Fireflies at El Mozote vs Under the Shadow
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Under the Shadow). Under the Shadow is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 30m. Under the Shadow is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fireflies at El Mozote
Under the Shadow| Fireflies at El Mozote | Under the Shadow | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Drama, Horror, War |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | Babak Anvari |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | Narges Rashidi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian, Hamid Djavadan, Arash Marandi |
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.
Under the Shadow
After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits. She becomes convinced a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess her daughter Dorsa, and she has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself.
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