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12 Monkeys
1995 film directed by Terry Gilliam
I Am Legend
2007 film directed by Francis Lawrence
World War Z
2013 film directed by Marc Forster
Resident Evil
2002 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 film directed by Rupert Wyatt
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014 film directed by Matt Reeves
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
2004 film directed by Alexander Witt
Zombieland
Zombieland is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer, in his directorial debut, and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. It stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin and Bill Murray. In the film, four survivors of a zombie apocalypse, Tallahassee (Harrelson), Columbus (Eisenberg), Wichita (Stone) and Little Rock (Breslin) make their way on an extended cross-country road trip to find a sanctuary free from a virus that turns people into zombies.
Train to Busan
2016 film directed by Yeon Sang-ho
Contagion
2011 film directed by Steven Soderbergh
Resident Evil: Extinction
2007 film directed by Russell Mulcahy
28 Days Later
28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. It stars Cillian Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma to discover that the accidental release of a highly contagious, aggression-inducing virus has caused the breakdown of society. Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns, and Brendan Gleeson appear in supporting roles.
Resident Evil: Afterlife
2010 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
28 Weeks Later
28 Weeks Later is a 2007 post-apocalyptic action horror film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who co-wrote it with Rowan Joffé, Enrique López Lavigne, and Jesús Olmo. It is a standalone sequel to 28 Days Later (2002) and the second instalment in its series. The film stars Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Mackintosh Muggleton, Imogen Poots, and Idris Elba. Set six months after the earlier Rage Virus outbreak, it follows the US-led NATO forces' attempt to establish a safe zone in London, the consequences of two young siblings breaking protocol, and the virus's reintroduction into Britain.
Isle of Dogs
2018 film directed by Wes Anderson
Resident Evil: Retribution
2012 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018 film directed by Wes Ball
28 Years Later
28 Years Later is a 2025 post-apocalyptic coming-of-age horror film produced and directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. The third film in the 28 Days Later film series, it stars Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, and Ralph Fiennes. The film tells the story of a boy living in a post-apocalyptic world who undertakes a hazardous journey with his ill mother in an effort to obtain medical treatment for her.
Outbreak
1995 film directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Death in Venice
1971 film directed by Luchino Visconti
The 5th Wave
2016 film by J Blakeson
Zombieland: Double Tap
2019 film by Ruben Fleischer
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2016 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
The Invasion
2007 film by Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue
The Cassandra Crossing
1976 film by George P. Cosmatos
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972 film directed by J. Lee Thompson
Resident Evil: Degeneration
2008 animated film directed by Makoto Kamiya
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
2021 film directed by Johannes Roberts
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a 2026 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland. It is the direct sequel to 28 Years Later (2025) and the fourth instalment in the 28 Days Later film series. It stars Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, and Chi Lewis-Parry. The film follows Spike as he is adopted into "Sir Lord" Jimmy Crystal's satanic cult while Dr. Ian Kelson makes an unexpected connection with Samson, an Alpha Infected.
The Omega Man
1971 film directed by Boris Sagal
The Andromeda Strain
1971 film by Robert Wise
Cabin Fever
2002 film directed by Eli Roth
Doomsday
2008 film by Neil Marshall
Daybreakers
Daybreakers is a 2009 dystopian sci-fi action-horror vampire film written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig. The film takes place in a futuristic world overrun by vampires, and centers around a vampiric corporation which sets out to capture and farm the remaining humans while researching a substitute for human blood. Ethan Hawke plays vampire hematologist Edward Dalton, whose work is interrupted by human survivors led by former vampire 'Elvis' (Willem Dafoe), who has a cure that can save the human species.
The Last Man on Earth
1964 film directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow
Planet Terror
2007 film by Robert Rodriguez
Blindness
2008 film directed by Fernando Meirelles
Zombi 2
1979 film directed by Lucio Fulci
Panic in the Streets
1950 film by Elia Kazan
Quarantine
2008 film directed by John Erick Dowdle
Krrish 3
2013 Bollywood superhero science fiction film directed by Rakesh Roshan
Resident Evil: Damnation
2012 film by Makoto Kamiya
Maggie
2015 film by Henry Hobson
The Crazies
2010 film directed by Breck Eisner
Scouts vs. Zombies
2015 film directed by Christopher Landon
And the Band Played On
1993 film directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Carriers
2009 film directed by Àlex Pastor and David Pastor
Seoul Station
2016 animated film by Yeon Sang-ho, prequel to Train to Busan
Blood Red Sky
2021 film directed by Peter Thorwarth
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1971 film by Yoshimitsu Banno
The Masque of the Red Death
1964 horror film directed by Roger Corman
#Alive
2020 South Korean film
It Comes at Night
2017 film by Trey Edward Shults
Day of the Dead
2008 film by Steve Miner
Zombie Strippers
2008 film by Jay Lee
Virus
1980 film by Kinji Fukasaku
The Crazies
1973 film directed by George A. Romero
Black Sheep
2006 film by Jonathan King
The Batman vs. Dracula
2005 animated film
Battle of the Damned
2013 film directed by Christopher Hatton