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Outbreak
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
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. From TMDB
88 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 2, 2026 · How this works
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Outbreak is a 1995 action drama thriller film, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman.
- 85 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon
- posts span Mar 25, 2019 to Nov 2, 2026
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60 of 88 · most liked first@davidjroth.bsky.social I've decided that my favorite example of Donald Sutherland's genius is the 1995 film OUTBREAK: mediocre film, but plays the shit out of the role of the cartoonishly evil general. You need so much damn charisma to portray such an asshole when the script isnt really there
neutral · AI labelView post →Also 1995: Casino, 12 Monkeys, Rob Roy, Dead Presidents, Things To Do In Denver, Virtuosity, a Joel Schumacher Batman, Outbreak, The Net! We got so many movies. So many. WATERWORLD for God's sake. That's such a fucking movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →100% chance that Trump saw the movie OUTBREAK back in 1995 and that's why he is terrified
neutral · AI labelView post →RIP Donald Sutherland. Legend. My fave movie of his was 1995's "Outbreak", in which he played the scheming General McClintock. Sutherland played bad guys gooooood! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
neutral · AI labelView post →Outbreak (1995) Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
neutral · AI labelView post →It's similarly wild that the movie Outbreak was an optimistic look at the societal effects of a global pandemic.
neutral · AI labelView post →“Sorry, sorry. Unplugged a cord to charge my phone. LOL, you guys look like you’re in the movie Outbreak, fucking classic anyone seen that? Why are you all staring at me?”
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Outbreak (1995) Dir: Wolfgang Petersen
neutral · AI labelView post →it occurs to me i may be thinking of Dustin Hoffman in Outbreak, but you know what functionally the same movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyone else first learn about the hantavirus from the movie Outbreak?
neutral · AI labelView post →OUTBREAK is a great movie to watch if you want a Sunday afternoon airport novel kind of thing and also wouldn't mind seeing Kevin Spacey bleed from both eyes
positive · AI labelView post →The viral film noir thriller ‘Panic In The Streets’ starring Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Zero Mostel infected moviegoers this week in 1950. 🦠 🌆 😱 #OTD TRIVIA: The original titles for ‘Panic In The Streets’ were ‘Outbreak’ and ‘Port Of Entry’. (Wikipedia) 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →"Must it also be said that truth is that monkey from Outbreak (the movie from 1995)?"
neutral · AI labelView post →BOTD 3/14/41: German filmmaker Wolfgang Peterson DAS BOOT (1981): All-time banger! 6 Oscar noms, inc. Director & Screenplay. Set on German U-boat, brilliant war film. Others 84 Neverending Story 85 Enemy Mine 93 In the Line of Fire 95 Outbreak 97 Air Force One 00 Perfect Storm 04 Troy #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Hands up everyone who learned about Hantavirus as it was mentioned in the 1995 film “Outbreak” (which was about Ebola Virus). I can pretty much pinpoint that movie was the moment I became aware that we are hunted by these micro-sized killer viruses and the trauma hasn’t stopped since. 🙋♂️
neutral · AI labelView post →Outbreak is the most 1995 movie of all time. It is directed by Wolfgang Petersen. Morgan Freeman wears a military uniform. Rene Russo is in it.
neutral · AI labelView post →'The two passengers who bought Hantavirus onto the cruise ship has preciously been bird watching on a rubbish dump' is the most real life opening scene of an Outbreak movie I have ever heard
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s like the movie Outbreak but if Dustin Hoffman is running around to make sure the virus mutates
neutral · AI labelView post →In Mandarin, the new Resident Evil movie has a subtitle - 爆發夜. A literal translation - Outbreak Night A more natural translation - Night of the Outbreak A more romantic translation - Outbreak Nightmare And that's just 3 characters! Localizers have to make these decisions again and again!
neutral · AI labelView post →Isn’t this how the movie Outbreak started?
neutral · AI labelView post →“Oh my god, it’s just like the movie Outbreak!” “Oh my god, I just referenced the movie Outbreak in 2025!”
neutral · AI labelView post →#JulyMovieChallenge 7/27. Someone getting inoculated in a movie. Outbreak (1995)
neutral · AI labelView post →Based on the Deluxe Edition having 5 costumes and Grace having two announced, I'm betting that Grace's third costume will be Alyssa's Outbreak costume, so that way Grace's costumes are also a nostalgic collection for the 30th anniversary. The movies, Big Tiddy Vampire Mommy, and Outbreak.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's wild to me that Petersen directed this...the director of Das Boot, Enemy Mine, Air Force One and Outbreak! This film stands out in more ways than one
neutral · AI labelView post →Bits #4K Review – @billhuntbits.bsky.social checks out Wolfgang Peterson’s OUTBREAK (1995) in #UltraHD from Shout! The film looks and sounds great, but is it too much to ask for some extras for $39.99? @thedigitalbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...
neutral · AI labelView post →The primate cinematic universe leads right from Monkey Trouble (1994) to Outbreak (1995)
neutral · AI labelView post →I swear this is the inciting incident for the movie Outbreak (1995).
