THEME EXPLORATION

pandemic outbreak

27 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Contagion
Contagion
2011 · Steven Soderbergh
#Alive
#Alive
2020 · Cho Il
Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis
Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis
2004 · Taweewat Wantha
Adrenalin: Fear the Rush
Adrenalin: Fear the Rush
1996 · Albert Pyun
October Rumbles
October Rumbles
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Mimic
Mimic
1997 · Guillermo del Toro
A Man and A Woman
A Man and A Woman
2026 · Guan Hu
Foot and Mouth
Foot and Mouth
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
Resident Evil
Resident Evil
2002 · Paul W. S. Anderson
28 Weeks Later
28 Weeks Later
2007 · Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Braindead
Braindead
1992 · Peter Jackson
[REC]
[REC]
2007 · Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza
A Provincial Hospital
A Provincial Hospital
2022 · Ilian Metev & Ivan Chertov & Zlatina Teneva
Panic in the Streets
Panic in the Streets
1950 · Elia Kazan
Zombi 2
Zombi 2
1979 · Lucio Fulci
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
2021 · Johannes Roberts
[REC]³ Genesis
[REC]³ Genesis
2012 · Paco Plaza
Lifeforce
Lifeforce
1985 · Tobe Hooper
The Sadness
The Sadness
2021 · Rob Jabbaz
Chinese Doctors
Chinese Doctors
2021 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book
2012 · Kim Jee-woon & Yim Pil-sung
Ebola Syndrome
Ebola Syndrome
1996 · Herman Yau
Home Office: Un especial de Mirreyes contra Godínez
Home Office: Un especial de Mirreyes contra Godínez
2020 · Chava Cartas
Night of the Zombies
Night of the Zombies
1980 · Frank Miller
Occupied City
Occupied City
2023 · Steve McQueen
Touch
Touch
2024 · Baltasar Kormákur
Virus
Virus
1980 · Kinji Fukasaku
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steven Soderbergh USA

His film *Contagion* (2011) meticulously depicts the spread of a pandemic with scientific accuracy and explores how society fractures under disease pressure.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

His work often examines existential threats and social breakdown, with *Enemy* (2014) exploring psychological contagion and paranoia in ways that parallel pandemic anxieties.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like *Shivers* (1975) and *Videodrome* (1983) function as allegories for uncontrollable disease spreading through populations with visceral psychological impact.