Mississippi Burning vs Shutter Island
Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.7/10 for Mississippi Burning). Mississippi Burning is the shorter watch at 2h 8m compared with 2h 18m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mississippi Burning
Shutter Island| Mississippi Burning | Shutter Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2010 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Alan Parker | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky | Joseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio |
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.
Shutter Island
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
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