Encounter vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.3/10 for Encounter). Encounter is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2021). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Encounter
Mississippi Burning| Encounter | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Michael Pearce | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Misha Collins, Janina Gavankar, Shane McRae, Antonio Jaramillo, Octavia Spencer | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
Encounter
A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.
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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