Sputnik vs Viral
Sputnik has the higher audience score (6.6/10 against 5.6/10 for Viral). Viral is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 1h 53m. Viral is the older of the two (2016 against 2020). Both are drama, horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Sputnik
Viral| Sputnik | Viral | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 5.6/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 1h 26m |
| Genres | Drama, Horror, Science Fiction | Drama, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Egor Abramenko | Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost |
| Main cast | Oksana Akinshina, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov, Vitaliya Kornienko, Ruslan Dzhaybekov | Michael Kelly, Lio Tipton, Brianne Howey, mgk, Travis Tope |
Synopsis
Sputnik
At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander’s mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him…
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.