Highest-Rated Movies about 'Epidemic', Sort by Popularity

We Are Together (2006), We Were Here (2011), Underground (2010), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), The Last Days (2013), The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936), Balto (1995) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Epidemic movies.

#16. Shivers (1975)

Storyline: A scientist living in an apartment complex kills a girl and uses acid to destroy her internal organs, and then kills himself. While investigating, a doctor discovers that the scientist was doing experiments on the use of genetically engineered parasites as organ transplants. Soon, other people in the complex begin showing signs of carrying the parasites, spreading the things through wanton orgiastic abandon, and the complex begins suffering an attrition problem.

Plot Keywords: doctor, nurse, scientist, real estate agent, tenant, police detective, gory ...

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#17. 3 Needles (2005)

Storyline: Hilde the Missionary Nun (Olympia Dukakis) narrates three separates stories, each directly concerning the A.I.D.S. crisis. From a Montréal based order, Hilde the Missionary Nun, Mary the Nun (Sandra Oh), and Clara the Novice (Chloë Sevigny) have just arrived in South Africa to work as nurses in a plantation's medical center. They learn that legend there has it that having sex with a virgin will transfer infection out from oneself. Because of this legend, an infant girl is raped. Clara, who also learns the main cause of the virus' spread within the plantation, does whatever she can to ensure that Hallyday, the Plantation Owner (Ian Roberts), flexes his economic power to right the wrongs on the plantation. Back in Montréal, Denys, the Porn Actor (Shawn Ashmore), has been cheating on his mandatory monthly H.I.V. tests, using his father's blood to pass as his own. As he believes he has been exposed to the virus, the negative results will allow him to continue working. When he is caught, Olive Cowie, the Porn Actor's Mother (Stockard Channing), learns the hard way of her son's true H.I.V. status and his occupation, and devises a strategy for his well-being. Denys also learns the consequences of his actions. And in China, pregnant Jin Ping, the Blood Smuggler (Lucy Liu) works on the black market trade of blood. She buys the blood of the majority of adults in one village, but only of those who qualify. After her visit, those who sold their blood begin to get sick. Tong Sam, the Rice Farmer (Tanabadee Chokpikultong), who was ill the day of the blood sale, and thus could not give, has to figure out why all of those around him are getting sick and dying, including members of his own family.—Huggo

Plot Keywords: porn star, father, mother, pregnant woman, nun, farmer, intricate ...

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#18. Transporter 2 (2005)

Storyline: Frank Martin is the best in the business. The ex-Special Forces operative hires himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods--human or otherwise. Very simple, he delivers, no questions asked. Frank has relocated from the French Mediterranean to Miami, Florida, where as a favor to a friend, Frank is driving for the wealthy Billings family. There's very little that can surprise The Transporter, but young Jack Billings has done just that; Frank has unexpectedly bonded with Jack, age 6, who he drives to and from school. But when Jack is kidnapped, Frank must use his battle-tested combat skills to retrieve the boy and thwart the kidnappers' master plan to release a virus that will kill anyone with whom it comes in contact.

Plot Keywords: driver, politician, son, bodyguard, terrorist, wife, frenetic ...

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#19. The November Man (2014)

Storyline: Peter Devereaux is a former CIA agent who is asked by the man he worked for to extract a woman who is in Russia and is presently close to a man running for President, who is believed to have committed crimes during the Chechen war. She can give them the name of someone who can prove it. His friend says that she will only come to him. So he goes and she gets the info and tries to get out but the man finds out and tries to stop her.

Plot Keywords: baron, daughter, young woman, young man, villager, somber, intense ...

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#20. Dark Breed (1996)

Storyline: Bill Hopkins hosts a TV show called Truth Files, which deals with such topics of UFOs and government conspiracies. He is also haunted by reoccurring nightmarish dreams of UFOs and alien beings, in which he can't piece together. He later receives a mysterious package which contains a mini audio recorder with a message from a man, who claims to have been part of top secret Black Ops mission to the far side of the moon. Bill meets with the mysterious man, who claims that the moon is occupied by alien intelligence that have been monitoring us for thousands of years with an agenda for humanity.

