Alpha (2025) vs Viral
Alpha (2025) has the higher audience score (6.6/10 against 5.6/10 for Viral). Viral is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 2h 8m. Viral is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama, horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Alpha (2025)
Viral| Alpha (2025) | Viral | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 5.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 26m |
| Genres | Drama, Horror, Science Fiction | Drama, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Julia Ducournau | Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost |
| Main cast | Emma Mackey, Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani, François Rollin, Marc Riso | Michael Kelly, Lio Tipton, Brianne Howey, mgk, Travis Tope |
Synopsis
Alpha (2025)
Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.
Viral
Following the outbreak of a virus that wipes out the majority of the human population, a young woman documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister.
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