Self-isolation and the constant threat of coronavirus infection dictate their own laws. Viewers en masse try to find consolation, and sometimes a way out of this situation in films "on the head of the day." TV announcers constantly talking about the epidemic and the number of deaths, doctors in spacesuits - what was previously science fiction is now closer than we thought. We have compiled a list of TV shows about viruses and infection for quarantine, and we hope that this will help while away the self-isolating everyday life of film fans.
Swamp Thing 2019
- KinoPoisk / IMDb rating - 6.7 / 7.6
Dr. Abby Arcane will return to his hometown in Louisiana. She needs to start a fight against a new deadly virus, which she, as a microbiologist, is trying to neutralize by all known methods. Acquaintance with a local scientist named Alec Holland and his tragic death lead the woman to strange thoughts associated with the local swamp.
Rebirth (The Passage) 2019
- KinoPoisk rating / IMDb - 6.4 / 7.4
A secret government experiment was set up to create a cure for all diseases, but something went wrong. Instead of a panacea, a new type of creature is emerging within the walls of a medical facility that can destroy humanity. Only an orphan girl Amy can save people from certain death. She has a strange power over the new virus, and together with federal agent Brad Walgast, she enters into a confrontation with new creatures and the scientists who gave birth to them.
Lapsi (2018)
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb - 6.6 / 6.8
While the whole country is looking for serials about mass infection, where all people are wearing masks, we offer viewers to watch the domestic mystical project Lapsi. A disease, completely atypical for these regions, penetrates into Karelia - West Nile fever. To fight the outbreak, epidemiologists and virologists Vera Boyko and Nikolai Romanov were sent to the local village. Despite the fact that they have a difficult relationship, they must understand not only the common past, but also the strange deadly virus that prevents the sick from leaving the Karelian village.
See (See) 2019
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb - 6.6 / 6.8
In the center of the plot is a distant future in which people have completely lost the ability to see. Having lost sight, humanity has adapted to new realities and united into tribes. Together they forage, hunt and survive as best they can. But one day, sighted twins are born in the family of the leader of one of the tribes. This overturns the established picture of the new world. Now the father of unique children, the leader of Baba Voss, must protect them from the attacks of other tribes and rally his people for this, relying on some instincts.
Epidemic (2018)
- KinoPoisk / IMDb rating - 7.2 / 7.1
After the emergence of a new unknown virus, Moscow turns into a city of the dead. Electricity disappears and money depreciates. Few uninfected people are in a desperate battle for gas and food. Sergei and his new family live in relative safety - in the Moscow region, but realizing that sooner or later the infection will cover the Zamkadye too, he decides to escape to Karelia.
The main character cannot leave his ex-wife and their common son in trouble, therefore, not the most friendly line-up is sent on a dangerous path through a country engulfed in madness. They are united by one goal - to get to Wongozero and wait out the epidemic there.
Containment 2016
- KinoPoisk rating / IMDb - 7.1 / 7.2
Continuing our list of TV series about viruses and infection for quarantine is a project that was filmed long before the term "self-isolation" became something ordinary. A deadly and mysterious epidemic engulfs Atlanta. In order to stop the virus epidemic, the city is partially quarantined. The population is in panic, and virologists are trying to create a vaccine that will stop the spread of the epidemic.
The Hot Zone 2019
- KinoPoisk rating / IMDb - 6.8 / 7.3
End of the 80s of the last century. The US government creates a secret virus control team. Biologists, scientists, virologists and CIA agents must rally to prevent a biological catastrophe. Lieutenant Nancy Jax and his family will have to test a sample of one of the most terrible strains of the virus. By risking their lives, they can save the world from a massive outbreak of the disease.
The Rain 2018
- KinoPoisk rating / IMDb - 5.8 / 6.3
Events take place in a post-apocalyptic world. Several years ago, it rained down across the earth, bringing death. The catastrophe wiped out all living things from the face of the planet. An employee of the Appolo corporation managed to save his children - upon learning of the approach of the deadly rain, he hid his daughter and son in a bunker. After six years, they ran out of food, and the daughter decides to get out to replenish supplies and find her father who never returned to their hideout.
The Stand 2020
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb - 6.8 / 7.2
Stephen King's novel of the same name was written long before the coronavirus pandemic. As a result of the leak of deadly viruses from a secret laboratory, the entire staff is killed. Only the guard manages to escape, who escapes from the contaminated territory with his family. However, they are all already terminally ill and are carriers of the infection. Before dying, the guard says that a black man has appeared from whom no one will be saved.
Vampire Wars (V-Wars) 2019
- KinoPoisk / IMDb rating - 5.9 / 6.1
Dr. Luther Swann's best friend is rapidly transforming from a human into a bloodthirsty predatory creature. Following him, other people begin to mutate. It becomes clear that the world is engulfed in an epidemic that turns humanity into vampires. Luther Swann will have to do everything to protect his loved ones from the terrible virus and mutants.
The Day of the Triffids 2009
- KinoPoisk rating / IMDb - 6.0 / 5.6
To round out our list of quarantine virus and infection series, we present the film adaptation of John Wyndham's novel Day of the Triffids. The planet's population watched an unusual starfall, and after that all people were blinded. Only those who, for whatever reason, did not observe an unusual astronomical phenomenon, managed to save their eyesight. Among the sighted was a scientist who studied a new plant species - triffids. This plant brought him temporary blindness, but saved him from losing his sight forever. Now the triffids can destroy the population of the entire planet, and it is not an easy task to escape from them.
