Beasts Clawing at Straws vs Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7.1/10 for Beasts Clawing at Straws). Beasts Clawing at Straws is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2020). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Beasts Clawing at Straws posterBeasts Clawing at Straws2020 VS Mississippi Burning posterMississippi Burning1988
Beasts Clawing at StrawsMississippi Burning
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 7.7/10
Year20201988
Length1h 48m2h 8m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountrySouth KoreaUnited States of America
DirectorKim Yong-hoonAlan Parker
Main castBae Sung-woo, Youn Yuh-jung, Jeong Man-sik, Kim Jun-han, Park Ji-hwanBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky

Synopsis

Beasts Clawing at Straws

A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.

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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