Contagion

About Contagion

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

Contagion is a 2011 science fiction thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Its themes are scientist, virus, saving the world, and terminal illness.

Marion Cotillard takes the lead as Leonora Orantes, Matt Damon as Mitch Emhoff, Laurence Fishburne as Ellis Cheever, and Jude Law as Alan Krumwiede. It runs 106 minutes and was released in September 2011.

The screenplay is by Scott Z. Burns. It was produced by Double Feature Films, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, and Participant. It streams on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel, and HBO Max in the United States.

Mimic, The Crazies, and I Am Legend make useful companions to Contagion, all filed under disease, epidemic, and mutation. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 6,797 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.