Movies like Alpha
If Alpha's mix of coming of age, disease and pandemic stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Alpha's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Black Swan
2010 · Directed by Darren Aronofsky · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: mother daughter relationship, body horror · Also drama and horror
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
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Bird Box
2018 · Directed by Susanne Bier · 124 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: depressing · Also horror and drama
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
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Big Hero 6
2014 · Directed by Don Hall · 102 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age, depressing
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Directed by David Yates · 138 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age, depressing
When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.
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The Babadook
2014 · Directed by Jennifer Kent · 94 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: depressing · Also drama and horror
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
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Cargo
2017 · Directed by Yolanda Ramke · 105 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: pandemic · Also drama and horror
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.