Mississippi Burning vs Searching
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7.6/10 for Searching). Searching is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2018). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mississippi Burning
Searching| Mississippi Burning | Searching | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2018 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Alan Parker | Aneesh Chaganty |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky | John Cho, Melissa Disney, Ben Cain, Sean O'Bryan, Michelle La |
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.
Searching
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.
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