Disease outbreak movies and TV series
Films and TV series that attempt realistic depictions of disease epidemics and pandemics.
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- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsMatt DamonKate WinsletJude LawHealthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a pandemic as the CDC works to find a cure.
- DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsMatthew ModineAlan AldaPatrick BauchauThe story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
- DirectorRyan MurphyStarsMark RuffaloJonathan GroffFrank De JulioIn the early 1980s, the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York led to an emergence of homosexual activists. With support from the medical community, they try to raise awareness about the disease.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsRichard WidmarkPaul DouglasBarbara Bel GeddesA doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.
- CreatorBrian PetersonKelly SoudersJeff VintarStarsJulianna MarguliesTony GoldwynNoah EmmerichThe frightening spread of the Ebolavirus (season 1) and anthrax (season 2).
- DirectorDavid PastorÀlex PastorStarsChris PinePiper PeraboLou Taylor PucciAs a lethal virus spreads globally, four friends seek a reputed plague-free haven. But while avoiding the infected, the travelers turn on one another.
- CreatorJulie PlecStarsDavid GyasiChristina MosesChris WoodThe series follows an epidemic that breaks out in Atlanta, leaving the large city quarantined and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives.
- DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsDustin HoffmanRene RussoMorgan FreemanArmy doctors struggle to find a cure for a deadly virus spreading throughout a California town that was brought to America by an African monkey.
- DirectorAashiq AbuStarsParvathy ThiruvothuTovino ThomasJoju GeorgeA 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.
- StarsWouter HendrickxLiesa Van der AaMieke De GrooteAfter a virus outbreak in the center of Antwerp the goverment decides to lock the people who might be affected by placing a wall around the center
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsRobert MontgomeryVirginia BruceLewis StoneIn the fever-stricken areas of Cuba, a brave band of scientists, doctors, and U.S. Marines fight a losing battle against the deadly plague of 'Yellow Jack' until the great heroic risk taken by an Irish sergeant brings victory.
- DirectorSteve GukasStarsPaul AdamsSeun AjayiBimbo AkintolaWhat happens when the deadliest infectious disease know to man arrives in a megacity with over 21 million people .
- DirectorAdrián SabaStarsVíctor PradaAdrian du BoisMiguel IzaA forensic cleaner will become accountable for an 8-year-old orphan who has been left behind in the middle of an epidemic crisis in Lima.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsVictor McLaglenChester MorrisWendy BarrieThe S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's physician in order to be near Ann Grayson, the ship's nurse. Chief Engineer 'Crusher" McKay also has his eyes on Ann, and this brings an immediate conflict between the two men. When an epidemic breaks out below decks, Craig tells McKay the engine-and-fire rooms must be put under quarantine, but all of Craig's efforts to keep the disease from spreading are opposed by McKay.
- DirectorLuis PuenzoStarsWilliam HurtSandrine BonnaireJean-Marc BarrIn the 1990s, a South American city suffers the outbreak of a plague. The people react in different ways: Dr. Rieux tries to cure the sick, two French journalists expect sensational headlines, pious believers lament this God-given scourge.
- DirectorJefferson LewisStarsColm FeoreMichael BlissMarcel CadotteThis feature length documentary juxtaposes a 21st century scenario against the cautionary history of Montreal's 1885 smallpox epidemic to depict a modern city under siege.
- DirectorDavid WuStarsKari MatchettRon WhiteRick RobertsThe once clean and healthy city of Toronto becomes the pariah of the western world when a deadly chain of infection lands in the city. Panic spreads as the number of SARS cases increases as there are no effective treatments. In HD.
- StarsTiffani ThiessenFrench StewartFaye DunawayThe bird flu virus spreads through Los Angeles as a doctor from the CDC races to find a vaccine.
- DirectorGoran MarkovicStarsRade SerbedzijaErland JosephsonDusica ZegaracThis is a true story of the famous Variola epidemic outbreak in Belgrade.
- DirectorKim Sung-suStarsJang HyukSoo AeMin-ah ParkChaos ensues when a lethal, airborne virus infects the population of a South Korean city less than 20 kilometers from Seoul.
- DirectorEarl McEvoyStarsEvelyn KeyesCharles KorvinWilliam BishopPolice seek a smuggler while doctors, unaware she's the same person, desperately comb unprotected New York for a smallpox carrier.
- DirectorPeter FleischmannStarsHelmut GriemFernando ArrabalCarline SeiserThe BRD is haunted by a mysterious, deadly plague. In Hamburg, a group of people head for an odyssey through the country to search for survivors and a rescue.
- StarsKirill KäroMaryana SpivakNatalya ZemtsovaA terrible plague strikes and a group decides to risk their lives. Humanity struggles to survive as they face the end of their civilization.
- CreatorOlli HaikkaPetja PeltomaaJoona TenaStarsIina KuustonenPihla ViitalaVenla RonkainenA detective and a virologist pursue an unusual investigation that places them on the wrong side of the law.
- DirectorJoe NapolitanoStarsLindsay WagnerElizabeth PeñaKen PogueWhen some shrimp from Colombia, tainted with cholera, is served to some people on a plane bound for L.A., 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, a drug smuggler who was carrying some drugs on him contaminates the drugs and are sold on the street. And to top things off, the doctor's husband who is on a camping trip with their two children is sick but did not show any symptoms until they were isolated from the rest of the world. Can she get to them in time?
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsPaige TurcoJason BegheKenneth MarsTwo experts on viruses tracks down some contagious people all across the world. But it's just a matter of time before L.A. vill be exposed to the virus.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsRonald ColmanHelen HayesRichard BennettA medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
- StarsAva BellowsGil BellowsL. Scott CaldwellFour interwoven stories about the search for love and connection during a time of quarantine.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsMasao KusakariTsunehiko WataseIsao NatsuyagiAfter a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
- DirectorCharlie BuhlerStarsJenna Lyng AdamsJackson DavisRyan VigilantWhen a global pandemic forces a TV actress to escape to her rural hometown, an intruder from her past proves as dangerous as the encroaching virus.
- CreatorEsmir FilhoStarsCaio HorowiczIza MoreiraMichel JoelsasIn a Brazilian cattle-ranching town, adolescents panic when they're threatened by the outbreak of a contagious infection transmitted by kissing.
- DirectorAdam MasonStarsK.J. ApaSofia CarsonCraig RobinsonIn 2024 a pandemic ravages the world and its cities. Centering on a handful of people as they navigate the obstacles currently hindering society: disease, martial law, quarantine, and vigilantes.
- StarsJulie LeBretonGuillaume CyrMélissa Désormeaux-Poulin-A dangerous virus is spreading in Montreal (in Canada) among a group of ostracized and vulnerable homeless people.Also called "Outbreak."
- DirectorFelipe CazalsStarsAlejandro ParodiJosé Carlos RuizRebeca SilvaA terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him and soon after the disease spreads. The government tries to control the information in order to prevent panic.