Fireflies at El Mozote vs Hidden Figures

Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.1/10 for Hidden Figures). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 7m. Hidden Figures is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Fireflies at El Mozote posterFireflies at El Mozote2025 VS Hidden Figures posterHidden Figures2016
Fireflies at El MozoteHidden Figures
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 8.1/10
Year20252016
Length1h 30m2h 7m
GenresAction, Drama, History, WarDrama, History
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorErnesto MelaraTheodore Melfi
Main castJeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo ShukJim Parsons, Aldis Hodge, Taraji P. Henson, Saniyya Sidney, Kevin Costner

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.

Hidden Figures

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

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