PANDEMIC CONTENT PANDEMIC: HOW TO PREVENT AN OUTBREAK 100% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES The documentary looks back at a deadly influenza virus – which killed 50 to 100 million people at a time when the global population was just two billion in 1918 – showing black and white footage of people in tiny face masks, and lots of mass graves being dug. It moves onto the current battle to contain Ebola virus in Congo to anti-vaxxer parents. 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE 90% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES This brisk, claustrophobic thriller follows a woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) who becomes trapped in a bunker and is told the world is now toxic. Is her captor, played by John Goodman, telling the truth? Or does he have more sinister motives? You don’t find out until the very end, and the payoff is stupendous. IT COMES AT NIGHT 87% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES A family has secluded themselves from the outside world in light of a terrifying, widespread outbreak. But their new regime is flipped upside down when a second family shows up to the house, seeking refuge. Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, and Riley Keough star in this slow-burn thriller. 28 DAYS LATER 87% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES A bike courier (Cillian Murphy) wakes up a month after falling into a coma to find his city, London, completely ravaged and desolated by a “Rage” virus that turns human beings into deranged, murderous mutants. Soon he meets other survivors (Noah Huntley and Naomie Harris) and together they try to seek answers and refuge. WARM BODIES 81% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES If you want a zombie outbreak movie with more heart and less horror, consider Warm Bodies. It centers on a zombie (Nicholas Hoult) who saves a girl (Teresa Palmer) from an attack, and a romance blooms. Throw this one into your pandemic movie marathon for some levity. 28 WEEKS LATER 71% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES A sequel to 28 Days Later, this movie takes place six months after the events of the first movie, when mankind has declared victory on the “Rage” virus. But sadly, it’s just the calm before the storm. Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, and Idris Elba star. THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN 69% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES One of the earlier epidemic movies, The Andromeda Strain is fairly straightforward: Based on the 1969 Michael Crichton novel, the film centers on a group of scientists working to figure out what unknown virus killed all the citizens of a small town. And if you’re really in the mood for virus movies, there’s also a 2008 A&E miniseries remake you can watch after. I AM LEGEND 68% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES I Am Legend follows a U.S. Army virologist (Will Smith, in one of his most popular roles) who has outrun a pathogen that was supposed to cure cancer but actually turned humans into zombies. He seeks to find a cure for the outbreak—and any survivors hiding in the shadows. CARRIERS 67% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Pine, Piper Perabo, and Emily VanCamp star in this paint-by-numbers but nonetheless compelling tale about four survivors of a viral plague who start to turn on each other while seeking refuge from the terrifying disease. WORLD WAR Z 66% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES Brad Pitt plays a former United Nations employee who seeks to find the source and cure of a viral epidemic that turns those infected into vicious, feral monsters. Clocking in at just under two hours, this one is a bit lengthy…but absolutely nail-biting from start to finish. BIRD BOX 63% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES This Sandra Bullock suspense rollercoaster was a hit when it came out on Netflix in December 2018. It centers on a woman (Bullock) who must survive in a post-apocalyptic universe where a widespread, mysterious pathogen causes people to die if they look it in the eye. Sarah Paulson also stars. CABIN FEVER 62% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES A group of college kids’ plans for a rowdy spring break at a remote cabin are dismantled when they become exposed to a flesh-eating virus that starts picking them off one by one. This 2002 film was the start of the profitable Cabin Fever franchise, which spawned a sequel, a prequel, and a remake. OUTBREAK 60% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES An absolute classic starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, and Donald Sutherland, Outbreak centers on a group of contagious-disease experts who work to minimize and eliminate an airborne virus that’s wreaking havoc on a small California town. 40% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW One of the best disaster movies of all time, The Day After Tomorrow depicts a massive weather disaster that impacts the entire world. New York City becomes flooded. Los Angeles falls victim to massive tornadoes. You get the idea. Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Emmy Rossum star. Back to the top WWW.THERITAGE-CONCIERGE.COM INFO@THERITAGE-CONCIERGE.COM