Mississippi Burning vs Strangerland
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.3/10 for Strangerland). Strangerland is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2015). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mississippi Burning
Strangerland| Mississippi Burning | Strangerland | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 5.3/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2015 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 51m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Alan Parker | Kim Farrant |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky | Maddison Brown, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Joseph Fiennes, Nicholas Hamilton |
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.
Strangerland
Newly arrived to a remote desert town, Catherine and Matthew are tormented by a suspicion when their two teenage children mysteriously vanish.
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