Fireflies at El Mozote vs Starred Up
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for Starred Up). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 46m. Starred Up is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fireflies at El Mozote
Starred Up| Fireflies at El Mozote | Starred Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | United Kingdom |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | David Mackenzie |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | David Ajala, Ben Mendelsohn, Sam Spruell, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Jack O'Connell |
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.
Starred Up
19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics…
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