Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "deadly-disease"

1. 28 Days Later (2002)

R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Alex Palmer

Votes: 445,630 | Gross: $45.06M

2. Dawn of the Dead (2004)

R | 101 min | Action, Horror

A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer, Jake Weber

Votes: 272,432 | Gross: $59.02M

3. 28 Weeks Later (2007)

R | 100 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.

Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Rose Byrne, Robert Carlyle, Harold Perrineau

Votes: 293,771 | Gross: $28.64M

4. Resident Evil (2002)

R | 100 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Ryan McCluskey, Oscar Pearce

Votes: 288,399 | Gross: $40.12M

5. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.

Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Francesc Albiol

Votes: 265,765 | Gross: $2.22M

6. Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Unrated | 127 min | Horror, Thriller

During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross

Votes: 128,573 | Gross: $5.10M

7. Planet Terror (2007)

R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.

Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodríguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton

Votes: 223,236

8. Braindead (1992)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin

Votes: 103,287 | Gross: $0.24M

9. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Thriller

A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman

Votes: 139,095 | Gross: $0.09M

10. Day of the Dead (1985)

Not Rated | 101 min | Horror, Thriller

As the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy

Votes: 74,367 | Gross: $5.80M

11. Zombie (1979)

R | 91 min | Horror

Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson, Al Cliver

Votes: 30,716

12. Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (1981)

Unrated | 85 min | Horror

An archaeology professor discovers an ancient crypt which contains living dead corpses. The zombies go on a rampage and attack a group of people which the professor had invited to celebrate his discovery.

Director: Andrea Bianchi | Stars: Karin Well, Gianluigi Chirizzi, Simone Mattioli, Antonella Antinori

Votes: 6,307

13. Night of the Living Dead (1990)

R | 92 min | Horror

When the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.

Director: Tom Savini | Stars: Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson

Votes: 45,493 | Gross: $5.84M

14. Land of the Dead (2005)

R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: John Leguizamo, Asia Argento, Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper

Votes: 100,793 | Gross: $20.70M

15. Hell of the Living Dead (1980)

Unrated | 99 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After an experiment gone wrong, a virus that turns people into zombies spreads throughout New Guinea. A female reporter and her cameraman, and a team of four commandos sent to investigate try to survive the onslaught.

Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Margie Newton, Franco Garofalo, Selan Karay, José Gras

Votes: 5,920

16. Daylight's End (2016)

Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A vengeful drifter takes up with a group of survivors in an abandoned police station during an apocalypse overrun by blood-hungry creatures.

Director: William Kaufman | Stars: Johnny Strong, Lance Henriksen, Louis Mandylor, Hakeem Kae-Kazim

Votes: 6,241

17. Nightmare City (1980)

R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Francisco Rabal

Votes: 6,732

18. Rage (1966)

Approved | 103 min | Drama, Thriller

A man bitten by a rabid dog in the desert must find help before it's too late.

Director: Gilberto Gazcón | Stars: Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, David Reynoso, Armando Silvestre

Votes: 743

19. Mutant (1984)

R | 99 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Two brothers discover that the residents of a small Southern town are being infected by a form of toxic waste, turning them into blood-ravenous zombies.

Directors: John 'Bud' Cardos, Mark Rosman | Stars: Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, Jody Medford, Lee Montgomery

Votes: 2,858

20. Undead (2003)

R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

A quaint Australian fishing village is overcome by meteorites that turn its residents into the ravenous undead, leaving a small group of those unharmed to find a way out.

Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay, Rob Jenkins, Lisa Cunningham

Votes: 14,800 | Gross: $0.04M

21. Zombie 3 (1988)

R | 84 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is cremated by the US military, a virus is unintentionally released into the atmosphere over a small island.

Directors: Lucio Fulci, Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei | Stars: Deran Sarafian, Beatrice Ring, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Massimo Vanni

Votes: 5,496

22. Pandemic (2007)

169 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The bird flu virus spreads through Los Angeles as a doctor from the CDC races to find a vaccine.

