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- Containment. David Gyasi, Christina Marie Moses, Chris Wood. 120 votes. This gripping drama showcases the chaos that unfolds when a deadly epidemic breaks out in Atlanta.
- The Walking Dead. Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan. 174 votes. In this iconic post-apocalyptic horror series, viewers are thrust into a world overrun by flesh-eating zombies.
- The Last Ship. Eric Dane, Adam Baldwin, Travis Van Winkle. 94 votes. A thrilling combination of action, suspense, and drama, this series centers on the crew of a naval destroyer after a pandemic wipes out most of the Earth's population.
- The Stand. Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Laura San Giacomo. 80 votes. Adapted from Stephen King's classic novel, this chilling series delves into the aftermath of a catastrophic plague that leaves the world in ruins.
- Helix, Syfy
- Containment, The CW
- The Strain, FX
- 12 Monkeys, Syfy
- The Last Ship, TNT
- The Stand, CBS All Access
- The Island, ZDF
- Between, City/Netflix
- Anna, Sky Italia
- Survivors, BBC One
Syfy brings the science fiction horror series Helix, which aired over two seasons before it was canceled by the network. It follows a team of scientists from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) who are sent to investigate an outbreak in the Arctic. They discover that the company funding the research there was spearheading some kind of genetic engi...
The CW’s Containment is a limited series based on the Belgian TV show Cordon. The series begins with one man with a highly contagious virus infecting several of those around him, leading to a portion of Atlanta being cordoned off to prevent further of the disease. Officer Lex Carnahan is asked to maintain the peace on the outside of the containment...
The Strainis a horror series from Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan based on their series of novels of the same name. Right from the get-go, the series brings with it the touch of the supernatural. It starts when an airplane lands and everyone on board is found to be dead; an investigation is launched, of course, headed by the CDC’s head of the Ca...
Loosely based on the 1995 film of the same name, Syfy’s 12 Monkeys is a sci-fi drama with a premise revolving around time travel. In 2043, James Cole is recruited by scientists to travel back in time to 2015 and prevent the release of a deadly virus that wiped out 7 billion people in 2017. After time traveling, Cole seeks help from virologist Dr. C...
Post-apocalyptic drama from TNT titled The Last Shipis very appropriately titled, considering the main setting for the five-season series is on a ship out at sea with some of humanity’s last remaining people – and possibly its last hope, too. The USS Nathan James is on a journey to the Arctic when its captain and 218-person crew learns that a globa...
Anything from Stephen King is bound to be a masterpiece and the TV adaptation of his 1978 novel The Standis no exception. After an accident at a biological research facility run by the military, a lethal virus is released and kills off almost the entire population. Only a handful of survivors are left, and two central figures emerge: Mother Abigail...
The Islandis a joint German-Danish production that aired over one season. The original title, Sløborn, is a play on “slow burn” which hints not at the pacing of the show but at how the viral outbreak slowly permeates the lives of citizens on a seemingly idyllic island. An epidemic is spreading throughout the mainland but they are confident in their...
Canadian science fiction series Betweenran over two seasons; though it was never officially canceled, a third season has yet to come to fruition. The series is set in a small town called Pretty Lake where a mysterious disease has spread and killed everyone older than 21. The government has quarantined a small area and left the remaining survivors –...
Annais the second foreign language series on the list, hailing from Italy and based on the novel of the same name written by award-winning Italian author Niccolò Ammaniti. Though with only six episodes (reduced from eight after production was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic), Annatells a story of a 13-year-old Sicilian girl who does everything...
Survivors is a British science fiction series based on Terry Nation’s novel of the same name that was written after the series, also titled Survivors, aired its first season in 1970. In the series, we meet the characters already in the aftermath of a devastating pandemic. It’s referred to as the ‘European flu’ and it targets the body’s immune syste...
Pandemic: With Tiffani Thiessen, French Stewart, Faye Dunaway, Eric Roberts. The bird flu virus spreads through Los Angeles as a doctor from the CDC races to find a vaccine.
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Jul 2, 2021 · Best One-Man Show: Mike Colter in Social Distance. Image via Netflix. Created by Hilary Weisman Graham, Netflix's Social Distance did its best to deliver a range of pandemic-set anthology stories ...
1. The Last Ship. 2014–2018 56 eps TV-14. 7.4 (64K) Rate. TV Series. The crew of a naval destroyer is forced to confront the reality of a new existence when a pandemic kills off most of the earth's population. Creator Steven Kane Hank Steinberg Stars Eric Dane Adam Baldwin Charles Parnell.
7. Dawn of the Dead. 1978 2h 7m Unrated. 7.8 (129K) Rate. 71 Metascore. During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall. Director George A. Romero Stars David Emge Ken Foree Scott H. Reiniger. 8.
Mar 26, 2020 · 4) 28 Days Later Exposure. Infection. Epidemic. Evacuation. Devastation. Danny Boyle’s 2002 post-apocalyptic horror film shows the destruction of society in just one month after the release of a ...
