Born to Be Sold vs I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco

I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco has the higher audience score (7/10 against 3.8/10 for Born to Be Sold). I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 36m. Born to Be Sold is the older of the two (1981 against 2026). Both are crime, thriller, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Born to Be Sold posterBorn to Be Sold1981 VS I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco posterI Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco2026
Born to Be SoldI Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco
Audience score★ 3.8/10★ 7.0/10
Year19812026
Length1h 36m1h 30m
GenresCrime, Thriller, TV MovieCrime, Thriller, TV Movie
Country––
DirectorBurt BrinckerhoffHeather Hawthorn-Doyle
Main castEd Nelson, Claire Malis, Dean Stockwell, Lynda Carter, Harold GouldDillon Casey, Madelyn Grace, Indy Lesage, Amara Sanoy, Chloe Lanier

Synopsis

Born to Be Sold

A social worker tries to break up a ring of crooks who buy newborn babies from teenaged mothers and sell them to couples who can't obtain them through legal adoption channels.

I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco

For the first time ever, Mary Jo Buttafuoco tells her story in her own words. In May 1992, outside her Long Island home, Mary Jo was shot in the head by 17-year-old Amy Fisher — the mistress of her husband, Joey Buttafuoco.

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