the coronavirus also known as covid19 epidemic has put people across the globe on edge everyone from governments to public personalities are doing their bit to spread awareness about the disease that has claimed the lives of thousands and infected many more interestingly these reallife events were seemingly predicted in fictitious works including novels and films whether a work of fiction fantasy or sciencefiction heres a list of films that brought to the big screen a dystopian future where a virus sends the human race to the brink of extinction contagioncontagion trailercontagion the 2011 film starring gwyneth paltrow and matt damon in lead roles has taken over top trends worldwide due to its eerie similarity with the deadly coronavirus the scifi thriller tracks what happens when a deadly chinaborn virus goes global and leads to mass chaos as epidemiologists race to find a vaccine the fluthe flu movie trailerthe flu is touted as the firstever south korean disaster film about a viral pandemic the disaster film tells the story of panic despair and desperate struggle for survival of a hopeless city that has been quarantined and essentially left for dead after the outbreak of a deadly virus that kills a person within 36 hours with its realistic portrayal of the horror and chaos that follows a nationalscale disaster12 monkeys12 monkeys official trailer 1 1995 hdterry gilliams 1995 scifi classic 12 monkeys starring bruce willis and brad pitt in lead roles follows a time traveller sent back to the 1990s to identify the origin of a global pandemic that nearly wiped out humanity although the plot is a little jumbled excellent performances and mindblowing plot twists make this one an exciting movie experienceoutbreakoutbreak official trailer 1995director wolfgang petersens 1995 film outbreak looks at the events that follow a viral hemorrhagic disease outbreak in a small american town as the scientist race against time to stop it from spreading a bloodthirsty army general steps in to try to use the virus as a bioweapon 28 days later28 days later official trailer hdin danny boyles 2003 original 28 days later the world is beset by a viral pandemic that turns anyone infected into permanently enraged monsters while the mysterious and incurable virus spreads those who managed to survive it try their hardest to find sanctuary the film with a zombie apocalypse undertone comes with sharp political allegory