A Private Life vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.9/10 for A Private Life). A Private Life is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2025). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Private Life
Mississippi Burning| A Private Life | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | France | United States of America |
| Director | Rebecca Zlotowski | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Jodie Foster, Aurore Clément, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
A Private Life
Following the death of Paula, one of her long-time patients, psychiatrist Lilian Steiner becomes convinced that her supposed death by suicide is actually an unsolved murder.
Mississippi Burning
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
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