Cop Killer vs Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.8/10 for Cop Killer). Cop Killer is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 1994). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Cop Killer posterCop Killer1994 VS Mississippi Burning posterMississippi Burning1988
Cop KillerMississippi Burning
Audience score★ 5.8/10★ 7.7/10
Year19941988
Length1h 37m2h 8m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorPeter KeglevicAlan Parker
Main castMikael Persbrandt, Johan Widerberg, Heinz Hoenig, Rolf Lassgård, Helmut ZierlBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky

Synopsis

Cop Killer

A woman is found murdered in a closed amusement park. A young couple who happen to be there at the same time become, without their knowledge, suspects for the murder. They are chased by a large number of police but only Martin Beck believes them to be innocent.

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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