Contagion
Contrasting with the films on my contagious violence list (and, beyond them, zombie movies), sometimes people don't turn into rampaging cannibals when they get a disease, sometimes a lot of people just get sick and die, messily. This is the list for those films, because sometimes it is fun to kick back and watch a film where someone bleeds to death from their ass.
Although the outbreak can be relatively limited, these often deal with pandemics and so grade into apocalyptic movies.
This isn't a complete survey (there are always more) but it does seem like there are more of these films recently, perhaps because of the concerns over SARS and the various flus (avian and swine). Hopefully, these cathartic excursions are the closest most of us get to such modern plagues.
Although the outbreak can be relatively limited, these often deal with pandemics and so grade into apocalyptic movies.
This isn't a complete survey (there are always more) but it does seem like there are more of these films recently, perhaps because of the concerns over SARS and the various flus (avian and swine). Hopefully, these cathartic excursions are the closest most of us get to such modern plagues.
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- DirectorSteven SoderberghEstrellasMatt DamonKate WinsletJude LawPersonal de sanidad, oficiales del gobierno, y gente común se encuentran en la mitad de una terrible epidemia global mientras el CDC intenta encontrar la cura.Here for the thumbnail graphic, the list begins below:
- DirectorHugo HaasEstrellasHugo HaasBedrich KarenZdenek Stepánek"The White Sickness", a leprosy-like disease, ravages the world during a war.aka Skeleton on Horseback
- DirectorMaurice ClocheEstrellasPierre FresnayAimé ClariondJean DebucourtSt. Vincent de Paul struggles to bring about peace and harmony among peasants and nobles in the midst of the Black Death in Europe, carrying on his charitable work in the face of all obstacles.
- DirectorEarl McEvoyEstrellasEvelyn KeyesCharles KorvinWilliam BishopPolice seek a smuggler while doctors desperately comb unprotected New York for a smallpox carrier--unaware that they're actually looking for the same person.aka The Killer That Stalked New York
- DirectorElia KazanEstrellasRichard WidmarkPaul DouglasBarbara Bel GeddesUn médico y un policía de Nueva Orleans tienen sólo 48 horas para localizar a un asesino infectado de peste neumónica.
- DirectoresAntony DarnboroughTerence FisherEstrellasJean SimmonsDirk BogardeDavid TomlinsonVicky Barton visita París con su hermano Johnny, sólo para descubrir a la mañana siguiente que ha desaparecido y que el personal del hotel no recuerda su presencia.Tricky one but I'll leave it in for now.
- DirectorVal GuestEstrellasClaire BloomRichard JohnsonYolande DonlanA doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.
- DirectorRoger CormanEstrellasVincent PriceHazel CourtJane AsherUn príncipe europeo aterroriza al campesinado local mientras usa su castillo como refugio contra la plaga de la "Muerte Roja" que amenaza al territorio.
- DirectorJohn SturgesEstrellasGeorge MaharisRichard BasehartAnne FrancisUn germen que podría destruir la vida en la Tierra es robado de un laboratorio de guerra biológica y el ladrón amenaza con liberarlo al descubierto, lo que lleva a un oficial de seguridad a actuar.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonEstrellasGeorge PeppardMary Tyler MooreDon StroudUna nueva infección que hace feliz a la gente pasa a ser tratada como una amenaza por las autoridades, mientras sus "víctimas" siguen contagiándola a la población.A nice virus.
- DirectorRobert WiseEstrellasJames OlsonArthur HillDavid WayneUn equipo de científicos de alto nivel trabaja febrilmente en un laboratorio secreto de última generación para descubrir qué ha matado a los ciudadanos de una pequeña ciudad y aprender cómo se puede detener este contagio mortal.
- DirectorRobert YoungEstrellasAdrienne CorriThorley WaltersAnthony HigginsMientras una plaga arrasa el campo, un misterioso circo ambulante visita una aldea en cuarentena. Los niños pequeños comienzan a desaparecer y los lugareños sospechan que el circo podría esconder un secreto espantoso.
- DirectorGeorge P. CosmatosEstrellasSophia LorenRichard HarrisMartin SheenLos pasajeros de un tren europeo han estado expuestos a una enfermedad mortal. Nadie los dejará bajar del tren. Entonces, ¿qué pasa después?
- DirectorBill RebaneEstrellasRalph MeekerStafford MorganJohn F. GoffA microorganism from Mars, brought to Earth by a space probe, terrorizes passengers in a railroad office.
- DirectorEd HuntEstrellasDaniel PilonKate ReidCéline LomezAn ambitious lab assistant carries out a forbidden experiment and accidentally creates a deadly bacteria which kills her and rapidly engulfs the city. The authorities order a curtain of secrecy and impose quarantine on all known contacts whilst embarking on a desperate search for a cure. Meanwhile one of the people in quarantine escapes and becomes the unwitting carrier of the disease. She spreads the plague wherever she goes and becomes a fugitive on the run eluding the police through subways and alleyways. In a gripping build up of events, the full horror of the plague becomes public and the onslaught has to be stopped before all human life on Earth is destroyed.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuEstrellasMasao KusakariTsunehiko WataseIsao NatsuyagiDespués de que un virus devaste a la población humana mundial, los supervivientes de la Antártida intentan desesperadamente encontrar una cura y salvar a la raza humana.aka Virus
- DirectorGoran MarkovicEstrellasRade SerbedzijaErland JosephsonDusica ZegaracThis is a true story of the famous Variola epidemic outbreak in Belgrade.
- DirectorHal BarwoodEstrellasSam WaterstonKathleen QuinlanYaphet KottoUna guardia tímida, su mentor enfermo, su esposo alguacil y un científico alcohólico luchan contra un brote viral en un laboratorio rural mientras un agente evalúa consecuencias.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenEstrellasRutger HauerJennifer Jason LeighTom BurlinsonEn la Europa medieval, una joven proveniente de una familia noble está obsesionada con sus captores, los plebeyos.
- DirectorLars von TrierEstrellasAllan De WaalOle ErnstMichael GeltingUn director y un guionista se encuentran escribiendo un guion y, en el proceso, la línea entre la ficción y la realidad desaparece.
- DirectorNathan J. WhiteEstrellasGregory FortescueStevie LeeSteve DixonThe main character is stricken with a horrible disease, but it doesn't affect him. It spreads to every inamimate object that he touches, and then if another person touches the object, they are dissolved into it. No one knows that Jake is the carrier except him. This brings about the "red objects" that specify every object that he has touched, as discovered by the community with cats. They use cats to test inanimate objects for the disease. And they cover themselves in garbage bags to protect themselves.
- DirectorCharles WilkinsonEstrellasBeatrice BoeppleGarwin SanfordJerry WassermanIn a futuristic society being decimated by plague, a fascist movement seizes power and quarantines not only the plague victims, but anyone related to them. Rebels trying to assassinate a particularly reactionary senator stumble onto a computer programmer trying to track and eradicate the disease.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolEstrellasAlan BatesJennifer BealsJan NiklasInvestigating a series of suicides, police detective reveals a sinister plot.
- DirectoresAdam SimonDarren Patrick MoloneyEstrellasDiane LaddRaphael SbargeJennifer RunyonUn dinosaurio manipulado genéticamente y muy hambriento escapa de una empresa de bioingeniería.Perhaps the oddest virus - one that makes women pregnant with dinosaurs.
- EstrellasGary SiniseMolly RingwaldJamey SheridanDespués de que una plaga mortal mate a la mayor parte de la población mundial, los sobrevivientes restantes se dividen en dos grupos, para enfrentarse en una batalla final entre el bien y el mal.
