Our fellow classmate Will Koh has generously provided us with a list of movies to get us through Spring 2. There are some great films to watch and it’s even better when you can discuss them after with friends and family, virtually of course.
For those who look to films for guidance on how (OR HOW NOT) to deal with pandemics or outbreaks:
- Contagion (2011)
- 28 Days Later (2002)
- 12 Monkeys (1995)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- World War Z (2013)
- Train to Busan (2016)
- Children of Men (2006)*
*While this movie isn’t about a virus exactly, it does depict how a global medical issue (infertility) can change society.
More general disaster movies:
- Titanic (1997)
- Twister (1996)
- Dante’s Peak (1997)
- Independence Day (1996)
- Armageddon (1998)
- Chernobyl (2019)
For those looking for movies about self-isolation/“quarantine”:
- The Thing (1982)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Panic Room (2002)
- Oldboy (2003)
- Alien (1986)
- Cast Away (2000)
- Rear Window (1954)
- The Siege (1998)
- Truman Show (1998)
- Home Alone (1990)
- Her (2013)
- Lost in Translation (2003)
- Into the Wild (2007)
- Moon (2009)
- The Martian (2015)
- Blast from the Past (1999)
For those who just want to feel better about something and don’t have time for disaster fiction:
- Stardust (2007)
- Point Break (1991)
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
- Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
- You’ve Got Mail (1998)
- What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
- Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
- Dave (1993)
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Best in Show (2000)
- Amélie (2001)
- La La Land (2016)
- The Goonies (1985)
- Back to the Future Series (1980s)
- Booksmart (2019)
- Moonstruck (1987)
- Big Night (1996)
- The Big Sick (2017)
- Romancing the Stone (1984)
- Up (2009)
Roundups of the Best Movies/Shows to Stream right now:
