Virus/Disease/Biowarfare Movies
by TheBlueHairedLawyer | created - 14 Apr 2016 | updated - 14 Apr 2016 | PublicFilms that deal with the subject of viral/bacterial epidemics or biowarfare. The films on this list are all fictional but a few are based on true stories. I've decided to exclude George Romero's "living dead" films because the zombies in those films were caused by radiation. Also, most zombie films have been left out of this list because they are all the same generally. If there is one that you feel truly belongs on this list, comment and I'll consider adding it.
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1. Warnzeichen Gen-Killer (1985)
16 | 99 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A woman working as a security guard in an agricultural research facility finds herself and her co-worker Schmidt fighting to survive against their former friends.
Director: Hal Barwood | Stars: Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 2,081 | Gross: $1.92M
2. Camp - Tödliche Ferien (2015)
16 | 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: 3,159
3. Zeit des Erwachens (1990)
12 | 121 min | Biography, Drama
The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson
Votes: 116,825 | Gross: $52.10M
4. Der Omega-Mann (1971)
16 | 98 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Lone survivor, doctor Robert Neville, struggles to create a cure for the plague that wiped out most of the human race while fighting The Family, a savage luddite death cult formed by the zombie-like infected to erase the past.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo
Votes: 27,577 | Gross: $8.72M
5. Crazies (1973)
16 | 103 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
The military attempts to contain a manmade combat virus that causes death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones, Lloyd Hollar
Votes: 10,379 | Gross: $0.15M
6. Blood Suckers (1970)
BPjM Restricted | 83 min | Horror
A group of hippies wreak havoc on a small town and a young boy, whose grandfather and sister were attacked by them, decides to get even, with deadly results.
Director: David E. Durston | Stars: Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury, Jadin Wong, Rhonda Fultz, George Patterson
Votes: 3,065
7. Outbreak - Lautlose Killer (1995)
12 | 127 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Army doctors struggle to find a cure for a deadly virus spreading throughout a California town that was brought to America by an African monkey.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey
Votes: 106,041 | Gross: $67.82M
8. Resident Evil (2002)
16 | 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: 238,495 | Gross: $40.12M
9. Doomsday - Tag der Rache (2008)
R | 108 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race.
Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig, Caryn Peterson
Votes: 70,507 | Gross: $10.96M
10. Contagion (2011)
12 | 106 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a worldwide epidemic as the CDC works to find a cure.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow
Votes: 220,719 | Gross: $75.66M
11. 28 Days Later... (2002)
18 | 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: 357,825 | Gross: $45.06M
12. Cabin Fever (2002)
18 | 93 min | Horror
Five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Jordan Ladd, Rider Strong, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent
Votes: 71,704 | Gross: $21.16M
13. [Rec] (2007)
18 | 78 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
Directors: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza | Stars: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano, Pablo Rosso
Votes: 158,397
14. Andromeda - Tödlicher Staub aus dem All (1971)
12 | 131 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A team of top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what has killed the citizens of a small town and learn how this deadly contagion can be stopped.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: James Olson, Arthur Hill, David Wayne, Kate Reid
Votes: 31,713
15. Carriers (2009)
16 | 84 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.
Directors: David Pastor, Àlex Pastor | Stars: Chris Pine, Piper Perabo, Lou Taylor Pucci, Emily VanCamp
Votes: 41,143 | Gross: $0.09M
16. Quarantäne (2008)
16 | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC, after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
Director: John Erick Dowdle | Stars: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Columbus Short, Jay Hernandez
Votes: 67,397 | Gross: $31.69M
17. Parasiten-Mörder (1975)
16 | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends out to infect others by the slightest sexual contact.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Allan Kolman
Votes: 16,547
18. Pandemic - Tödliche Erreger (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: 1,220
19. Gamgi (2013)
122 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Chaos ensues when a lethal, airborne virus infects the population of a South Korean city less than 20 kilometers from Seoul.
Director: Sung-su Kim | Stars: Hyuk Jang, Soo Ae, Roxanne Aparicio, Jang-Su Bae
Votes: 7,199
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