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The Last of Us (2016)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, La fin du monde, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Pont, Post-apocalyptic films, Films set in the future, Films about video games, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Films based on video games, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Maisie Williams
Train to Busan (2016)
, 1h58Directed by Yeon Sang-ho
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Disaster films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Gong Yoo, Jeong Yu-mi, Choi Woo-shik, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Ahn So-hee
Un chauffeur de camion est arrêté sur une petite route par des hommes portant des tenues de protection contre les risques biologiques. Ils désinfectent son véhicule avant de le laisser passer. Peu après, il percute une chevrette qui, bien que morte, se relève.
28 Days Later (2002)
, 1h53Directed by Danny Boyle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films about terrorism, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Political films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Disaster films, Eco-terrorism in fiction
Actors Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Christopher Dunne
In Cambridge, three animal liberation activists break into a medical research laboratory with the intent of freeing captive chimpanzees. They are interrupted by a scientist, who desperately warns them that the chimps are infected with a highly contagious rage-inducing virus that is spread through blood and saliva. Ignoring the scientist's pleas, the activists release a chimpanzee, who attacks one of them and immediately infects her — leading her to attack and infect everyone else present.
I Am Legend (2007)
, 1h44Directed by Francis Lawrence
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about animals, La fin du monde, Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about dogs, Vampires in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Political films, Dystopian films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films
Actors Will Smith, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Willow Smith, Dash Mihok
In 2009, a genetically re-engineered measles virus, originally created as a cure for cancer, turns into a lethal strain which kills 90% of those it infects, and mutates the remaining 10% into predatory, nocturnal mutants called "Darkseekers" who are extremely vulnerable to sunlight and other sources of UV. Three years after the outbreak, US Army virologist Lieutenant Colonel Robert Neville (Will Smith) lives an isolated life in the ruins of New York City, which is now deserted, unsure if any other uninfected humans are left in the world.
World War Z (2013)
, 1h56Directed by Marc Forster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about children, La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about religion, Transport films, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Political films, Dystopian films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films
Actors Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox, Ludi Boeken, David Andrews
A zombie outbreak erupts in metropolitan areas around the world; those bitten by the creatures become zombies themselves within twelve seconds. Retired UN investigator Gerry Lane, his wife Karen, and their two daughters manage to escape the outbreak in Philadelphia and take shelter with a family in Newark while waiting for special evacuation the next day, thanks to Gerry's friend UN Deputy Secretary-General Thierry Umuntoni. They find a shelter for the night while waiting for a rescue helicopter. Their hosts choose not to accompany them when they flee the next day, and are subsequently bitten and changed by zombies. Their son, Tommy, manages to escape, and Gerry's family takes him in. They are flown to an offshore U.S. Navy carrier group near New York where Umuntoni is overseeing the remaining worldwide governments' reactions.
28 Weeks Later (2007)
, 1h31Directed by Danny Boyle, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Andrew Macdonald
Origin Espagne
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Political films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Disaster films
Actors Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Lee Renner, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Garfield Morgan, Catherine McCormack
During the original outbreak of the Rage Virus, Don, his wife Alice, and four other survivors hide in a barricaded cottage on the outskirts of London. They hear a terrified boy pounding at their door, and let him in. A few minutes later, they discover that the infected have followed the boy to them. The infected attack and kill most of the survivors, while Don, Alice, and the boy are chased upstairs. Don is separated from Alice and when the boy is seen hiding in the closet. Alice rushes to get the boy, while Don tells her to just leave him. Soon the infected break into the room and after Alice pleading with Don to "help us", he decides to leave, abandoning them. Don desperately sprints to a nearby motorboat and narrowly escapes.
Contagion (2011)
, 1h50Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about sexuality, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Disaster films
Actors Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet
Returning from a Hong Kong business trip, Beth Emhoff has a layover in Chicago to have sex with a former lover before returning to her family in suburban Minneapolis. She appears to have contracted a cold during her trip. Her six-year-old son from a previous marriage, Clark, also becomes symptomatic and is sent home from school. Beth's condition worsens and two days later she collapses with severe seizures. Her husband, Mitch, rushes her to the hospital, but she dies of an unknown cause.
