Virus-related movies on Netflix

I see a couple of movies are popular on Netflix.

There's Outbreak. "If the virus spreads, billions worldwide will die. Now one small town may pay the price for mankind's very survival." Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Cuba Gooding, Jr.

And Pandemic, which would appear to be a documentary about someone preparing to fight future epidemics like the Spanish Influenza that killed fifty to a hundred million people during World War One.

Come to think of it, I went to see Gone with the Wind in a theater back in the '70's, long before it was shown on TV and released in video. There was a bit of a chuckle in the audience when Scarlet O'Hara's first husband, Millie Hamilton's brother, died in the war of disease rather than being killed in combat. Or maybe I was the only one who saw it as a comment on how ineffectual the character was. I was only about twelve at the time. Don't judge me.

Another "trending" movie is Containment. "They have nothing to fear except fear itself. Oh, and that horrific virus that's killing everyone in Atlanta."

If you want to get into less "realistic" movies, you might look for The Andromeda Strain, The Stand, or The Last Man on Earth.

With camcorders everywhere, filmmakers might quickly make some zero budget movies. Use titles like Quarantine, Islolation, Self-Quarantine, or Incubation. You could only use a couple of actors and film it entirely in your house. Act fast.

There was a zero budget movie called A Simple Game of Catch. A young woman has graduated from college and moved to New York. Unable to find a real job, she becomes a pet sitter for a parrot. Stuck in an apartment, she watches TV, she googles and calls a bewildered classmate from grade school. She's so lonely she nearly buys a sofa on Craigslist. 52 minutes.