Signs vs Sphere
Signs has the higher audience score (6.7/10 against 6.1/10 for Sphere). Signs is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 14m. Sphere is the older of the two (1998 against 2002). Both are mystery, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Signs
Sphere| Signs | Sphere | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 6.1/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 1998 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 2h 14m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller | Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | M. Night Shyamalan | Barry Levinson |
| Main cast | Mel Gibson, Cherry Jones, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Lanny Flaherty | Samuel L. Jackson, Liev Schreiber, Sharon Stone, James Pickens Jr., Queen Latifah |
Synopsis
Signs
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Sphere
A spacecraft is discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists and experts is assembled and taken to the Habitat, a state-of-the-art underwater living environment, to investigate.