Plot Keywords: government agent, astronaut, waitress, teen boy, teen girl, military officer, suspenseful ...

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#23. Mimic (1997)

Storyline: A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.

Plot Keywords: scientist, colleague, husband, humanoid, child, suspenseful, frightening ...

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#24. The Bay (2012)

Storyline: This "found-footage" film is set in 2009 in the town of Claridge, Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay. During the town's annual 4th of July Crab Festival, townspeople become sick, exhibiting a variety of symptoms, which leads local news reporters to suspect something has infected the water there. No one is sure what it is or how it's transmitted, but as people start to behave strangely, and others turning up dead, fear spawns into panic. The town is shut down as government authorities confiscate video footage from every media or personal source they find, in an effort to cover-up the incident. But one local reporter who witnessed the epidemic, was able to document, assemble, and hide this film in hopes that one day, the horrible truth would be revealed . . .

Plot Keywords: townspeople, mutant, vacationer, sick person, government official, reporter, bleak ...

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#25. The Happening (2008)

Storyline: Elliot Moore is a high school science teacher who quizzes his class one day about an article in the New York Times. It's about the sudden, mysterious disappearance of bees. Yet again Nature is doing something inexplicable, and whatever science has to say about it will be, in the end, only a theory. Scientists will bring out more theories, but no explanations, when a more urgent dilemma hits the planet. It begins in Central Park. Suddenly and inexplicably, the behavior of everyone in the park changes in a most bizarre and horrible way. Soon, the strange behavior spreads throughout the city and beyond. Elliot, his wife, Alma, and Jess, the young daughter of a friend, will only have theories to guide them where to run and where to hide. But theories may not be enough.

Plot Keywords: teacher, wife, young girl, colleague, police officer, scientist, dark ...

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#27. Antisocial 2 (2015)

Storyline: Five university friends gather at a house party to ring in the New Year. Unbeknownst to them, an epidemic has erupted outside, causing outbreaks around the world. With nowhere else to turn, they barricade themselves indoors with only their phones, laptops, and other tech devices. They use their devices to research the possible cause of this outbreak. Information and video footage over flow their computers as they descend further into the cause and the ensuing chaos. As the virus spreads, the mood in the house changes from fear to paranoia. Who is safe? Who can they trust? Reality becomes blurred as they slowly discover the source of the virus causing the sickness...and there is no going back.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: college students, gunman, gory, house, party, epidemic, virus ...

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#28. Cell (2016)

Storyline: When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.

Plot Keywords: group leader, group member, man, zombie, survivor, artist, dark ...

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#29. Eaters (2010)

Storyline: The world - devastated by the Great Epidemic - is governed by hordes of living dead. Three men - Igor and Alen, two hunters of dead and a scientist, Gyno - try to give an answer to what has happened to the human race. Alen and Igor leave for two days of hunting to find new "guinea-pigs" for Gyno and meet the most varied characters: a crazy painter, neo-Nazis and a mysterious girl, daughter of the feared Plague-Spreader, supposed craftsman of the epidemic...—HiTsFroMThEBonG

Plot Keywords: terrorist, scientist, living dead, gory, ruins, epidemic, zombies ...

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#30. The Dustwalker (2019)

Storyline: In a remote town in the Australian outback, a mysterious object crashes to Earth. When a human comes in contact with the object, that person becomes lifeless and deformed. These changed humans seem interested in the town's children and kill those remaining humans who stand in their way. The town's Sheriff and her deputy, along with a schoolteacher and a scientist, all try to keep as many children safe as possible and understand what is happening to the town. Ultimately, the Sheriff and her team of citizens are helped by an otherworldly force to contain the epidemic.—Timothy Gartin

Plot Keywords: australian, alien, townsperson, child, sheriff, deputy, bleak ...

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