Courage Under Fire vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.5/10 for Courage Under Fire). Courage Under Fire is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 1996). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Courage Under Fire
Mississippi Burning| Courage Under Fire | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 1996 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Edward Zwick | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Seth Gilliam, Sean Patrick Thomas, Željko Ivanek, Lou Diamond Phillips, Denzel Washington | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
Courage Under Fire
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...
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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