The Rains Came (1939)
, 1h43Directed by Otto Brower, Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Children's films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Tyrone Power, Myrna Loy, George Brent, Brenda Joyce, Nigel Bruce, Maria Ouspenskaïa
The story centers on the redemption of its lead female character. George Brent is Tom Ransome, an artist who leads a rather dissolute if socially active life in the town of Ranchipur. His routine is shattered with the arrival of his former lover, Lady Edwina Esketh (Myrna Loy) who has since married the elderly Lord Esketh (Nigel Bruce). Lady Edwina first sets out to seduce, then gradually falls in love with, Major Rama Safti (Tyrone Power) who represents the "new India."
The Flu (2013)
, 2h1Directed by Kim Seong-su
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Disaster films
Actors Jang Hyuk, Soo Ae, Yoo Hae-jin, Park Min-ha, Ma Dong-seok, Lee Hee-joon
A group of illegal immigrants are smuggled from China to South Korea inside a shipping container, but when it's opened in the affluent Seoul suburb of Bundang by traffickers, it's discovered that all of the immigrants are dead, except for one man, a carrier of a deadly strain of H5N1 (avian influenza, or bird flu). As the man escapes, he quickly spreads the virus to nearby residents. Mir (Park Min-ha), daughter of a single mother Kim In-hae (Soo Ae), meets the man, named Mossai, and gives him some food and tells him to wait as she calls rescue worker and paramedic Kang Ji-goo (Jang Hyuk). However as he arrives, Mossai is nowhere to be found.
Resident Evil (2002)
, 1h40Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Films about computing, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about video games, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Political films, Dystopian films, Films based on video games, Disaster films
Actors Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodríguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Martin Crewes, Colin Salmon
Underneath Raccoon City exists a genetic research facility called the Hive, owned by the Umbrella Corporation. A thief steals the genetically engineered T-virus and contaminates the Hive with it. In response, the facility's artificial intelligence, the Red Queen, seals the Hive and kills everyone inside.
Outbreak (1995)
, 2h8Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, Duncan Henderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Cuba Gooding Jr., Patrick Dempsey, Donald Sutherland
Motaba, a fictional virus which causes a deadly fever, is discovered in the African jungle in 1967. To keep the virus a secret, U.S. Army officers Donald McClintock (Donald Sutherland) and William Ford (Morgan Freeman) destroy the camp where it was found.
The Omega Man (1971)
, 1h38Directed by Boris Sagal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Paul Koslo, Rosalind Cash, Eric Laneuville, Brian Tochi
In 1975, biological warfare between China and Russia kills most of the world's population. U.S. Army Col. Robert Neville, M.D. is a scientist based in Los Angeles. As he begins to succumb to the plague himself, he injects himself with an experimental vaccine, rendering himself immune.
Rabid (1977)
, 1h27Directed by David Cronenberg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, Christmas films, Vampires in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Disaster films
Actors Marilyn Chambers, Susan Roman, Joe Silver, Patricia Gage, Victor Désy, Vlasta Vrána
A critically injured woman, victim of a motorcycle accident, is taken to the plastic surgery clinic of Doctor Dan Keloid, where some of her intact tissue is treated to become morphogenetically neutral. The tissue is grafted to fire-damaged areas of her body in the hope that it will differentiate and replace the damaged skin and organs.
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
, 2h9Directed by George Cosmatos
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Disaster films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Martin Sheen, Lee Strasberg, Ava Gardner
When the existence of a strain of plague (vaguely identified as pneumonic) is revealed at the U.S. mission at the International Health Organization, three terrorists seek to blow up the U.S. mission. Two of them are shot, one mortally, by security personnel but one escapes. The surviving terrorist is hospitalized and quarantined and identified as Swedish. Dr. Elena Stradner (Ingrid Thulin) and U.S. Colonel Stephen Mackenzie (Burt Lancaster) (Military Intelligence assigned to the IHO) argue over the nature of the strain, which Stradner suspects is a biological weapon but which Colonel Mackenzie claims was in the process of being destroyed.
Virus (1980)
, 2h36Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Social science fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Sonny Chiba, Bo Svenson, Glenn Ford, George Kennedy, Masao Kusakari, Olivia Hussey
In 1982, a shady transaction is occurring between an East German scientist, Dr. Krause, and a group of Americans. It is revealed that MM88 is a deadly virus, created accidentally by an American geneticist, that amplifies the potency of any other virus or bacterium it comes into contact with. The Americans recover the MM88, which was stolen from a lab in the US the year before, but the virus is released, creating a pandemic initially known as the "Italian Flu".