Maigret and the Dead Lover vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6/10 for Maigret and the Dead Lover). Maigret and the Dead Lover is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2026). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Maigret and the Dead Lover
Mississippi Burning| Maigret and the Dead Lover | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 20m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Pascal Bonitzer | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Julia Faure, Dominique Reymond, Jeremy Lewin, Irène Jacob, Denis Podalydès | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
Maigret and the Dead Lover
Commissioner Maigret rushes to the Quai d’Orsay with Lieutenant Janvier. There, they find Mademoiselle Larrieu in a state of shock. That very morning, she discovered the bullet-riddled body of Mr. Berthier-Lagès, a renowned former ambassador whom she had served as a housekeeper for 46 years. While searching the victim's apartment, Maigret and Janvier uncover hundreds of letters. The diplomat had maintained a fifty-year-long love correspondence…
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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