Sometimes the best way to ease your anxiety about the coronavirus pandemic, is to watch movies seeing how others dealt with their plague-ridden worlds. That’s why we put together this list of movies while you’re stuck at home due to COVID-19. Keep reading to discover our Top 20 Pandemic Movies Streaming You Need To Watch Right Now:
The only thing crazier than our lives right now is Tiger King on Netflix.
There’s something for everyone in this list of pandemic movies and shows streaming online. You’ll definitely want to watch #2, which is a based on the real story of health workers attempting to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in Africa. Here’s the 20 Best Pandemic Movies Streaming Online Right Now:
20 Best Pandemic Movies Streaming On Netflix Right Now
1. Outbreak
When an infectious diseases enters a small town via a monkey, a team of doctors race against the clock to stop the spread and find an antidote.
Stream Outbreak on Netflix. 1995, R. You’ll recognize Dustin Hoffman and Cuba Gooding Jr.
2. 93 Days
Based on a true story, heroic health workers fight to contain an Ebola outbreak when a patient arrives in Lagos with symptoms of the deadly virus.
Stream 93 Days on Netflix. 2016, TV-PG. You’ll recognize Danny Glover.
3. Walking Dead
Survivors in an apocalyptic world hold on to the hope of humanity by banding together to wage a fight for their own survival against zombies, humans infected by a virus in an outbreak.
Stream The Walking Dead on Netflix. TV-MA.
4. Train to Busan
Zombies are rampaging. What was to be a quiet train ride just became their own ticket to survival.
Stream Train to Busan on Netflix. TV-MA.
5. Cargo
Amid a terrifying pandemic, a father searches the wilds of Australia for someone willing to protect and raise his infant daughter.
Stream Cargo on Netflix. TV-MA.
6. Black Summer
In the dark, early days of the zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
Stream Black Summer on Netflix. TV-MA. 1 season.
7. The Rain
Six years after a brutal virus wipes out most of Scandinavia’s population, two siblings join a band of survivors seeking safety…and answers.
Stream The Rain on Netflix. TV-MA. 2 seasons.
8. Kingdom
While strange rumor of their ill king grip a kingdom, a crown prince becomes their only hope against a plague overtaking the land.
Stream Kingdom on Netflix. TV-MA. 2 seasons.
9. Containment
In this unsettling, suspenseful series, the residents of a city wage a battle against a powerful pathogen–and hold out hope for a cure.
Stream Containment on Netflix. TV-MA. 1 season.
10. V Wars
A fast-spreading disease that turns victims into blood-sucking fiends pits two best friends against each other in a fight for humanity’s future.
Stream V Wars on Netflix. TV-MA. 1 season.
11. Carriers
As a lethal virus spreads globally, four friends seek a reputed plague-free haven. But while avoiding the infected, the travelers turn on each other.
Stream Carriers on Netflix. PG-13. You’ll recognize Chris Pine (Star Trek).
12. Ravenous
As a zombie plague ravages their rural Quebec town, a scrappy band of survivors join forces to flee the infected hordes in this quiet thriller.
Stream Ravenous on Netflix. TV-MA.
13. Resident Evil: Extinction
Zombie killing soldier Alice roams the ruins of Las Vegas with a small band of survivors when a string of viral outbreaks nearly wipes out humankind.
Stream Resident Evil: Extinction on Netflix. R. Based on the video game.
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14. I Am Legend
When you’re the last of the uninfected, you can only count on yourself. Will Smith stars in a sci-fi thriller from the director of Constantine–I Am Legend. After a biological war, Robert Neville is the last healthy human living on Earth, but he is not alone. The other humans have become vampire-like mutants, and all are hungry for Neville’s blood. By day, he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn…
Available to rent on YouTube. PG-13. You’ll recognize Will Smith and Willow Smith.
15. The Andromeda Strain
Compelling account of the earth’s first biological crisis is perhaps the most chillingly realistic science fiction thriller ever made. After an errant satellite crashes on Earth near a remote New Mexico village, the recovery team discovers that almost everyone in the town are victims of a horrible death, with the mysterious exception of an infant and an old homeless man. The survivors are brought to a state-of-the-art laboratory descending five stories beneath the ground where the puzzled scientists race against time to determine the nature of the deadly microbe before it wreaks worldwide havoc. A trailblazer in the areas of special effects and inventive sets, The Andromeda Strain is based on Michael Crichton’s best-selling novel that created national paranoia for its topical relevance to the first moon landing.
Available to rent on YouTube. G. You’ll recognize probably no one as the movie was released in 1971.
16. Contagion
“Contagion” follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.
Available to rent on YouTube. PG-13. You’ll recognize Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jude Law.
17. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a revolution; an action-packed epic featuring stunning visual effects and creatures unlike anything ever seen before. At the story’s heart is Caesar (Andy Serkis), a chimpanzee who gains human-like intelligence and emotions from an experimental drug. Raised like a child by the drug’s creator (James Franco), Caesar ultimately finds himself taken from the humans he loves and imprisoned. Seeking justice, Caesar assembles a simian army and escapes — putting man and primate on a collision course that could change the planet forever.
Available to rent on YouTube. PG-13. You’ll recognize James Franco.
18. Cabin Fever
Five college friends head off to the woods for a weekend of drinking, partying and fooling around. But as they sit at their campfire the first night, a blood-soaked hermit approaches them. He appears to have been infected with a flesh-eating bacterial virus, and as the hapless kids start to catch the bug, paranoia and hostility run rampant.
Available to rent on YouTube. R.
19. 12 Monkeys
In the year 2035, convict James Cole (Bruce Willis) volunteers reluctantly to be sent back in time by scientists to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth’s population decades earlier. But when Cole is sent mistakenly to 1990 instead of 1996, he’s arrested and locked up in a mental hospital, where he meets a psychiatrist (Madeleine Stowe) and the son (Brad Pitt) of a famous virus expert (Christopher Plummer).
Available to rent on YouTube. R. You’ll recognize Bruce Willis.
20. World War Z
Or is it World War C? “The suspense is killer!” proclaims Peter Travers of Rolling Stone in this fast-paced pulse-pounding epic of the potential last days of the human race. Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is called upon to help stop the chaotic pandemic that has gripped populations around the world. Lane fights to keep his family safe while searching for an answer to the outbreak before it destroys all of civilization.
Available to rent on YouTube. PG-13. You’ll recognize Brad Pitt.
Best Pandemic Movies To Stream While You’re Stuck At Home
This list of 20 Top Pandemic Movies To Stream While You’re Stuck At Home are the best way to get your mind off coronavirus.
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