Mississippi Burning vs Murder on the Orient Express
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.7/10 for Murder on the Orient Express). Murder on the Orient Express is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2017). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Willem Dafoe.
Mississippi Burning
Murder on the Orient Express| Mississippi Burning | Murder on the Orient Express | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2017 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 54m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Alan Parker | Kenneth Branagh |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky | Olivia Colman, Tom Bateman, Lucy Boynton, Derek Jacobi, Willem Dafoe |
Synopsis
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.
Murder on the Orient Express
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
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