THEME EXPLORATION

viral pandemic

26 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
A Man and A Woman
A Man and A Woman
2026 · Guan Hu
Clika
Clika
2026 · Michael Greene
Resident Evil
Resident Evil
2002 · Paul W. S. Anderson
28 Weeks Later
28 Weeks Later
2007 · Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
[REC]
[REC]
2007 · Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza
A Provincial Hospital
A Provincial Hospital
2022 · Ilian Metev & Ivan Chertov & Zlatina Teneva
Zombi 3
Zombi 3
1988 · 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
As Good as Dead
As Good as Dead
2022 · R. Ellis Frazier
Buddy
Buddy
2003 · Morten Tyldum
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
Occupied City
Occupied City
2023 · Steve McQueen
Ox-Head Village
Ox-Head Village
2022 · Takashi Shimizu
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 viral pandemic with scientific accuracy and explores how disease ravages society across multiple continents.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'Shivers' (1975) and 'Rabid' (1977) use viral pandemics as visceral metaphors for societal breakdown and the loss of bodily autonomy.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His film 'Time of the Wolf' (2003) portrays a society in collapse following an unnamed catastrophic event, examining human behavior and survival instincts in pandemic-like conditions.