Mississippi Burning vs My Son
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.8/10 for My Son). My Son is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2017). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mississippi Burning
My Son| Mississippi Burning | My Son | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2017 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Alan Parker | Christian Carion |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky | Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Laurent, Christophe Rossignon, Olivier de Benoist, Antoine Hamel |
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.
My Son
The story of a busy man, who fills his time travelling to Africa, South America and the Middle East. His passion for his job has distanced him from his loved ones. He’s been divorced for three years and has since seen his son very little. When the latter disappears, he is forced to stand still, and soon discovers things about his ex-wife and, above all, his son. A terrible feeling of guilt overwhelms him and he decides to find his son at all…
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