In the age of COVID, which "bad germ" movie kept you up nights? My vote goes to The Andromeda Strain (1971).
"There's a fire, sir."

 

28 Days Later
Outbreak
John Carpenter’s The Thing (not germ but parasitic).
12 Monkeys
And just for amusement- Zombieland
Oh, and can’t forget Shaun of the Dead

 

I remember seeing that as a kid on TV and it freaked me out!

 

I've seen it multiple times...one of those movies I watch even if I catch in part way through when channel surfing.

I'll add Contagion to the list - best part of that was seeing Paltrow croak early on...

 

She did do a pretty convincing seizure ...

 

Unfortunately she is also very good at convincing people to buy her nutcase medical cures too...she and Goop are actually dangerous...

 

Yes, celebrity seems to be a springboard for crazy and dangerous ideas. Too many ready examples to note ...

 

Excellent movie but even better book (as is usually the case). Must have read it 10 times

 

Andromeda Strain was absolutely the first one that came to mind.

Not made into a movie yet, but THE STAND is a good one.

Edit: I just Googled this, and apparently a new mini-series is in the works, but put on hold because of COVID.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1831804/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

 

They sure have some odd ideas for scented candles as well...

 

Oh, the irony.

 

The Happening
World War Z
Quarantine
I Am Legend

 

Shaun of the Dead - although the disease only seems to spread through biting.

 

What about The Omega Man with Charlton Heston

 

GOOD ONE.

 

One of my favorite books, when I was little.
OTOH I've never made it more than halfway through the film.
Kept getting hung up on all the tiny, irrelevant details they changed.

It's probably worth seeing again, in entirety.

 

Cabin Fever & 10 Cloverfield Lane

 

Early Boris Karloff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_the_Dead_(film)

 

Saw it originally in theatre, great flick !