Mississippi Burning vs Pi

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7.1/10 for Pi). Pi is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 1998). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mississippi Burning posterMississippi Burning1988 VS Pi posterPi1998
Mississippi BurningPi
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 7.1/10
Year19881998
Length2h 8m1h 24m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorAlan ParkerDarren Aronofsky
Main castBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen TobolowskyJoanne Gordon, Mark Margolis, Sean Gullette, Ajay Naidu, Stephen Pearlman

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.

Pi

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

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