THEME EXPLORATION

epidemic outbreak

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mimic
Mimic
1997 · Guillermo del Toro
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith
1931 · John Ford
Docteur M
Docteur M
1990 · Claude Chabrol
Foot and Mouth
Foot and Mouth
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
Four Frightened People
Four Frightened People
1934 · Cecil B. DeMille
Resident Evil
Resident Evil
2002 · Paul W. S. Anderson
28 Weeks Later
28 Weeks Later
2007 · Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Braindead
Braindead
1992 · Peter Jackson
[REC]
[REC]
2007 · Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza
Contagion
Contagion
2011 · Steven Soderbergh
Dad
Dad
2003 · Stephen Dwoskin
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steven Soderbergh USA

His film 'Contagion' (2011) meticulously depicts the rapid spread of a pandemic with scientific accuracy and explores societal breakdown.

 David Cronenberg Canada

He explores disease, bodily horror, and viral contamination as metaphors for social decay in films like 'Shivers' and 'The Fly'.

 Werner Herzog Germany

His documentary and narrative work consistently examines human resilience against nature's forces, including pandemic-like threats to civilization.