CBNC reported recently that Contagion “incorporated input from more than a dozen scientists, emergency room doctors, bio-safety experts and epidemiologists.” They acknowledge that the “film is by no ...

For weeks now, viewers have responded to the growing coronavirus pandemic by revisiting Steven Soderbergh's 2011 thriller Contagion, which tracks an eerily similar respiratory disease originating from ...

Yes, Contagion is a movie–and we know Hollywood isn’t exactly known for its accuracy. Especially when it comes to medicine. However, an article in New Scientist magazine actually praised Contagion for ...

The 2011 movie “Contagion” follows the worldwide pandemic of a virus from Asia that kills millions. Compared to the Wuhan coronavirus, the virus in the movie is highly transmissible and highly deadly, ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The movie was initially most popular in South Korea, one of the most severely affected countries, but ...

The deadly coronavirus crisis is unfolding just like the plot of “Contagion,” according to freaked-out germophobes on social media. In the 2011 thriller, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Matt Damon, the ...

Whether self quarantining or just Netflix-and-chilling, people apparently are turning to pandemic and contagion movies to get through the coronavirus outbreak crisis. Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 movie ...

Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet, and Jennifer Ehle have filmed short PSAs aimed at providing factual information about the disease—and how to slow its spread. Almost ...

The 2011 movie Contagion has been watched in huge numbers ever since the coronavirus pandemic began Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work ...

It might seem strange that Warner Bros. decided to release Contagion, a film that chronicles the outbreak of a worldwide pandemic, on the same weekend as the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Understandably, ...

Thirteen months ago, I stopped watching movies. Not literally — I'd still turn them on, in an attempt to fill the yawning, uneventful evenings — but mentally and emotionally. Pictures moved on the TV, ...