Fireflies at El Mozote vs Scenes from the Goldmine

Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.9/10 for Scenes from the Goldmine). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 39m. Scenes from the Goldmine is the older of the two (1987 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Fireflies at El MozoteScenes from the Goldmine
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 4.9/10
Year20251987
Length1h 30m1h 39m
GenresAction, Drama, History, WarDrama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorErnesto MelaraMarc Rocco
Main castJeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo ShukJoe Pantoliano, Steve Railsback, Alex Rocco, Lee Ving, Jean Cromie

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.

Scenes from the Goldmine

A girl trying to make it in the 1980's New Wave rock and roll scene in L.A.

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