Fireflies at El Mozote vs Fires on the Plain
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Fires on the Plain). Fires on the Plain is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 30m. Fires on the Plain is the older of the two (2015 against 2025). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fireflies at El Mozote
Fires on the Plain| Fireflies at El Mozote | Fires on the Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2015 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Drama, War |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | Shinya Tsukamoto, Tatsuya Nakamura, Masato Tsujioka, Lily Franky, Yuko Nakamura |
Synopsis
Fireflies at El Mozote
During the 1980s civil war in El Salvador, a rebel group of leftist guerrillas fight to expose its government's death squads via an underground radio network and hope to end their government's reign of terror with the help of an American journalist.
Fires on the Plain
In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.
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