike.
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: pandemic, extinction, dangerous animal, mutation, save the world, experiment, pursuit, conspiracy, danger, death, survival, virus ...
Time: jurassic, 2010s, 21st century
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The Walking Dead (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, scary, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: zombie, survival, virus, post apocalypse, apocalypse, supernatural, pandemic, walking dead, zombie apocalypse, plague, undead, fear ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, america, atlanta georgia, georgia
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 5.6
 47K
Maggie (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: There's a deadly zombie epidemic threatening humanity, but Wade, a small-town farmer and family man, refuses to accept defeat even when his daughter Maggie becomes infected. As Maggie's condition worsens and the authorities seek to ...
Style: touching, scary, bleak, emotional, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, father daughter relationship, virus, apocalypse, pandemic, zombie apocalypse, small town, transformation, post apocalyptic, terminal illness, danger, supernatural ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: usa, midwest
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 4.9
 3K
Containment (2015)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
Style: suspenseful, suspense, serious, mysterious, creepy ...
Plot: epidemic, infection, pandemic, virus, trapped, quarantine, human nature, secret, life turned upside down, society, disease, post apocalyptic ...
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 6.3
 41K
The Rain (2018)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.
Style: captivating, atmospheric, exciting, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: post apocalypse, virus, apocalypse, pandemic, survival, brother sister relationship, illness, danger, distopia, peril, supernatural, fear ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: denmark
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 7.1
 38K
The Stand (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 361 min.
TV show
Story: The human race is wiped out by a government invented super flu. The remaining survivors take sides in the forces of good and evil. A mysterious old woman who is a servant of God and a powerful and deadly man who might be the devil himself. A gas ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, apocalyptic, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, disaster, end of the world, plague, pandemic, supernatural, virus, natural disaster, good versus evil, survival, post apocalypse, stephen king ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: las vegas, maine, usa, nebraska, austin texas ...
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 8.0
 644K
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when ...
Style: psychological, surreal, twist ending, non-linear, atmospheric ...
Plot: time travel, insanity, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, virus, time loop, post apocalypse, paranoia, psychology, end of the world, twists and turns, epidemic ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, year 1995, distant future ...
Place: philadelphia, maryland, baltimore, usa, pennsylvania ...
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 5.3
 14K
Locked Down (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: 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.
Style: captivating, tense, romantic, surreal, feel good
Plot: pandemic, heist, divorced couple, jewel robbery, male female relationship, robbery, convenience store robbery, criminal, love affair, couple relations, romancing partners, couples ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: london
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 6.4
 135K
Daybreakers (2009)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: futuristic, scary, stylized, intense, apocalyptic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vampire, supernatural, epidemic, vampirism, distopia, pandemic, apocalypse, dystopian future, cure, female vampire, virus, transformation ...
Time: future, year 2009, near future, year 2019, 2010s ...
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 7.2
 2K
The Plague (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Seville, 16th century. During a terrible plague epidemic, the corpses of several murdered people are found, as an omen of the end of the world. Seville was one of the main cities of the Western world. Known as the Great Babylon, it was home to ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, gothic, detective ...
Plot: plague, pandemic, politics, murder investigation, religion, friendship, death, revenge, promise, tudors, inquisition, danger ...
Time: 16th century
Place: spain
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