Fireflies at El Mozote vs Free State of Jones
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Free State of Jones). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 20m. Free State of Jones is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are action, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Fireflies at El Mozote | Free State of Jones | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 2h 20m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Action, Drama, History, War |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | Gary Ross |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | Keri Russell, Jacob Lofland, Matthew McConaughey, Gary Grubbs, Martin Bats Bradford |
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.
Free State of Jones
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight…
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