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Day of the Dead, 1h42
Directed by George A. Romero
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Lori Cardille, Joseph Pilato, Terry Alexander, Richard Liberty, Jarlath Conroy, Sherman Howard

Cannibalistic zombies have overrun the entire world. The remaining fragments of the U.S. government and military hide out in fortified military bases and colonies, attempting to find a solution to the zombie pandemic. Sarah, Private Miguel Salazar, radio operator William "Bill" McDermott, and helicopter pilot John fly from their base to Fort Myers, Florida, in an attempt to locate additional survivors. They encounter a large horde of the undead, and return to their army base in the Everglades, where a small group of scientists, supported by a skeleton crew of soldiers, is searching for a way to stop or reverse the re-animation process.
REC
REC (2007)
, 1h18
Directed by Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Manuela Velasco, Javier Botet, Pablo Rosso

Ángela Vidal (Manuela Velasco), and her cameraman, Pablo, are covering the night shift in one of Barcelona's local fire stations for the documentary television series While You're Sleeping. While they are recording, the firehouse receives a call about an old woman, Mrs. Izquierdo, who is trapped in her apartment and screaming. Ángela and Pablo accompany two of the firefighters, Álex and Manu, to the apartment building, where two police officers are waiting. As they approach the old woman, she becomes aggressive and attacks one of the officers, biting his neck.
Ultraviolet, 1h28
Directed by Kurt Wimmer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Sports films, Transport films, Motocyclette, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Vampires in film, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, William Fichtner, Mike Smith, Kurt Wimmer

Ultraviolet takes place in 2078, in the years following a global epidemic that causes vampire-like symptoms, including super-human strength and elongated canines. The infected "hemophages" die within twelve years after being infected. The "Archministry", a militant medical group headed by Vice-Cardinal Ferdinand Daxus, has taken control of the government and begun rounding up infected citizens and exterminating them in order to contain the virus.
Cabin Fever, 1h34
Directed by Eli Roth
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent, Joey Kern, Arie Verveen

A hermit walking in the woods comes across his dog. He tries to get the dog's attention, but the dog is dead due to a bloody infection, and the hermit comes into contact with the infected blood.
Death Note: L Change the World, 2h9
Directed by Hideo Nakata
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about terrorism, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Kenichi Matsuyama, Shunji Fujimura, Mayuko Fukuda, Erika Toda, Shingo Tsurumi, Tatsuya Fujiwara

In the final 23 days of L's life, he meets one final case involving a bioterrorist group that aims to wipe out much of humanity with a virus. The virus has an infection rate that is one hundred times the infection rate of the SARS virus. He takes a boy he names Near, the sole survivor of its use in a village in Thailand, and an elementary school student named Maki Nikaido under his wing.
Shaun of the Dead, 1h35
Directed by Edgar Wright
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Romantic comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Comedy horror films, Dystopian films, Buddy films, Disaster films
Actors Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy

Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a 29-year-old electronics shop salesman with no direction in life. His younger colleagues show him no respect, he has a strained relationship with his stepfather, Phillip (Bill Nighy), and a tense one with his housemate Pete (Peter Serafinowicz) because of Ed (Nick Frost), Shaun's other housemate and vulgar, unemployed best friend. Furthermore, Shaun's girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) dislikes their social life as they spend every date at the Winchester, Shaun and Ed's favourite pub. Because Shaun always brings Ed, Liz is always forced to bring her flatmates, David (Dylan Moran) and Dianne (Lucy Davis). After a bad day at work, Shaun forgets to book a table at a nice restaurant, and after suggesting the Winchester again Liz breaks up with him. Shaun drowns his sorrows with Ed at the Winchester. While celebrating at home, an enraged Pete — suffering from a bite wound caused by "some crackheads" — confronts Shaun on his flaws, telling him to sort his life out.
Night of the Living Dead, 1h36
Directed by George A. Romero
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley

Barbra (Judith O'Dea) and Johnny Blair (Russell Streiner) drive to rural Pennsylvania for an annual visit to their father's grave. This was their mother's request. Johnny teases, "They're coming to get you, Barbra," noticing Barbra's discomfort. She is then attacked by a strange man (Bill Hinzman). Johnny tries to rescue his sister, but the strange man throws him against a gravestone; Johnny strikes his head on the stone and dies. Barbra flees by car but crashes into a tree. She escapes on foot, with the stranger in pursuit, and later arrives at a farmhouse, where she discovers a woman's mangled corpse. She is confronted by strange menacing figures, running out of the house, like the man in the graveyard. Ben (Duane Jones) takes her into the house. Ben drives the monsters from the house and seals the doors and windows as Barbra slowly descends into shock and insanity.
The Painted Veil, 2h6
Directed by John Curran
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks
Actors Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Diana Rigg, Edward Norton, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong

On a brief trip back to London, earnest, bookish bacteriologist Walter Fane (Edward Norton) is dazzled by Kitty Garstin (Naomi Watts), a vivacious and vain London socialite. He proposes; she accepts ("only to get as far away from [her] mother as possible"), and the couple honeymoon in Venice. They travel on to Walter's medical post in Shanghai, where he is stationed in a government lab studying infectious diseases. They find themselves ill-suited, with Kitty much more interested in parties and the social life of the British expatriates.
Doomsday
Doomsday (2008)
, 1h45
Directed by Neil Marshall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Alexander Siddig, David O'Hara, Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Malcolm McDowell, Adrian Lester

In 2008, an unknown killer virus, dubbed "The Reaper Virus" infects Scotland. The UK government cannot contain or cure the virus, and they decide to build a 60-foot containment wall over the border with Scotland and its islands, isolating it from the rest of Britain.
Pandemic
Pandemic (2009)
, 2h18
Directed by Takahisa Zeze
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Disaster films
Actors Satoshi Tsumabuki, Rei Dan, Ryoko Kuninaka, Yōji Tanaka, Chizuru Ikewaki, Ken Mitsuishi

Tsuyoshi Matsuoka (Satoshi Tsumabuki) est un médecin travaillant à l'Accueil et traitement des urgences d'un hôpital. Il reçoit un patient ayant une forte fièvre, des convulsions, des vomissements de sang, etc. Ces symptômes atypiques sont engendrés par un virus qui se diffuse immédiatement dans l’hôpital où Matsuoka travaille. On envoie à l'hôpital Eiko Kobayashi (Rei Dan), une médecin de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé. Kobayashi prévoit les effets dévastateurs que pourrait engendrer la pandémie et des mesures sont prises pour l'enrayer...
Blindness
Blindness (2008)
, 2h
Directed by Fernando Meirelles
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Films about disabilities, Political films, Dystopian films, La cécité, Disaster films
Actors Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael García Bernal, Danny Glover, Yoshino Kimura, Alice Braga

In an unnamed city, a young Japanese professional (Yusuke Iseya) is suddenly struck blind for no apparent reason. The Japanese man is approached by a few concerned people, one of whom (Don McKellar) offers to drive him home, and later steals his car. The blinded man describes his sudden affliction: an expanse of dazzling white, as though he is "swimming in milk".
The Flu
The Flu (2013)
, 2h1
Directed 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.
The Serpent and the Rainbow, 1h38
Directed by Wes Craven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield, Bill Pullman, Brent Jennings, Michael Gough

In 1978, a Haitian man named Christophe (Conrad Roberts) mysteriously dies in a French missionary clinic, while outside a voodoo parade marches past his window with a burning coffin. The next morning, Christophe is buried in a traditional Catholic funeral, at which his sister cries over his body and prays for his soul. Onlooking is a mysterious black man dressed in a suit who was also outside Christophe's hospital window on the night he died. As the coffin is lowered into the ground, Christophe's eyes open and tears roll down his cheeks.
House
House (1986)
, 1h33
Directed by Steve Miner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Ghost films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll, Kay Lenz, Mary Stävin, Michael Ensign

Roger Cobb (William Katt), an author of horror novels, is a troubled man. He has recently separated from his wife (Kay Lenz); their only son has disappeared without a trace; and his favorite aunt (Susan French), has just died, an apparent suicide by hanging. On top of everything else, it has been more than a year since the release of his latest book and he is being pressured by his publisher to write another.
It Comes at Night, 1h37
Directed by Trey Edward Shults
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Joel Edgerton, Riley Keough, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo

Dans un monde apocalyptique, pour être en sécurité, un père de famille vit reclus avec sa femme et son fils dans leur maison isolée. Un jour, une famille trouve refuge chez eux. Le père les avertit : il ne faut jamais sortir la nuit, pour des raisons de sécurité.