THEME EXPLORATION

disease outbreak

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ebola Syndrome
Ebola Syndrome
1996 · Herman Yau
Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis
Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis
2004 · Taweewat Wantha
Poetry
Poetry
2010 · Lee Chang-dong
The Mosquito Net
The Mosquito Net
2010 · Agustí Vila
Ashes
Ashes
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Trouble Every Day
Trouble Every Day
2001 · Claire Denis
Mimic
Mimic
1997 · Guillermo del Toro
Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith
1931 · John Ford
Bubu (Bubu de Montparnasse
Bubu (Bubu de Montparnasse
1971 · Mauro Bolognini
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
1992 · Jean Rouch
Foot and Mouth
Foot and Mouth
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
Four Frightened People
Four Frightened People
1934 · Cecil B. DeMille
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steven Soderbergh USA

His film 'Contagion' meticulously dramatizes the spread of a pandemic with scientific precision and explores how disease outbreaks reshape society and human behavior.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

He examines disease and social collapse through a dystopian lens in 'Snowpiercer' and explores infection and survival in isolated environments with dark visual storytelling.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' use disease outbreak and viral contamination as metaphors for bodily transformation and loss of control.