Black Butterfly vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.2/10 for Black Butterfly). Black Butterfly is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2017). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Butterfly
Mississippi Burning| Black Butterfly | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Brian Goodman | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo, Antonio Banderas, Nicholas Aaron, Vincent Riotta | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
Black Butterfly
Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
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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