Basic Instinct 2 vs Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5/10 for Basic Instinct 2). Basic Instinct 2 is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2006). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Basic Instinct 2Mississippi Burning
Audience score★ 5.0/10★ 7.7/10
Year20061988
Length1h 54m2h 8m
GenresCrime, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorMichael Caton-JonesAlan Parker
Main castNeil Maskell, Indira Varma, Hugh Dancy, David Morrissey, Sharon StoneBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky

Synopsis

Basic Instinct 2

Novelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, like Detective Nick Curran before him, Glass is entranced by Tramell and lured into a seductive game.

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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