10 Best Films About Pandemics
4. I Am Legend (2007)
Will Smith wandering around a post apocalyptic New York City with a dog at his side trying to save the world from mutated, cannibalistic and vampiric humans, what's not to love?
Set after the events of a man made plague designed initially as a cure to cancer, I Am Legend chronicles the post breakout life of Robert Neville as he attempts to continue living a fulfilling life while trying to cure a pandemic that has wiped out 90% of all life on Earth.
Smith brings a certain charisma to a character (who for most of the movie shares the screen with only a non speaking partner) that no one else can. From the opening of the movie you become attached to Smith as Neville and believe in his cause and conviction, you want him to succeed and the bittersweet ending is all the more rewarding because of that.
An amazing performance from Will Smith cements this movie as a great watch, the only drawback was thankfully not released as part of the final product, if you do watch this film please don't watch the alternate ending.