28 Days Later (Screen 1)

Danny Boyle directs this pulse-pounding 21st-century horror landmark that helped launch Cillian Murphy to stardom. Twenty-eight days after a highly contagious virus escapes from a British research laboratory, a small band of survivors must navigate a devastated London while evading both the infected and the dangers posed by other humans. Shot on early digital cameras, 28 DAYS LATER employs a gritty, kinetic visual style that captures the anxieties of the new millennium, and also stars Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, and Christopher Eccleston.