TOP PANDEMIC FILMS Help Pass “Social Distancing” Time By Tracey Greene I’ll have to admit that I have not seen MOST of these “outbreak” pandemic disaster movies, just as I do not watch slasher-films, as they are typically not in my wheel house of movie genre. Personally, since we have so much craziness going on in the real world, I do not like to be “entertained” by these allto-real death pandemic themed movies that only launch fears even more. But, that being said, we have lots of time on our hands so why not watch some acclaimed movie classics which (some) predicted a type of outbreak that (could) potentially cripple society as we know it…art imitating real-life or art becoming reality? Here’s a list of movies comprised from several outlets on the internet. Some are very realistic, some are thrown in for a (little) relief from all the horror! And, of course lots of zombies! We would love to hear from fans how many of these movies you have seen in the past or will watch during your
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“social distancing” time at home. Hey, this could be a good happy hour topic of discussion with friends through Facetime and other virtual platforms; the Movie Review Club! Friends can each choose a movie to watch and then discuss it…with wine or other adult beverages, of course! Whatever it takes to get us through this time of uncertainty and a little insanity. Movies are in ascending order by year: 1. “The Seventh Seal” 1957 2. “The Last Man on Earth” 1964, “The Omega Man” 1971, “I Am Legend” 2007 (all three films derived from the 1954 novel by Richard Matheson “I Am Legend”) 3. “The Andromeda Strain” 1971 4. “Dawn of the Dead” 1978; remake in 2004 5. “Outbreak” 1995 6. “12 Monkeys” 1995 7. “Cabin Fever” 2002 8. “Resident Evil” Series 2002-2017 LOVE THIS SERIES! Girl power!! 9. “28 Days Later” 2003; Sequel “28
Weeks Later” 2007 10. “The Day After Tomorrow” 2004 SEEN IT! 11. “Blindness” 2008 12. “The Happening” 2008 13. “Quarantine” 2008 14. “Cloverfield” 2008 SEEN IT! 15. “Carriers” 2009 16. “Black Death” 2010 17. “The Crazies” 2010 18. “The Walking Dead” 2010-2019 Series SEEN Many Seasons! 19. “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” 2011 SEEN IT! 20. “Contagion” 2011 SEEN IT! Everyone needs to watch this one! 21. “Chernobyl Diaries” 2012
22. “World War Z” 2013 23. “Warm Bodies” 2013 24. “Between” 2015-2016 Series (Netflix) 25. “10 Cloverfield Lane” 2016 26. “93 Days” 2016 27. “Containment” 2016 Series (Netflix) 28. “It Comes at Night” 2017 29. “Cargo” 2017 30. “Bird Box” 2018 31. “The Rain” 2018 32. “Ravenous” 1999 33. “Pandemic” 2020 Docuseries (Netflix) Many of these movies/series are available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and Netflix services.
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