CONTAGION

Somebody didn't even survive the poster.

This film is for adults.  That doesn't mean it has any cursing, or nudity, or violence.  It means this is a smart picture.  There are no car chases, gunfights, sexy spyjinks, contrived back stories, adorable animal sidekicks, plucky comic relief, and no extensive buildup for our 'heroic' main character who will save the day by picking up the virus and throwing it off the top of the Nakatomi Tower.  In fact, as the title hints, the main character is the virus.  Everyone else is a supporting character in what could best be called a viral-procedural.  We have the first victim, her family, some CDC officials, some WHO officials, the military, the DHS, a janitor, and a fear-mongering blogger.  Who will survive and what will be left of them?

DAY OF RESURRECTION (1980)

The internets claim this was the most expensive Japanese movie ever made at the time it was released, and it was a huge flop.  Bummer.  The cut in America was missing about an hour and was retitled Virus so it would be more obvious what it was about, but it came at the tail end of the epic disaster movie craze so nobody was interested.  People are always worried about germs or parasites or viruses or some kind of creature they can't see that wants to gobble up their insides: ebola, SARS, bird flu, swine flu, turtle flu, etc.  Hopefully this movie will find a larger audience especially since it's available for free.  Early on in the film title cards lay out the stakes for us: A super-virus leaves only 843 people left alive on Earth.  How did it get this bad and where will it go from here?