Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably have heard about the virus COVID-19 sweeping the globe. People are in hysterics over it. Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and soap have vanished from store shelves. Events like Coachella and the NBA season have been postponed. Movies have been held from theaters. Colleges have cancelled classes and closed their doors. Most people have self-quarantined themselves in their homes and hoped for the best. Even I, despite my usual never-ending positivity, have curled up at home with my pets with nothing but time on my hands, but hey! At least I have toilet paper. Some people can’t say the same.
It’s frankly depressing, but, luckily, I’m here to remind you that things could be worse. So, without further ado, here is a list of movies to curl up and watch during your temporary isolation to tell yourself, “Hey, at least it’s not THAT bad.”
- World War Z
Brad Pitt, who plays a former United Nations employee, travels the world trying to find a way to stop a zombie pandemic that has the potential to end the human race.
Year of release: 2013
Where can I find it? Amazon Prime
- Contagion
Everyone around the world find themselves at risk from a pandemic as the CDC try desperately to find a cure.
Year of release: 2011
Where can I find it? Amazon Prime
- I am Legend
After a vampiric plague kills most of the human race, Will Smith, who plays a lonely survivor in New York, tries valiantly to find a cure while fighting off the vampire-like monsters.
Year of release: 2007
Where can I find it? Amazon Prime
- 28 Days Later
Four weeks after an incurable virus has swept the nation of the UK, a couple of survivors head out on the search for sanctuary.
Year of release: 2002
Where can I find it? Amazon Prime
- Outbreak
Military healthcare professionals struggle to find a cure for a fatal virus sweeping a small town in California that was brought to the USA by an African monkey.
Year of release: 1995
Where can I find it? Netflix
- The Happening
Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel play a science teacher and his wife who travel with a young girl as they struggle to survive a pandemic that causes the infected to kill themselves.
Year of release: 2008
Where can I find it? Amazon Prime
- 12 Monkeys
In a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by disease, a convict travels back in time to gather intel about the man-made virus that killed most of the human population.
Year of release: 1995
Where can I find it? Amazon Prime
- Cabin Fever
Five college grads stay in a cabin in the woods and start dying of a flesh-eating disease, which attracts some attention from the nearby homicidal residents.
Year of release: 2016
Where can I find it? Netflix
- Carriers
As a fatal virus sweeps the globe, four friends seek out a rumored virus-free sanctuary. But while in the midst of their travels, they start to turn on each other.
Year of release: 2009
Where can I find it? Netflix
- Blindness
A city is devastated by a disease that causes immediate blindness.
Year of release: 2008
Where can I find it? Amazon Prime
- The Crazies
After a strange plane crash, a toxic illness enters a small farming town. A young couple is quarantined, but they fight to survive with help from others.
Year of release: 2010
Where can I find it? Amazon Prime
- The Andromeda Strain
A group of top scientists work tirelessly in a secret lab to figure out what has killed citizens in a small town and discover how this disease can be cured.
Year of release: 1971
Where can I find it? Amazon Prime
- Panic in the Streets
A doctor and police officer work together in New Orleans to locate a murderer infected with a pneumonic disease within the span of two days.
Year of release: 1950
Where can I find it? Amazon Prime
- The Flu
A fatal, airborne contagion hits a South Korean city that is less than 20 kilometers from Seoul, the capital of the country.
Year of release: 2013
Where can I find it? Amazon Prime
- Quarantine
A TV reporter and her camera guy are quarantined by the CDC, after the release of a contagion that turns people into killers.
Year of release: 2008
Where can I find it? Amazon Prime
There you have it! A list of terrifying movies that make the COVID-19 virus look like nothing! Hopefully, these movies can make you feel better about the current situation of the world. In all seriousness, this pandemic is not a joke. Stay inside and take care of yourself. Be aware of your health and the possibility of you contracting the virus. A list of symptoms can be found here. If you have any of these symptoms, contact your doctor and listen to medical authorities about what next steps you should take. Stay safe everybody! We are living in a critical world and I am a Critical Girl!
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