Stars: Tiffani Thiessen, French Stewart, Faye Dunaway, Eric Roberts

Votes: 1,634

23. Summer Camp (2015)

R | 81 min | Horror

Four American counsellors at a European summer camp must deal with the outbreak of a rage-inducing plague that starts in the animals.

Director: Alberto Marini | Stars: Diego Boneta, Jocelin Donahue, Maiara Walsh, Andrés Velencoso

Votes: 4,138

24. Puzzle (1974)

92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

An amnesiac man and his estranged wife restart their romance, only to find themselves hounded by unscrupulous figures from his past life.

Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Senta Berger, Luc Merenda, Umberto Orsini, Anita Strindberg

Votes: 1,196

25. Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (2006 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

An outbreak of avian flu mutates into a virus that becomes transmittable from human to human.

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Joely Richardson, Scott Cohen, Justina Machado, Ann Cusack

Votes: 962

26. The First Wave (2021)

R | 93 min | Documentary, History

A documentary following nurses, doctors, and administrators in a New York City hospital as they respond to the victims from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Director: Matthew Heineman | Star: Nathalie Douge

Votes: 1,092

27. Mad Love (2001)

R | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

The love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind.

Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma

Votes: 4,054 | Gross: $0.28M

28. The Living and the Dead (2006)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Rumley | Stars: Leo Bill, Roger Lloyd Pack, Kate Fahy, Sarah Ball

Votes: 2,457

29. Friend of the World (2020)

TV-MA | 50 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

After a catastrophic war, an eccentric general guides a filmmaker through a ravaged bunker.

Director: Brian Patrick Butler | Stars: Nick Young, Alexandra Slade, Michael C. Burgess, Kathryn Schott

Votes: 89

30. Virus Shark (2021)

Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

The world is ravaged by a new virus, SHVID-1, spread by a shark bite. At the bottom of the ocean, a group of scientists are racing against the clock to find a cure.

Director: Mark Polonia | Stars: Jamie Morgan, Steve Diasparra, Ken Van Sant, Natalie Himmelberger

Votes: 411

31. V.D. (1961)

91 min | Drama

A high-school track star's wedding plans are capsized by venereal disease and a bad, beautiful new girl in town. His coach and a physician steer him into the light again.

Director: H. Haile Chace | Stars: Dolores Faith, Mory Schoolhouse, Charlotte Stewart, Michael Bell

Votes: 202

32. Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies (2001)

80 min | Comedy, Horror

Girls surrounding 17 years old are affected by an illness that make her to be 'Stacies': they feel a strange and momentary happiness until they become zombies.

Director: Naoyuki Tomomatsu | Stars: Norman England, Tomoka Hayashi, Yukijirô Hotaru, Ryôichi Inaba

Votes: 1,675

33. The Moon Child (2011)

110 min | Drama

Romain, 13, has suffered from a rare genetic deficiency since early childhood, which prevents him from exposing himself to daylight. Romain remains very combative thanks to the support of David, his doctor.

Director: Delphine Gleize | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Devos, Quentin Challal, Caroline Proust

Votes: 260

34. The Directive (2019)

113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Hannah Pimentel, Nicholas Winand, Kyle Abraham, Hashim Gari

Votes: 1,315

35. Welcome to Essex (2018)

116 min | Horror

A small group of mismatched survivors of a zombie apocalypse try to escape to a rumoured rescue point on the Essex coast.

Director: Ryan J. Fleming | Stars: Catherine Delaloye, Greg Burridge, Muzzy Tahir, Sarah-Grace Neal

Votes: 56

36. Yallahrup Færgeby (2007)

9 min | Animation, Comedy

The two friends Ali and Hassan (age 12 and 13) dream about a life as gangsters.

Stars: Özlem Saglanmak, Hadi Ka-Koush, Esben Pretzmann, Annevig Schelde Ebbe

Votes: 155

37. The Missing Are Deadly (1975 TV Movie)

73 min | Thriller

A mentally-disabled boy takes a lab rat from his scientist father. Unknown to him, the rat is carrying a dangerous virus.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Ed Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, George O'Hanlon Jr., Gary Morgan

Votes: 75

38. The Spiral (1978)

83 min | Drama

A strange arrogant tourist arrives at the Morskie Oko mountain shelter. Next morning, in spite of danger, he climbs alone and the search for him begins.

Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Jan Nowicki, Maja Komorowska, Zofia Kucówna, Aleksander Bardini

Votes: 521

39. The Girl from the Wardrobe (2012)

90 min | Drama

Three lonely next-door neighbours alienate themselves in various ways. Jacek seeks contacts online, his brother Tomek has a brain injury. Magda spends time alone in her apartment. What if they become friends?

Director: Bodo Kox | Stars: Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Piotr Glowacki, Magdalena Rózanska, Eryk Lubos

Votes: 770

40. USS VD: Ship of Shame (1942)

46 min | Action, Drama, War

This film was made by the U.S. government during World War II to show its young servicemen the results of "fooling around" with "loose women" overseas. Actual victims of such sexually ... See full summary »

Stars: Keefe Brasselle, Cliff Clark, Dorothy Granger, Eddie Hall

Votes: 108

41. The Innocent Party (1959)

17 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

Don and Nicky journey to the big city one night, and pick up two trashy girls who smoke cigarettes and--even worse--wear eye makeup, so naturally they have sex. The next night Don, newly ... See full summary »

Director: Herk Harvey | Stars: Harper Barnes, Shelby Storck

Votes: 55

42. Dance, Little Children (1961)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Drama

The film provides insight into the public health efforts to combat the spread of syphilis. The infection has gotten out of control in a small town where local health officials seek ... See full summary »

Director: Herk Harvey | Stars: Leonard Belove, Maurice Copeland, Herk Harvey, Tom McGinnis

Votes: 29

43. Summer of '63 (1963)

21 min | Short, Drama

In this social guidance short film, teens on the make spread syphilis among their friends.

Director: Sid Davis | Stars: Michael Bell, Dolores Faith, Mory Schoolhouse, Charlotte Stewart

Votes: 179

44. Leve blant løver (1998)

83 min | Documentary

Documentary about three boys with cancer and their joys and sorrows, from operations, hospitals and funerals.

Director: Sigve Endresen

Votes: 66

45. Three and a Half (2011)

80 min | Drama

Three women are traveling in a stolen car through Iran, hoping to make it the northern border so that they can flee the country. But things are not going as they were expecting.

Director: Naghi Nemati | Stars: Samaneh Vafaei, Shouka Karimi, Negar Hasanzadeh, Mehdi Pourmoussa

Votes: 47

46. Ognie sa jeszcze zywe (1976)

80 min | Drama, Romance

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Director: Nobito Abe | Stars: Jiro Kawarazaki, Bozena Dykiel, Yukiko Takabayashi, Lucyna Winnicka

Votes: 12

47. Silke og Jason - for eller imod donorbabies (2004 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary

The two children Silke (14 year old) and Jason (11 year old) both suffer from life threatening diseases. There's a chance to save them, though, if their parents agree to give birth to donor... See full summary »

Director: Poul Martinsen | Stars: Mette Holmqvist, Beverly Valsted, Silke Holmqvist, Flemming Valsted

48. Siedem przystanków na drodze do raju (2003)

94 min | Drama

Two close female friends, one of whom is cancer-stricken, head to a religious sanctuary to ask for recovery from the disease. On their way they see the figures of 7 Deadly Sins and some biblical characters.

Director: Ryszard Maciej Nyczka | Stars: Agnieszka Prokopowicz, Edyta Bach, Barbara Chowaniec, Andrzej Chyra

Votes: 11

49. Magda, milosc i rak (2009)

52 min | Documentary, Romance

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Director: Alina Mrowinska | Stars: Magdalena Prokopowicz, Bartosz Prokopowicz

Votes: 7

50. The New Avengers (1976–1977)
Episode: The Midas Touch (1976)

50 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

Professor Turner has found the ultimate carrier for a host of deadly diseases, calls him Midas and offers him to the highest bidder in exchange for gold. However, Steed's former colleague ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, John Carson

Votes: 104