Sphere vs Twelve Monkeys

Twelve Monkeys has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.1/10 for Sphere). Twelve Monkeys is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 14m. Twelve Monkeys is the older of the two (1995 against 1998). Both are mystery, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Sphere posterSphere1998 VS Twelve Monkeys posterTwelve Monkeys1995
SphereTwelve Monkeys
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 7.6/10
Year19981995
Length2h 14m2h 9m
GenresMystery, Science Fiction, ThrillerMystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorBarry LevinsonTerry Gilliam
Main castSamuel L. Jackson, Liev Schreiber, Sharon Stone, James Pickens Jr., Queen LatifahJon Seda, Matt Ross, David Morse, Christopher Meloni, Brad Pitt

Synopsis

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.

Twelve Monkeys

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to…

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