Mississippi Burning vs Paranoid Park
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.5/10 for Paranoid Park). Paranoid Park is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2007). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mississippi Burning
Paranoid Park| Mississippi Burning | Paranoid Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2007 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Alan Parker | Gus Van Sant |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky | Taylor Momsen, Dan Liu, Christopher Doyle, Scott Patrick Green, Gabe Nevins |
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.
Paranoid Park
A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".
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