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Movies that feel like Outbreak (1995)

If you loved Outbreak, the closest films we have are Air Force One (1997), The Perfect Storm (2000) and The Flu (2013). All three share Outbreak's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and BBC America and others, checked against today's data.

A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.

πŸ… 59% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Wolfgang Petersenkineticcontemplativecerebraltense
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If Outbreak hit the spot, these will too

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Air Force One
1997 Β· dir. Wolfgang Petersen
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.5action Β· thriller

Wolfgang Petersen directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as Outbreak

When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.

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The Perfect Storm
2000 Β· dir. Wolfgang Petersen
β˜… 6.5drama Β· adventure Β· action

The same hand behind both of them: Wolfgang Petersen

The difference: None of the ideas Outbreak is built on

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.

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The Flu
2013 Β· dir. Kim Sung-soo
πŸ… 33%β˜… 6.6action Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: epidemic

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.

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Hollow Man
2000 Β· dir. Paul Verhoeven
πŸ… 25%β˜… 5.9action Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Kinetic where it counts, cerebral underneath

Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase β€” using himself as the subject. The test is a success, but when the process can't be reversed and Caine seems doomed to future without flesh, he starts to turn increasingly dangerous.

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The Andromeda Strain
1971 Β· dir. Robert Wise
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.2science fiction Β· thriller Β· drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: epidemic

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scrambles to a secure laboratory and tries first to isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form, unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.

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Predator 2
1990 Β· dir. Stephen Hopkins
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· action Β· thriller

Tense action in both cases

A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.

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Next
2007 Β· dir. Lee Tamahori
πŸ… 28%β˜… 6.2action Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Kinetic science fiction, and it commits to that

Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling "winnings." But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm.

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Primer
2004 Β· dir. Shane Carruth
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.7science fiction Β· drama Β· thriller

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.

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Godzilla
1998 Β· dir. Roland Emmerich
πŸ… 20%β˜… 5.5science fiction Β· action Β· thriller

Both lean on ideas more than on thriller

French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.

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Contagion
2011 Β· dir. Steven Soderbergh
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.8drama Β· thriller Β· science fiction

Drama built on stillness, twice over

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

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Self/less
2015 Β· dir. Tarsem Singh
πŸ… 18%β˜… 6.5science fiction Β· action Β· thriller

Tense action, and it commits to that

An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets.

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The Bourne Supremacy
2004 Β· dir. Paul Greengrass
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.7action Β· drama Β· thriller

Kinetic thriller, and it commits to that

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

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