
Movies that feel like The Flu (2013)
If you loved The Flu, the closest films we have are The Blackout (2019), Cloverfield (2008) and Self/less (2015). All three share The Flu's kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.
If The Flu hit the spot, these will too

Common ground: survival

Common ground in both: quarantine and disaster
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

One thread runs through both: doctor

Both are built on the same subject: disaster

Both land momentum and ideas at once

Both are working the same pair: lethal virus, epidemic
The difference: Not nearly as kinetic as The Flu

Both lean on tension more than on action

Kinetic science fiction, and it commits to that

Thriller with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Tense action in both cases

Science fiction built on momentum, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to adventure than The Flu does

Same instincts, 7 years apart
The difference: Missing the tension of The Flu
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