10 Movies And TV Shows You Definitely Shouldn’t Watch If Coronavirus Scares You
Everything about coronavirus on the news, in the media, and on social media is scary right now. These movies and television shows will only heighten your fears. If you decide…
ROME – JANUARY 09: Actor Will Smith attends the ‘I Am Legend’ photocall at the Hassler Hotel on January 9, 2008 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Elisabetta Villa/Getty Images)
(Photo by Elisabetta Villa/Getty Images)Everything about coronavirus on the news, in the media, and on social media is scary right now. These movies and television shows will only heighten your fears. If you decide to watch one, don't say we didn't warn you.
Contagion
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesThis movie has a killer cast (Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, and Kate Winslet all star in it), and its eerily similar to what we are currently dealing with amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Pandemic
Jens Schlueter/Getty ImagesThis docuseries, currently on Netflix, features the heroes trying to stop influenza, and it discusses how they are planning to stop the new global outbreak.
Outbreak
Ulet Ifansasti/Getty ImagesThis 1995 movie showed what happens after a African monkey with a deadly virus is smuggled into the U.S. It was scary then, and it's still scary now.
Containment
CDC/Getty ImagesAlso on Netflix, this TV show explores what happens when a contagion sweeps through Atlanta. There are only 13 episodes, but they will have you on the edge of your seat.
#93 Days
Anthony Kwan/Getty ImagesThis film shows what happens when health workers fight to contain Ebola. What makes is scarier is that it's based on a true story.
2012
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesThis doomsday thriller featuring John Cusack isn't about viruses, but it does show what the end of the world could look like.
World War Z
Ryan Pierse/Getty Images"World War Z" - This apocalyptic action horror film is terrifying, but at least looking at Brad Pitt makes it better.
Quarantine
Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty ImagesA mysterious virus, death, and bloody thirsty killer - What more could you want on your television screen right now? This movie, from 2008, is so bad that it's good. Even better: it has a sequel you can watch too.
The Crazies
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesWhat happens when a toxin turns people into bloodthirsty lunatics? Well, The Crazies tell you.
I Am Legend
Claire Greenway/Getty ImagesWill Smith takes us on a ride in the post-apocalyptic thriller about a plague that turns humans into mutants. Good times.
Contagion
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesThis movie has a killer cast (Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, and Kate Winslet all star in it), and its eerily similar to what we are currently dealing with amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Pandemic
Jens Schlueter/Getty ImagesThis docuseries, currently on Netflix, features the heroes trying to stop influenza, and it discusses how they are planning to stop the new global outbreak.
Outbreak
Ulet Ifansasti/Getty ImagesThis 1995 movie showed what happens after a African monkey with a deadly virus is smuggled into the U.S. It was scary then, and it's still scary now.
Containment
CDC/Getty ImagesAlso on Netflix, this TV show explores what happens when a contagion sweeps through Atlanta. There are only 13 episodes, but they will have you on the edge of your seat.
#93 Days
Anthony Kwan/Getty ImagesThis film shows what happens when health workers fight to contain Ebola. What makes is scarier is that it's based on a true story.
2012
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesThis doomsday thriller featuring John Cusack isn't about viruses, but it does show what the end of the world could look like.
World War Z
Ryan Pierse/Getty Images"World War Z" - This apocalyptic action horror film is terrifying, but at least looking at Brad Pitt makes it better.
Quarantine
Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty ImagesA mysterious virus, death, and bloody thirsty killer - What more could you want on your television screen right now? This movie, from 2008, is so bad that it's good. Even better: it has a sequel you can watch too.
The Crazies
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesWhat happens when a toxin turns people into bloodthirsty lunatics? Well, The Crazies tell you.
I Am Legend
Claire Greenway/Getty ImagesWill Smith takes us on a ride in the post-apocalyptic thriller about a plague that turns humans into mutants. Good times.
