Eyes Wide Shut vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7.5/10 for Eyes Wide Shut). Mississippi Burning is the shorter watch at 2h 8m compared with 2h 39m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 1999). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Eyes Wide Shut | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 1988 |
| Length | 2h 39m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Stanley Kubrick | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Nicole Kidman, Alan Cumming, Rade Šerbedžija, Tom Cruise, Thomas Gibson | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
Eyes Wide Shut
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
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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