# Plague- or pandemic-themed movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354 "2020-03-12T18:27:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/1 "2020-03-12T18:27:16Z")
Supposing one wanted to entertain oneself while quarantined with nothing but films depicting plague- or pandemic-related scenarios. Make some suggestions for me. _The Seventh Seal Love in the Time of Cholera Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ Help me. It could be 14 days, after all! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/2 "2020-03-12T18:53:02Z")
Outbreak The Stand The Plague The Walking Dead ---
**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 12, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/3 "2020-03-12T18:54:43Z")
The first 2 hrs of The Stand. (Ninja’d) Contagion ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/4 "2020-03-12T19:11:08Z")
_Panic in the Streets The Killer that Stalked New York Last Man on Earth_ (and remakes) _What’s So Bad about Feeling Good? The Andromeda Strain_ (and remake) _The Crazies_ (and remake) _Rabid Lifeforce 12 Monkeys_ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/5 "2020-03-12T19:12:08Z")
[I Am Legend](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/reference) (2007) [Carriers](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0806203/reference) (2009) [Cargo](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3860916/reference) (2017) [The Ωmega Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/reference) (1971) ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/6 "2020-03-12T19:15:01Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > The first 2 hrs of The Stand. (Ninja’d) > Contagion I actually see quite a few parallels to _ **Contagion** _ in the news every day. I’m surprised forsythia isn’t being stolen on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/7 "2020-03-12T19:18:37Z")
[The Horseman on the Roof](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113362/) [Flesh+Blood](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089153/) [The Masque of the Red Death](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058333/) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/8 "2020-03-12T19:19:10Z")
_ **Flesh and Blood** _. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/9 "2020-03-12T19:21:23Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [I Am Legend](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/reference) (2007) > {snip} > [The Ωmega Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/reference) (1971) No love for [The Last Man on Earth](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/)? ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/10 "2020-03-12T19:30:16Z")
I haven’t seen this, but on the basis of the trailer, I’ll go ahead and recommend _Doomsday_ (2008): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RrUKtJvU3G8/hqdefault.jpg "Doomsday (2008) Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrUKtJvU3G8) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/11 "2020-03-12T19:32:24Z")
A large portion of _ **Taras Bulba** _ has plague (in Krakow, I think). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/12 "2020-03-12T19:47:32Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > No love for [The Last Man on Earth](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/)? No “[pandemic](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/keywords)” tag. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/13 "2020-03-12T19:49:40Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > I actually see quite a few parallels to _ **Contagion** _ in the news every day. I’m surprised forsythia isn’t being stolen on a regular basis. I’ve seen articles that Contagion, even though it’s an almost ten year old movie, is very popular in video-on-demand services right now. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/14 "2020-03-12T19:50:53Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > I actually see quite a few parallels to _ **Contagion** _ in the news every day. I’m surprised forsythia isn’t being stolen on a regular basis. I’ve seen articles that Contagion, even though it’s an almost ten year old movie, is very popular in video-on-demand services right now. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/15 "2020-03-12T20:02:54Z")
[28 Days Later](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/?ref_=nm_knf_t1). ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/16 "2020-03-12T20:11:18Z")
Saturday Night Fever? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/17 "2020-03-12T20:20:41Z")
The polar opposite of movies like these must be the _[Madagascar](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shut-down-everything)_ ones. 🙂 [Madagascar (franchise) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_(franchise)) ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/18 "2020-03-12T20:21:32Z")
\*Contagion \*is by far the most applicable to the current situation. It’s downright prescient in a lot of ways. It’s also a very serious movie unlike a lot of the other popular candidates mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/19 "2020-03-12T20:32:27Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > \*Contagion \*is by far the most applicable to the current situation. It’s downright prescient in a lot of ways. It’s also a very serious movie unlike a lot of the other popular candidates mentioned. Yeah, but _Panic in the Streets_ has Zero Mostel. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354/20 "2020-03-12T20:59:37Z")
Outbreak Contagion And the ending of “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” - it’s practically in the end credits, but a good “charting” of how a dangerous virus spreads around the planet. I think “turned to zombie/less-than-human” movies don’t really apply. So stuff like “28 Days Later” and “Omega Man” are in a different category. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354.md?page=2)