neutral · AI labelView post →Author Book Trade, Part 2! Thank you @jburning.com for trading a copy of your gorgeous book Hand Held Hell: The Outbreak of Homemade Horror for a copy of my book Queer Horror: A Film Guide! #booksky #writersky #authorsky #horrorfilm #nonfiction #gayagenda
neutral · AI labelView post →If I was directing a Resident Evil movie, I would have followed a regular guy in Raccoon City just like they did in the new movie, but I would have made it the canon Raccoon City and had him dealing with the enemies from the games. I would have done a RE Outbreak movie with the same pace/humor.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun fact, Resident Evil Outbreak 1 and 2 in the USA use the Resident Evil film franchise font (milla jovovich ones). Presumably to better connect visually to the then upcoming Apocalypse film? To my knowledge, the font is not used in any other game but is used in all the films.
neutral · AI labelView post →watching the 1995 movie Outbreak, from back when people believed in epidemiology
positive · AI labelView post →I once saw Outbreak as an in-flight movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →There was another film (I think it was "Outbreak") that opened with a person coughing in a movie theatre and what was shown was the water droplets spreading and transmitting the virus. Covid made me think of that film everyday.
neutral · AI labelView post →The day the 13th Amendment was ratified by the final state, Mississippi, was March 16, 1995. "Outbreak" with Dustin Hoffman was the top grossing movie that month, beating out "Pulp Fiction" and the "Brady Bunch Movie".
neutral · AI labelView post →I find it so cool that Capcom went on to make an entire 6 film Resident Evil saga based on Alyssa Ashcroft from Outbreak. #REBHFun
neutral · AI labelView post →Pick this up ASAP! Essential SOV horror viewing! The film is featured in my book HAND-HELD HELL: THE OUTBREAK OF HOMEMADE HORROR (also out via @terrorvisionvids.bsky.social — pick up a copy while you’re buying Sledgehammer 😉)
neutral · AI labelView post →Renovating your apartment is great if you enjoy living in the movie Outbreak.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is sort of how the movie Outbreak started
neutral · AI labelView post →A random man: yes it's the movie Outbreak Me: *insta block for mansplaining* Yes. Almost like that was the point.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s bad enough 2020 was like the film Contagion, but I don’t need Outbreak to be their 2025 sequel, where they try to use a MOAB on a town as a method of treatment.
neutral · AI labelView post →Isn’t this how the movie Outbreak started?
neutral · AI labelView post →Zach Cregger cracked the code for making a good resident evil movie and it's to just do Resident Evil Outbreak.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think Cregger's Resident Evil is, with some liberties, probably the most authentic RE film adaptation of the lot. It's like one of the dozens of other side-stories that could be happening while RE2/RE3/Outbreak is going on. ⛱️
neutral · AI labelView post →If I were directing a Resident Evil film: How the Raccoon City Outbreak Happened Part 4
neutral · AI labelView post →Reminds me of the movie Outbreak in 1995
neutral · AI labelView post →To me the movie works PERFECTLY as a Resident Evil Outbreak
neutral · AI labelView post →Yup...he dead... I saw it in a movie once. It was called Outbreak. 🤣🤣🤣
neutral · AI labelView post →Resident Evil isn't a movie for normal people like you (fans of the main games in the franchise) it's a movie for sick freaks and perverts like me (people who enjoyed the Resident Evil: Outbreak games)
neutral · AI labelView post →Texas Measles Outbreak, a horror film starring RFK Jr.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ok, but come on, Outbreak is a good movie.
positive · AI labelView post →#Bales2026MovieChallenge Day 4 Movie about a pandemic Outbreak (1995)
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the RE movie would have worked better if they had used the settings, monsters, and event of the game or just been it's own thing entirely. Like, RE Outbreak is right there, could've done something similar to it. Not saying it's a bad movie, it just could have been a better RE movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now some spoilers at this part Okay I need to see some interviews or something about the movie because there's no fucking way the big monster at the center of it wasn't at least INSPIRED by Nyx from Outbreak 2. Like I'm not seeing anyone talk about that but the thing was so much like Nyx
neutral · AI labelView post →If I were directing a Resident Evil film: How the Raccoon City Outbreak Happened Part 2
neutral · AI labelView post →If I were directing a Resident Evil film: How the Raccoon City Outbreak happened Part 1
neutral · AI labelView post →If I die before I wake Watch and enjoy the film Outbreak #SponsoredPost #WarnerBrosPictures
neutral · AI labelView post →Cregger's RE movie is the best version of Outbreak: File #3 we could hope for.
neutral · AI labelView post →He's just Regular McDude Guy and I adore that. It felt good to see an RE movie that followed a regular ass citizen to give us a perspective we never really got until somewhat in Outbreak (the game and i.e. the civilian side). I hope you get a chance to watch the movie soon!
neutral · AI labelView post →New Resident evil is amazing, found a decent ARGHHH there matey version, love how its kind of based on a Resident Evil Outbreak game, best Resident Evil film yet. 9/10
neutral · AI labelView post →him bumbling through the movie was described by someone on here as "DSP playing Outbreak for the first time" and I can't see it any other way now
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