Movies Like The Flu

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

12.12: The Day

2023·2h 22m·★ 7.5·Kim Sung-soo

2 shared crewDir. Kim Sung-sooDP: Lee Mo-gae

Asura: The City of Madness

2016·2h 16m·★ 6.7·Kim Sung-soo

2 shared crewDir. Kim Sung-sooDP: Lee Mo-gae

Contagion

2011·1h 46m·★ 6.8·Steven Soderbergh

4 shared themes: lethal virus, quarantine, epidemic...Fans also likedThriller & Science Fiction

The Crazies

1973·1h 43m·★ 6.1·George A. Romero

Themes: quarantine, epidemic, virusFans also likedScience Fiction & Action

The Invasion

2007·1h 39m·★ 5.9·Oliver Hirschbiegel

4 shared themes: flu, epidemic, virus...Fans also likedScience Fiction & Thriller

Doomsday

2008·1h 48m·★ 5.9·Neil Marshall

Themes: lethal virus, quarantineFans also likedAction & Thriller & Science Fiction

28 Days Later

2002·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Danny Boyle

Themes: epidemic, virusFans also likedThriller & Science Fiction

Hidden

2015·1h 23m·★ 6.3·Ross Duffer

Themes: quarantine, virusFans also liked

World War Z

2013·1h 56m·★ 7.0·Marc Forster

Themes: epidemic, virusAction & Science Fiction & Thriller

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

2001·1h 55m·★ 7.8·Shinichiro Watanabe

TMDB recommendsAction & Science Fiction

The Warriors

1979·1h 34m·★ 7.5·Walter Hill

TMDB recommendsAction & Thriller

V.I.P.

2017·2h 8m·★ 6.6·Park Hoon-jung

TMDB recommendsThriller & Action

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

2024·2h 29m·★ 7.4·George Miller

TMDB recommendsAction & Science Fiction

Steel Rain

2017·2h 19m·★ 7.1·Yang Woo-seok

TMDB recommendsAction & Thriller

The Dead Zone

1983·1h 43m·★ 7.2·David Cronenberg

TMDB recommendsThriller & Science Fiction

Super Fuzz

1980·1h 44m·★ 6.3·Sergio Corbucci

TMDB recommendsAction & Science Fiction

Prospect

2014·14m·★ 6.9·Christopher Caldwell

TMDB recommendsAction & Science Fiction

Hardware

1990·1h 33m·★ 6.0·Richard Stanley

TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Thriller

The Omega Man

1971·1h 38m·★ 6.4·Boris Sagal

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Memories of Murder

2003·2h 11m·★ 8.1·Bong Joon Ho

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