42 vs Fireflies at El Mozote

Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for 42). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 8m. 42 is the older of the two (2013 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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42Fireflies at El Mozote
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 10.0/10
Year20132025
Length2h 8m1h 30m
GenresDramaAction, Drama, History, War
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited States of America
DirectorBrian HelgelandErnesto Melara
Main castHamish Linklater, Alan Tudyk, Harrison Ford, James Pickens Jr., Christopher MeloniJeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk

Synopsis

42

In 1946, Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson to the team. The deal put both men in the crosshairs of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and let his talent on the field wins over fans and his teammates – silencing his critics and forever…

Fireflies at El Mozote

During the 1980s civil war in El Salvador, a rebel group of leftist guerrillas fight to expose its government's death squads via an underground radio network and hope to end their government's reign of terror with the help of an American journalist.

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