10 Best Films About Pandemics

9. Carriers (2009)

Contagion Film
Paramount Vatage

Highlighting the isolated feeling that can result from a worldwide outbreak of a disease that causes death, even when you aren't alone.

This early Chris Pine film is set in a post virus landscape where the few survivors have become isolated and begun to turn against their fellow humans in some cases. With what seems like a cavalcade of circumstances ranging from encountering an infected, to becoming infected themselves and even encountering some survivalists intent on furthering the human race by some rather questionable deeds, this is an edge of your seat ride that will keep you guessing what's coming next.

The difference between this movie and many others focusing on the same subject is the emphasis the storyline places on the human emotional and mental reactions to the aftermath of disease rather than the fight against the disease.

 
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