Freedomland vs Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.2/10 for Freedomland). Freedomland is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2006). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Freedomland posterFreedomland2006 VS Mississippi Burning posterMississippi Burning1988
FreedomlandMississippi Burning
Audience score★ 5.2/10★ 7.7/10
Year20061988
Length1h 53m2h 8m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited States of America
DirectorJoe RothAlan Parker
Main castSamuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Peter Friedman, Aasif Mandvi, Aunjanue Ellis-TaylorBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky

Synopsis

Freedomland

A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.

Mississippi Burning

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

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