Mississippi Burning vs S. Darko

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 4.4/10 for S. Darko). S. Darko is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2009). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mississippi Burning posterMississippi Burning1988 VS S. Darko posterS. Darko2009
Mississippi BurningS. Darko
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 4.4/10
Year19882009
Length2h 8m1h 43m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorAlan ParkerChris Fisher
Main castBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen TobolowskyJohn Hawkes, Matthew Davis, Jackson Rathbone, Zulay Henao, James Lafferty

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.

S. Darko

Seven years after the events of the first film, Samantha Darko finds herself stranded in a small desert town after her car breaks down where she is plagued by bizarre visions telling of the universe's end. As a result, she must face her own demons, and in doing so, save the world and herself.

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