Quarantine movies on Swine flu

What do you do? You’ve been sent home from work and ordered to stay there for a few days after coming down with a suspected case of swine flu.You’re probably going to head for the goggle box and chuck a disc in the DVD player to stave off the almost inevitable boredom.And if your copy of Point Break is too scratched to play anymore, or if you want to embrace the moment, here’s Stuff.co.nz’s top 10 movies to watch under swine flu quarantine. Warning: If you are of a delicate disposition or under the age of 18 some of these movies may not be for you. 
10. Outbreak (1995)
The military is trying to control a deadly virus rampantly spreading across the United States after being introduced by a smuggled monkey. This film pretty much embodies the pandemic freak-out scenario all those conspiracy theorists say the media is trying to convince you of. 
9. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Get bitten by a zombie, turn into a zombie - that’s how it usually works in the movies and it’s a pretty simple metaphor for disease spreading. George A Romero does zombie films better than anyone else, as you’d expect from a guy who’s been writing them for more than 40 years. Of course, there are other social issues worked in along with some chases, shooting and explosions. 
8. Cabin Fever (2002)
Five bright young things fresh out of university catch a flesh-eating disease after one of them drinks from a reservoir, where someone just dumped the body of a diseased hermit. 
7. The Thing (1982)
A team of scientists isolated in the Antarctic come under attack from an alien with the ability to take over other bodies, so no one knows who to trust/ It’s a bit like what your flatmates are going to be thinking when they come home and find that you might have swine flu.
6. Patch Adams (1998)
A story about healing through humour, as a former mental health patient goes against the methods of a cold and detached medical establishment. Starring Robin Williams.
5. Blade 2 (2002)
Vampires are almost as popular as zombies as a disease metaphor. This movie takes it a step further by introducing a new strain of mutant vampires. One of the selling points you might see on the back of the DVD case is that it’s "better than the original," thanks to the direction of Mexican sci-fi/fantasy geek Guillermo del Toro, who is currently residing in Wellington preparing to film The Hobbit.
4. Cast Away (2000)
Being stuck on your own on a desert island for four years isn’t quite the same as being quarantined in your apartment/ townhouse/ suburban home for seven days. If you want to see someone that has it worse than you, or just have some one-on-one company, then there’s Tom Hanks playing an on-the-go FedEx manager whose life comes to a standstill after a plane crash.
3. 28 Days Later (2002)
More rampant disease-induced zombie-ism - this time set in London. A virus causing murderous rage spreads through the population after animal rights activists free some infected chimpanzees from a top secret lab. Directed by Danny Boyle, who also helmed Slumdog Millionaire and Trainspotting.
2. Babe (1995)
A little piglet doesn’t quite know his place in the world but, with some help, finds success. Take home message: even if you do have swine flu, you’ll probably be okay.
1. Alien (1979)
"In space no one can hear you scream," is the tagline of this 1979 trapped-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-with-a-maniac-on-the-loose classic. If you want to look at it one way, it’s pretty much what will happen if humans manage to banish swine flu into space only to have it mutate and return as a lethal three-metre-tall, acid-blooded xenomorph.