1.Train to Busan

As if traveling during a pandemic isn’t scary enough, this South Korean thriller will have you considering some extra protection along with that mask and face shield. When a father and daughter board a train to visit her mother in Busan, they quickly learn that the outside world is being overrun by a zombie outbreak.

2. 28 Days Later

Directed by Danny Boyle, 28 Days Later is a post-apocalyptic thriller following a virus outbreak called the “Rage” virus, which becomes widespread after a group of London animal activists set an infected chimpanzee loose from a research lab. When a bike messenger awakens from a coma to find his city nearly deserted, he must locate his fellow survivors while avoiding zombie-like victims on their path to safety.

3. Contagion

As if the Goop guru would ever let a case of severe jet lag go ignored, Gwyneth Paltrow stars as a woman who comes down with a mysterious illness upon returning from her business trip and soon dies. It soon becomes evident that she is not the only one to be infected, as a global pandemic breaks out and pushes humanity to the brink of collapse.

4. World War Z

There are seemingly infinite zombie apocalypse movies, but not all of those nightmare scenarios begin with a zombie virus pandemic. World War Z does, and it also stars Brad Pitt (definite bonus points). The actor plays a former United Nations investigator trudging through a zombie-filled, disease-laden landscape in search of a cure.

5. Outbreak

Now 25 years old, Outbreak still poses a conflict of modern relevance, as a team of doctors works to prevent the spread of an Ebola-like virus outbreak. What they quickly realize, though, is that some of their colleagues who are supposedly working towards the same cause might have ulterior motives. The film boasts a star-studded cast, including Cuba Gooding, Jr., Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman, and Rene Russo.

According to esquire.com