Brokedown Palace vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.4/10 for Brokedown Palace). Brokedown Palace is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 1999). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Brokedown Palace
Mississippi Burning| Brokedown Palace | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Jonathan Kaplan | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Bill Pullman, Lou Diamond Phillips, Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Lim Kay Tong | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
Brokedown Palace
Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on his offer to treat the two of them to what amounts to a day trip to Hong Kong. In the airport, the girls are seized by the police and shocked to discover that one of their bags contains heroin.
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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