Fireflies at El Mozote vs Short Term 12
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for Short Term 12). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 36m. Short Term 12 is the older of the two (2013 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fireflies at El Mozote
Short Term 12| Fireflies at El Mozote | Short Term 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | Destin Daniel Cretton |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | Rami Malek, LaKeith Stanfield, Stephanie Beatriz, Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr. |
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.
Short Term 12
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
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