The Day After Tomorrow vs The Dog Stars

The Dog Stars has the higher audience score (6.7/10 against 6.5/10 for The Day After Tomorrow). The Dog Stars is the shorter watch at 1h 59m compared with 2h 3m. The Day After Tomorrow is the older of the two (2004 against 2026). Both are adventure, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Day After Tomorrow posterThe Day After Tomorrow2004 VS The Dog Stars posterThe Dog Stars2026
The Day After TomorrowThe Dog Stars
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 6.7/10
Year20042026
Length2h 3m1h 59m
GenresAdventure, Science Fiction, ThrillerAdventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorRoland EmmerichRidley Scott
Main castSela Ward, Jay O. Sanders, Jake Gyllenhaal, Dash Mihok, Sasha RoizBenedict Wong, Sam Spruell, Kyshan Wilson, Josh Brolin, Guy Pearce

Synopsis

The Day After Tomorrow

After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.

The Dog Stars

After the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while he’s flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound.

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