Fireflies at El Mozote vs Welcome to the Rileys
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Welcome to the Rileys). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 50m. Welcome to the Rileys is the older of the two (2010 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Fireflies at El Mozote | Welcome to the Rileys | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | Jake Scott |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | Kristen Stewart, Joe Chrest, Melissa Leo, James Gandolfini, Lance E. Nichols |
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.
Welcome to the Rileys
Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian.
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