Dream House vs Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.2/10 for Dream House). Dream House is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2011). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Dream HouseMississippi Burning
Audience score★ 6.2/10★ 7.7/10
Year20111988
Length1h 24m2h 8m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorJim SheridanAlan Parker
Main castGregory Smith, Martin Roach, David Huband, Elias Koteas, Daniel CraigBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky

Synopsis

Dream House

Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.

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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