Breakdown vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.9/10 for Breakdown). Breakdown is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 1997). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Breakdown
Mississippi Burning| Breakdown | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Jonathan Mostow | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Kurt Russell, Jack Noseworthy, Jack McGee, Rex Linn, M.C. Gainey | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
Breakdown
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff…
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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