Fireflies at El Mozote vs The Swimmers

Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for The Swimmers). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 14m. The Swimmers is the older of the two (2022 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Fireflies at El MozoteThe Swimmers
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.4/10
Year20252022
Length1h 30m2h 14m
GenresAction, Drama, History, WarDrama, History
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited Kingdom
DirectorErnesto MelaraSally El Hosaini
Main castJeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo ShukAli Suliman, James Floyd, Matthias Schweighöfer, Bridgitta Roy, Alfredo Tavares

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.

The Swimmers

From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.

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