Dolores Claiborne vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7.3/10 for Dolores Claiborne). Mississippi Burning is the shorter watch at 2h 8m compared with 2h 12m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 1995). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dolores Claiborne
Mississippi Burning| Dolores Claiborne | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 1988 |
| Length | 2h 12m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Taylor Hackford | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Bogosian, Judy Parfitt, Kathy Bates, Christopher Plummer | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
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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