# Alpha (2018)

> An injured Ice Age hunter and an abandoned wolf form a fragile partnership across a brutal journey home.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/265697

## Facts

- Runtime: 97 min
- Genres: Adventure, Drama
- Director: Albert Hughes
- Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Marcin Kowalczyk, Jens Hultén, Natassia Malthe, Spencer Bogaert, Mercedes de la Zerda, Leonor Varela
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4244998/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: tense, earnest, visually expansive, family adventure night, nature film marathon

## Movies like Alpha

- [The Bear (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/1672)
- [Wolf Totem (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/191512)
- [Eight Below (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/4392)
- [Arctic (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/308583)
- [White Fang (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/7007)
- [Pathfinder (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/1508)
- [The Grey (2012)](https://ember.film/movie/52747)
- [White Fang (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/310464)
- [Never Cry Wolf (1983)](https://ember.film/movie/8426)
- [The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/8095)

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