Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Outbreak

If you loved Outbreak, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Outbreak for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#2
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Outbreak for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

#3
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Outbreak for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#4
What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

2013★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Outbreak for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle....

#5
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Outbreak for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#6
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Outbreak for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

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