Hold the Dark vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.4/10 for Hold the Dark). Hold the Dark is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2018). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hold the Dark
Mississippi Burning| Hold the Dark | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.4/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 1988 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Jeremy Saulnier | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Jeffrey Wright, James Badge Dale, Riley Keough, Alexander Skarsgård, Tantoo Cardinal | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
Hold the Dark
In the grim Alaskan winter, a naturalist hunts for wolves blamed for killing a local boy, but he soon finds himself swept into a chilling mystery.
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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