A Civil Action vs Fireflies at El Mozote
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for A Civil Action). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 55m. A Civil Action is the older of the two (1998 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Civil Action
Fireflies at El Mozote| A Civil Action | Fireflies at El Mozote | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1998 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama | Action, Drama, History, War |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Steven Zaillian | Ernesto Melara |
| Main cast | Tony Shalhoub, Peter Jacobson, John Lithgow, Željko Ivanek, William H. Macy | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk |
Synopsis
A Civil Action
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.
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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