# Movies to watch while self-quarantined. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558 "2020-03-16T01:11:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/1 "2020-03-16T01:11:25Z")
_[Twelve Monkeys.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114746/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)_ ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/2 "2020-03-16T01:22:46Z")
The Guardian has a list of 25 Comfort films to watch while self-isolating – ranked! > **[Comfort films to watch while self-isolating – ranked!](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/12/comfort-films-to-watch-while-self-isolating-coronavirus-ranked)** > > Hunkering down to avoid coronavirus? With romcoms, fantasy yarns and at least one disaster melodrama, here’s all you need to make the most of your time in front of the TV Although with the Titanic ranked Number 1 that doesn’t really sound like a comfort film… ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/3 "2020-03-16T01:51:37Z")
Wag the Dog. ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/4 "2020-03-16T01:54:56Z")
The 1945 version of _And then there were none_. Watched it so many times and never gets old. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1t6kSQ562OQ/hqdefault.jpg "And Then There Were None (1945) AGATHA CHRISTIE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t6kSQ562OQ) ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/5 "2020-03-16T01:57:20Z")
Not going to self quarantine, but if I was stuck in the house, I’d want something with great scenery like Open Range or Wind River. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/6 "2020-03-16T01:57:51Z")
“Quarantine” 2008 horror flick. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/7 "2020-03-16T02:01:14Z")
Binge [The Last Ship.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402207/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/8 "2020-03-16T02:02:08Z")
No mention of the _Lord of the Rings_ movies? For shame. I’d also throw in _Airplane!_ ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/9 "2020-03-16T02:52:10Z")
[The Stand](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108941/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [The Andromeda Strain](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [The Masque of the Red Death](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058333/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/10 "2020-03-16T03:05:32Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Binge [The Last Ship.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402207/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) Good suggestion. I like this show. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/11 "2020-03-16T03:25:19Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > [The Stand](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108941/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) > > [The Andromeda Strain](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) > > [The Masque of the Red Death](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058333/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Bingo! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/12 "2020-03-16T03:41:15Z")
_[Outbreak](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114069/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/13 "2020-03-16T03:49:17Z")
If you want to read, try Executive Order, by Tom Clancy. There’s a manufactured plague in that one, and lockdowns/travel restrictions. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/14 "2020-03-16T03:49:38Z")
Good idea - Contagion Bad idea - The Road ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/15 "2020-03-16T07:28:35Z")
_[The Seventh Seal](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050976/)_ _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/16 "2020-03-16T07:34:05Z")
I just keep it on TCM…24/7. Usually. I watched the debate Sunday night. I was stabby before it was over. I can’t take one more WH press conference. I’ll have to find stuff out some other way. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/17 "2020-03-16T09:07:08Z")
Or read some Robin Cook novels. Late at night, with only a lamp on. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/18 "2020-03-16T10:31:17Z")
_[Testament](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086429/)_. A good little movie about people in a small town (starting with the children) dying off one by one, from postwar nuclear radiation poisoning. I though of it yesterday, when my son’s piano teacher asked if we’d prefer a Skype lesson this week (we’ll stick with the usual in-person lesson). There is a poignant piano lesson scene in the film. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/19 "2020-03-16T11:40:29Z")
Listening to a movie podcast this weekend I heard that a bunch of current movies have stopped production due to corona, not just for logistical reasons, but also because people aren’t going to be packing into theaters anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/20 "2020-03-16T11:46:12Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Listening to a movie podcast this weekend I heard that a bunch of current movies have stopped production due to corona, not just for logistical reasons, but also because people aren’t going to be packing into theaters anytime soon. The last part sounds odd – movie production is typically a one-to-three-year process – unless they meant “the last stage of production, just a month or two or three before a film is released” (publicity? distribution? maybe sound editing or music?). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558.md?page=2)