Fireflies at El Mozote vs The Wind Rises

Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for The Wind Rises). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 6m. The Wind Rises is the older of the two (2013 against 2025). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Fireflies at El MozoteThe Wind Rises
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.8/10
Year20252013
Length1h 30m2h 6m
GenresAction, Drama, History, WarAnimation, Drama, History, Romance, War
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorErnesto MelaraHayao Miyazaki
Main castJeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo ShukJun Kunimura, Shinobu Otake, Mirai Shida, Masahiko Nishimura, Hidetoshi Nishijima

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 Wind Rises

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.

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