Movies like Sick
If Sick's mix of quarantine, insanity and religion stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Sick's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Contagion
2011 · Directed by Steven Soderbergh · 106 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: quarantine, disease, virus · Also drama and thriller
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
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Twelve Monkeys
1995 · Directed by Terry Gilliam · 129 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: insanity, disease, virus
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground…
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015 · Directed by Wes Ball · 131 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: disease, virus
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Directed by Rupert Wyatt · 105 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: disease, virus · Also thriller and drama
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed…
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I Am Legend
2007 · Directed by Francis Lawrence · 101 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: virus · Also drama and thriller
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the…
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The Andromeda Strain
1971 · Directed by Robert Wise · 131 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: virus · Also thriller and drama
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency.
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These Final Hours
2014 · Directed by Zak Hilditch · 87 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: apocalypse · Also drama and thriller
With the end of the world only hours away, self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching desperately for her missing…
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Leave the World Behind
2023 · Directed by Sam Esmail · 140 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: apocalypse · Also drama and thriller
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
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War for the Planet of the Apes
2017 · Directed by Matt Reeves · 140 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: disease, virus
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic…
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World War Z
2013 · Directed by Marc Forster · 116 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: apocalypse, virus
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies.