A Stranger Among Us vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.5/10 for A Stranger Among Us). A Stranger Among Us is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 1992). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Stranger Among Us
Mississippi Burning| A Stranger Among Us | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 1992 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Sidney Lumet | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Melanie Griffith, Jake Weber, James Gandolfini, Jamey Sheridan, Eric Thal | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
A Stranger Among Us
Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in.
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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