Signal vs Zero Sum

Signal has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.5/10 for Zero Sum). Signal is the shorter watch at 10m compared with 19m. Zero Sum is the older of the two (2016 against 2021). Both are drama, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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SignalZero Sum
Audience score★ 8.7/10★ 6.5/10
Year20212016
Length10m19m
GenresDrama, Science FictionDrama, Science Fiction
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorDiarmuid DonohoeJimmy Hay
Main castJames Quinn Markey, Calum Jess, Tom NevilleAimee-Ffion Edwards, Phil Davis, Poppy Pedder

Synopsis

Signal

The friendship of two young boys is put to the test as they set out to build a radio to communicate with something other worldly.

Zero Sum

Ruth (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) wakes inside a featureless spaceship; she's no memory and is kept alive by a plastic tube connected to her lower back. Ruth removes the tube and as the searing pain subsides, her memory begins to return. She looks out of the window and sees hundreds of identical ships orbiting a green planet. Ruth remembers the pledge she made to begin a new life, light years away from the earth. Suddenly there's a noise from the…

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