Virus outbreak movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant virus outbreak movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, apocalyptic, serious, tense and visually appealing films and TV shows about / with virus outbreak, epidemic, pandemic, virus, infection, apocalypse, survival, deadly virus, disaster and post apocalypse plots mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as virus outbreak: Helix (2014), Containment (2016), Contagion (2011), I Am Legend (2007), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), The Painted Veil (2006), Resident Evil (2002), Twelve Monkeys (1995), Children of Men (2006), The Andromeda Strain (2008).
Best films
New films
| The Directive (2019) | 2.4 | |
| Anna (2021) | 7.0 | |
| City Rush 4 (2025) | 5.2 | |
| Army of Thieves (2021) | 6.4 | |
| Virus (2019) | 7.7 |
List of virus outbreak movies
31K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
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, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
scientist, deadly virus, virus, survival, dna, danger, pandemic, quarantine, save the day, zombie, arctic, epidemic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, georgia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An epidemic breaks out in Atlanta leaving the large city quarantined and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives. This is the story of loved ones torn apart, and how the society that grows inside the quarantine reveals both the devolution ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
virus, epidemic, quarantine, death, society, tragic event, doctor, infection, conspiracy theory, murder, virus outbreak, blood ...
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia
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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 ...
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870K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
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:
intense, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, loneliness, post apocalypse, virus, infected, post apocalyptic, isolation, supernatural, plague, end of the world ...
Time:
future, year 2007, near future, year 2013, jurassic ...
Place:
new york, america, usa, vermont, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease which has slowly consumed his father. Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on apes, noticing dramatic increases in ...
Style:
thought provoking, visually stunning, emotional, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
gorilla, ape, planet of the apes, rebelliousness, chimpanzee, animal testing, virus, rebellion, experiment gone awry, animal experimentation, dystopia, animal ...
Time:
future, year 2011, jurassic, 2010s, near future ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, california, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Canada, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
touching, emotional, scenic, captivating, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
infidelity, loveless marriage, love story, love and romance, cheating wife, couple relations, extramarital affair, couples, marriage, cholera, adultery, unfaithful wife ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 2006, 19th century, 50s
Place:
china, shanghai, africa, london, asia ...
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307K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Alice and Rain ...
Style:
scary, suspense, cult classic, splatter, saga ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, infected, virus, zombie apocalypse, artificial intelligence, monster, survival, experiment gone awry, post apocalyptic, woman with a gun, bio weapon, gory ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2002, near future, 21st century
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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, futuristic, non-linear ...
Plot:
time travel, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, insanity, virus, post apocalypse, time loop, paranoia, end of the world, psychology, mental institution, dystopia ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1990, year 1996, 90s ...
Place:
philadelphia, maryland, pennsylvania, california, baltimore ...
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Genre: 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, apocalyptic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, chaos, redemption, end of the world, dystopian future, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, post apocalyptic, dying ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, year 2006, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, washington state, seattle ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 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, stylized, harsh, melancholic ...
Plot:
laboratory, virus, pandemic, biohazard, bacteria, infection, disaster, danger, time travel, cure, catastrophe, deadly virus ...
Time:
future, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, utah, shanghai, los angeles
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to ...
Style:
scary, suspense, rough, tense, sexy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, virus, infected, survival, end of the world, zombie apocalypse, plague, deadly virus, infection, post apocalypse, chaos, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, france ...
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269K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, father son relationship, distopia, end of the world, cannibalism, starvation, dystopia, on the road, journey ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, distant future, 2000s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, north america, canada
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are ...
Style:
gothic, dark, atmospheric, bleak, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
medieval, plague, witch, knight, sword and sorcery, danger, monk, heroic mission, dealing with death, sword and shield, bubonic plague, pagan ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, year 2010
Place:
england, europe, london
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38K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, creepy, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, deadly virus, virus, epidemic, supernatural, zombie apocalypse, radio, infection, small town, survival, insanity, fear ...
Time:
year 2008, distant future
Place:
ontario canada, canada
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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, dark, emotional, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, pandemic, survival, virus, apocalypse, train, epidemic, zombie attack, survival horror, zombie apocalypse, living dead, undead ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, busan, china, indiana ...
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Following the outbreak of a virus that wipes out the majority of the human population, a young woman documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister.
Style:
suspense, bloody, suspenseful, brutal, bleak ...
Plot:
infected, virus, infection, disease, parasite, quarantine, fate of humanity, pandemic, survival, mutation, humanity in peril, alien parasite ...
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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
Is relevant?
49K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, slasher, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
body horror, evil alien, supernatural horror, monster, macabre, cheerleader, alien, death, small town, survival, space and aliens, quarantine ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana
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41K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 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, apocalyptic, satanic, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, virus, disaster, end of the world, stephen king, post apocalypse, pandemic, supernatural, plague, good versus evil, cursed object, deadly virus ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, maine, nebraska, usa, oregon ...
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538K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
scary, frightening, atmospheric, dark, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, virus, survival, apocalypse, epidemic, infected, fear, zombie apocalypse, plague, end of the world, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
distant future, year 2003, near future, year 2000, year 2002 ...
Place:
london, england, bolivia, britain, europe ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
suspense, scary, creepy, cult horror, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
virus, gory, woods, infected, body horror, disease, fear, paranoia, eaten alive, danger, plague, forest ...
Time:
year 2002, year 2003, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.
Style:
scary, creepy, cult classic, sexy, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, living dead, post apocalypse, virus, zombie apocalypse, survival, infected, zombie outbreak, blood, zombie attack, terror ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, future, year 2000, year 2003 ...
Place:
usa, midwest, wisconsin
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142K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Gang-du is a dim-witted man working at his father's tiny snack bar near the Han River. One day, Gang-du's one and only daughter Hyun-seo comes back from school irritated. She is angry at her uncle, Nam-il, who visited her school as her ...
Style:
suspense, scary, dark, splatter, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, giant monster, fear, dark humor, macabre, animal attack, daughter, giant creature, environment, beast, deadly creature, creature feature ...
Time:
year 2002, year 2006, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, asia, seoul, korea ...
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776K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
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, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, virus, epidemic, zombie apocalypse, end of the world, deadly virus, post apocalyptic, infected, post apocalypse, pandemic, dystopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, jurassic ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, israel, philadelphia, seattle ...
Is relevant?
27K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, 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:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pandemic, dangerous animal, partner, pursuit, mutation, extinction, animal attack, save the world, virus, death, danger, survival ...
Time:
jurassic, 2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A cordon seals off a section of Antwerp when a deadly virus threatens the city. People are left to their own devices which brings out the best but also the worst.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
quarantine, isolation, danger, confined, plague, chaos, infection, conspiracy, scientist, apocalypse, virus outbreak, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
antwerp, belgium, europe
Is relevant?
52K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, United Arab Emirates, UK
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, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
pandemic, zombie, post apocalypse, survival, boat, father daughter relationship, infected, virus, infection, danger, desert, aborigine ...
Time:
near future, 2010s
Place:
australia, oceania, south australia
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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, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, apocalypse, pandemic, military, infection, zombie apocalypse, teacher, scientist, zombie child, children, abandoned city ...
Time:
future, year 2016
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a terrible virus ravages human civilization, Ann finds herself living alone in a forest, foraging for supplies, and accompanied only by a radio that broadcasts a single transmission in French. Few animals even remain; the only survivors seem ...
Style:
apocalyptic, disturbing, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
zombie, infection, survivalist, zombie apocalypse, post apocalypse, virus, female protagonist, epidemic, determination, grief, wilderness, forest ...
Is relevant?
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
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