Burning vs Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7.4/10 for Burning). Mississippi Burning is the shorter watch at 2h 8m compared with 2h 28m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2018). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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BurningMississippi Burning
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 7.7/10
Year20181988
Length2h 28m2h 8m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorLee Chang-dongAlan Parker
Main castJun Jong-seo, Kim Shin-rock, Moon Sung-keun, Steven Yeun, Ok Ja-yeonBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky

Synopsis

Burning

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

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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